Jewish Rutgers law student could be expelled for exposing antisemitism: lawsuit

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24. This particular case has been festering for some time and this article is the only one I can find that references any

threat to Mr. Ackerman being expelled.

For a more detailed look at how this has unfolded, the National Review (sorry!) has more details:

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/rutgers-law-student-sues-school-for-ignoring-rampant-campus-antisemitism/

A Jewish law student has filed a lawsuit against Rutgers University, alleging administrators violated his right to an educational environment free from discrimination by turning a blind eye to campus antisemitism.

“Yoel Ackerman is being targeted by Rutgers for standing up to anti-semitism. This lawsuit is just one step in our quest to change the culture at Rutgers which has allowed antisemitism to fester,” David Mazie, his legal representative, told National Review in a statement on Tuesday afternoon.

Ackerman landed in trouble after calling out a Palestinian law student for sharing an Instagram video within a Student Bar Association (SBA) group chat purporting to expose “3 lies being told about Palestine.” The clip sought to debunk the claim that “people were raped” during the October 7 atrocities and that “250 people were killed at a concert.”

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Ackerman challenged the student to explain why they were sharing a misleading, inflammatory video in an academic group chat.

And it goes from there. The other student appears to have accused Ackerman of defamation and Ackerman was impeached/removed from SBA -- a group he says he didn't want to be a member of anyway -- got the ACLJ involved, Rutgers shut down the SBA and then reinstated it, and now here we are.

Most of this info comes from right-wing sources, so...we'll see how it continues to fester.