On Monday’s broadcast of WBUR’s “Here and Now,” Columbia University Professor Reinhold Martin, who also serves as President of Columbia’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, but was speaking for only himself, reacted to pushes by the Trump administration over campus antisemitism by stating that “We’re in New York in 2025 with echoes of Frankfurt and Berlin in 1933. That’s the context in which we need to understand this.”
Co-host Scott Tong asked, [relevant exchange begins around 3:25] “Professor, as you know, this administration has warned some 60 other universities that their federal funding could be withheld if they don’t address what the administration considers antisemitic harassment on campus. What are you watching at campuses across the country now?”
Martin responded, “Right. Well, this is where I think we’re seeing,…
