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  Linfield University on Tuesday terminated Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, Ronni Lacroute Chair in Shakespeare Studies, citing his breaches of “duty” to the institution. Pollack-Pelzner, a faculty trustee, recently said that members of Linfield’s Board of Trustees had retaliated against him for urging that they do more about reported sexual misconduct among their ranks. Pollack-Pelzner, who is Jewish, also said that some members of the board, including Linfield president Miles Davis, made anti-Semitic comments to and about him. A university spokesperson said via email that Pollack-Pelzner was...

In Oregon, a small Christian university with few Jews grapples with accusations of antisemitism A 2018 photo of the Linfield University campus in McMinnville, Ore. (George Rose/Getty Images) Advertisement (JTA) — When the new president of his small Oregon university made a remark about Jewish noses, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner was unnerved. But Pollack-Pelzner, a professor at the school, was willing to assume that the president had merely made a tactless mistake.  “At the time, I thought this is messed up,” he said of the 2018 encounter with Miles Davis, president of Linfield U...

No Confidence Vote and Planned Faculty Trustee Changes at Linfield By   Linfield University’s arts and sciences faculty voted no confidence in President Miles Davis and David Baca, chair of the university’s Board of Trustees, this week, 59 to 11. The resolution on which the vote was based calls for the leaders’ resignations, referencing the Linfield board’s ongoing sexual harassment and anti-Semitism scandal. The “words and actions of President Miles Davis and Chair David Baca have created an intimidating and hostile work environment, harmed members of the Linfield community, and ...

Professor says Linfield President Miles K. Davis made anti-Semitic comments; Davis alleges ‘smear campaign’ Updated Apr 12, 2021; Posted Apr 12, 2021 Linfield University President Miles K. Davis faces new allegations by two psychology professors that he made an inappropriate remark about Jews and the Holocaust during a 2018 meeting with faculty. Davis said he was heartsick about the new allegation and doesn’t remember making such a comment. Facebook Share Simmering tension has burst into public view again at Linfield University as a longtime professor accused the school’s president ...

Bradley W. Parks Originally published on April 12, 2021 3:34 pm The Pacific Northwest chapter of the Anti-Defamation League wrote a letter to Linfield University’s Board of Trustees on Thursday expressing disappointment and concern over claims of antisemitism chronicled in a professor’s social media posts. Linfield President Miles Davis said in a responding letter that the professor’s tweets were part of a “smear campaign” against university administration. Last week Linfield professor and faculty trustee Daniel Pollack-Pelzner tweeted that he faced antisemitic comments after h...