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Anti-Semitic graffiti. Credit: Yonderboy/Wikimedia Commons.

American Jews are mostly secure, scared and deeply partisan

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If ever there was a time for an opinion survey that would measure “The State of Anti-Semitism in America,” this is just such a moment. Concerns about a rising tide of Jew-hatred seem to...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Credit: Andriy Blokhin/Shutterstock.

Virginia Tech graduate senate OKs BDS resolution, accuses Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’

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The Graduate and Professional Student Senate at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Va., passed a resolution on Oct. 21 endorsing BDS. It calls for the boycott of “all Israeli academic institutions...
A swastika scrawled in a tunnel connecting chemistry buildings at the University of Illinois-Champaign was discovered between Nov. 16 and Nov. 19, 2018. Credit: Elan Karoll.

Survey finds one-third of Jewish college students experienced anti-Semitism

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A new national survey conducted for Hillel International and the Anti-Defamation League revealed information about the number of Jewish college students across the United States who personally experienced anti-Semitism on campus during the last...
Signs worn by those particating in a march from Manhattan to Brooklyn protesting a rise in anti-Semitism. Credit: Christopher Penler/Shutterstock.

Survey: US Jews start to see far-left as serious threat, four in 10 Jews...

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For the third year in a row, the American Jewish Committee has released a survey about anti-Semitism in the United States and found large discrepancies in results between Jewish and non-Jewish respondents. According to the...
Rebbetzin Nechama Shemtov, director of education and women’s issues at American Friends of Lubavitch, moderated a panel with former U.S. Special Envoys for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Ira Forman, who served in the Obama administration, and Elan Carr, who served the same role in the Trump administration. Photo by Dmitriy Shapiro.

Former anti-Semitism envoys, leaders coach students on reversing Jew-hatred on campus

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As anti-Semitism continues to rise in the United States, especially on college campuses, speakers at George Washington University who attended an event last week showed students that they have allies against anti-Semitism in both...

Intimidation of Jewish College Students on the Increase

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As yet more evidence that Jewish students have continued to be targets of bias on university campuses, a Spring 2021 poll by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, together with...
Students on campus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Credit: Leigh Trail/Shutterstock.

Jewish groups launch online portal for college students to report anti-Semitic incidents

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Hillel International has teamed up with the Anti-Defamation League and the Secure Community Network to launch an online portal where college students can report anti-Semitic incidents on their campus and receive immediate support. The creation...
Kamala Harris in 2019. Credit: Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock.

Harris aides attempt to address backlash after exchange with college student on Israel

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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has been in touch with pro-Israel and Jewish organizations after an exchange this week with a student in Virginia who accused Israel of ethnic genocide. “The vice president strongly disagrees with the...
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Survey finds nearly two-thirds of Jewish students feel unsafe, half hide identity

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A new survey has found an alarming level of anti-Semitism experienced by Jewish students on college campuses, with students who claim a strong sense of Jewish identity and connection to Israel feeling unsafe and...
Carmichael Hall in the Residence Quad at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Tufts student wakes up on Shabbat to find mezuzah gone, groups lodge complaint

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Tufts University Police Department has launched an investigation after a student reported that the mezuzah affixed to his dorm room was stolen on Sept. 4. According to the school, the student was awakened by laughter and other...