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A Students Supporting Israel organized rally in Minnesota in May 2021. Source: SSI/Facebook.

Pro-Israel student group marks decade of explosive growth

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Looking back a decade later, it seems like a significant $25 investment. Unsettled by the inflammatory anti-Israel activity they were witnessing on the campus of the University of Minnesota, three Israeli college students decided on...
Curry College in Milton, Mass. Credit: Daderot via Wikimedia Commons.

Massachusetts private college goes remote following anti-Semitic symbols, racist threat

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Curry College in Milton, Mass., opted to make all classes virtual in response to a racist note and anti-Semitic vandalism discovered at the private school in recent weeks, reported NBC Boston. Students were given the option to...
Anti-Semitic fliers related to COVID-19 and the Jews were distributed in two Florida cities and also found in several other states, January 2022. Source: Twitter.

Latest fliers blaming Jews for COVID show up at Illinois

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Students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are the latest to report finding anti-Semitic fliers seeking to tie the Jewish community to the coronavirus pandemic. The papers were found around campus on Sunday. “This weekend...
"Israeli Apartheid Week," the annual international anti-Israel showcase, in May 2010 on the University of California, Irvine campus. Credit: AMCHA Initiative.

Largest student union in UK criticized for supporting Israeli Apartheid Week

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The United Kingdom’s National Union of Students is facing backlash for promoting “division, not dialogue” by supporting the annual Israeli Apartheid Week that begins on March 21. NUS, which has also backed such activities in the...
University of Vermont Burlington, VT. Credit: Bob LoCicero/Shutterstock.

University of Vermont students, faculty reported 58 anti-Semitic incidents in 2021

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A survey on the number of anti-Semitic incidents that occurred at North American colleges in 2021 revealed that the University of Vermont had the most with 58 reported cases. The advocacy group Jewish on Campus,...
Duke University. Credit: Forge Productions/Shutterstock.

Duke passes resolution condemning anti-Semitism, adopting IHRA definition

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Duke University Student Government senators approved a resolution that condemns anti-Semitism and adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism. “Given the sheer prevalence of anti-Semitism, globally and across campus in the United States,...
Brooklyn College, N.Y. Credit: Creative Family/Shutterstock.

Federal civil-rights officials open investigation into anti-Semitism at Brooklyn College

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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint alleging Jewish students at Brooklyn College have been subjected to severe and persistent...
Nadhim Zahawi, education secretary in the United Kingdom. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

British education secretary hosts summit addressing campus anti-Semitism in UK

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The United Kingdom’s education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, hosted a summit last week where vice chancellors from universities across the country, university representatives and Jewish groups gathered to discuss better ways of tackling anti-Semitism in...
A pro-Palestinian rally at Arizona State University in June 2021 held by Students for Justice in Palestine. Source: Facebook.

Pro-Israel groups see more hostile campuses fueled by ‘woke’ ideology, anti-Zionist faculty

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Pro-Israel groups working on campus agree that the situation for Jewish students is growing steadily worse. Just this fall, anti-Semitic incidents erupted at campuses across the country—from vandals desecrating a Torah scroll at George Washington University...
Tufts University. Source: Facebook.

Tufts University president announces plans to fight anti-Semitism on campus

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Tufts University president Tony Monaco announced that the school will be taking new measures to combat campus anti-Semitism head-on, according to a letter sent to students, faculty and staff on Thursday. According to the letter, the university...