this is likely NOT to “increase diversity” but to single out Jews and PREVENT their elevation to professor, so as to build a strong anti-Israel bias.
In Israel singling out “white” Jews for favoritism would be cause for riots. In my town probably 10 per cent are black-skinned, their forebears came mostly from Ethiopia. About 15 per cent are brown-skinned, their forebears came from Yemen. About 50 per cent are various shades of tan, some as dark as the Ethiopians, their forebears having come from Iran through the whole Arab world. We have a sprinkling of Indian Jews, lots more in other places, they can be either light or dark. What’s left are those who originated in Europe. But then everyone can be married to everyone else. Are those people in New York nuts?