The University of Minnesota agreed to pay Holocaust studies scholar Raz Segal $250,000 as part of a settlement for rescinding his hire as head of the university’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Segal, who is Israeli American, accused the institution of pulling the offer because of backlash to his comments on Israel’s war with Gaza. The week after Hamas’s Oct.

The University of Minnesota withdrew an offer from Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies after an organized campaign against his hiring

The University of Minnesota agreed to pay Holocaust studies scholar Raz Segal $250,000 as part of a settlement for rescinding his hire as head of the university’s Center for…