Campus Antisemitism

Anti-Israel activists seek to sue Columbia University, allege student persecution

The pro-Palestinian activists reported that students experienced discrimination, violence, harassment, and doxxing because of their religious identity.

Mahmoud Khalil: Columbia U. 'reminiscent' of Assad regime, 'manufactured' antisemitism 'hysteria'

Khalil, who is currently being held at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, instructed students at Columbia to “not abdicate their responsibility to resist repression.”

Jews at Tufts furious over ICE seizing a pro-Palestinian grad student, cautious to join protests

Jewish students at Tufts said that the arrest of a Turkish student was an issue of free speech.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
05/04/2025
  A PALESTINIAN FLAG is displayed as graduating students at Commencement Exercises at Harvard Univer

World Zionist Congress must do more to support students on college campuses

What we are witnessing on college campuses, in public protests, and even in the mainstream media is a dangerous trend: antisemitism cloaked in the guise of political discourse.

By SHABBOS KESTENBAUM
05/04/2025

ADL upgrades 19 colleges’ antisemitism ‘grades,’ as some enact new policies

Eleven of those schools implemented new policies in the last month, while the other eight made the Jewish anti-bigotry group aware of existing policies that had not factored into the initial grades.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
04/04/2025

Swarthmore suspends SJP, student after protest incident, racist social media post

Swarthmore College is under fire after suspending a student two months before graduation after the student took part in SJP protests on campus.

US plans to freeze $510 million in grants to Brown University, official says

The administration's action makes Brown the latest academic institution targeted by Trump over this issue.

By REUTERS
04/04/2025

Anti-Israel activists chain themselves to Columbia gate demanding to know who reported Khalil

The chains and bindings were removed by security personnel, and the students were removed from the campus area.

 Adam Lehman succeeded Eric Fingerhut as the CEO of Hillel International.

Hillel CEO says he shares ‘concerns’ over campus deportations, calls for due process

Hillel’s CEO warned that Trump’s deportation plans and funding cuts could fuel antisemitism and unfairly target Jewish students.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
03/04/2025
 Blair Hall at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, 2006.

Jewish Princeton student accused of assault at protest last year is found not guilty

A Jewish Princeton senior and US Army veteran was found not guilty of assaulting a campus security official during a pro-Palestinian protest last year.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
03/04/2025
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