Barnard College

Jewish woman once held up by Nazis as ideal Aryan baby dead at 91

Born in Berlin in 1934 to Latvian Jewish parents Jacob and Polin Levinson, Taft was photographed when she was 6 months old by a German photographer, Hans Ballin.

HESSY TAFT poses holding a photograph of herself taken in 1935 by well-known German photographer Hans Ballin during an interview with Reuters July 9, 2014.
 Trump administration texts Barnard professors, asking if they are Jewish.

Barnard settles lawsuit by Jewish and Israeli students, agrees to measures to address antisemitism

 Trump administration texts Barnard professors, asking if they are Jewish.

Trump administration texts Barnard professors, asking if they are Jewish

 Students participate in a pro-Palestinian protest outside of the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023 in New York City.

Congressional committee demands five colleges explain anti-Israel protests


Pro-Palestinian Barnard campus occupation ends after bomb threat

Anti-Israel activists occupied a Barnard College building after protests at Columbia University against former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett’s lecture.

 Protesters at Barnard College denouncing former Israeli prime minster Naftali Bennett's appearance, March 4, 2025.

Barnard staff hospitalized by anti-Israel activists invading campus building

Anti-Israel activists claimed that Barnard will negotiate with them about the expulsion of two students for class disruptions.

 A PRO-PALESTINIAN demonstrator holds a sign that reads, ‘Glory to the martyrs, victory to the resistance,’ on Columbia University campus, on the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.

My sister’s experience at Barnard has taught me to pick a college where I will feel safe

There is no longer a place for Jewish students at colleges like Columbia and Barnard, says student.

A collective of groups organised by Jewish students at Columbia and Barnard in solidarity with Gaza and the protest encampment host Passover Seder at Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 22, 2024,

13-year-old arrested in connection with Barnard College murder case

Tessa Majors, 18, was stabbed multiple times with a knife on Wednesday evening during a robbery while walking through Harlem's Morningside Park near her school, Barnard College.

Police are pictured on the scene of a shooting at Triple A Aces club in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 12, 2019