Tag: Campus Antisemitism
Following ‘incessant anti-Semitic harassment,’ Tufts student calls on university to intervene
A Jewish student at Tufts University who claims that he has been the subject months-long campaign of anti-Semitic intimidation, harassment and discrimination is calling on the university to intervene.
Max Price, a junior who is...
Israeli flag gets pelted with eggs at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
An Israeli flag draped over the apartment balcony of a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Jewish student was pelted with 10 to 20 eggs on Monday.
Jeremy Zelner told the local news station WCIA that he was at...
Florida State University student senate rejects pro-BDS, anti-IHRA resolutions
The student senate at Florida State University rejected a series of resolutions that supported the anti-Israel BDS movement and rejected the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition on anti-Semitism.
The resolutions, which were authored by former student...
Who will defend Jewish students against anti-Semites?
Following the U.S. Capitol riot, there has been a renewed emphasis on the threat from white-supremacist hate groups from the Biden administration, much of the media as well as the organized Jewish community. The...
Florida State University student senate to vote on BDS resolution
Florida State University’s student senate is scheduled to vote on a resolution on Wednesday that calls on the university to divest from companies that do business in Israel.
The BDS resolution calls on “FSU trustees to review...
New attacks on Israel and Zionism may fuel campus anti-Semitism
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from the 2020 election, anti-Semitism continued to morph and grow during 2020.
While the school year for many students consisted of online or hybrid learning, anti-Semitic and...
UConn investigates string of anti-Semitic incidents on main campus
The University of Connecticut has been investigating multiple reports of anti-Semitic incidents on its main campus in Storrs, including swastika vandalism and other kinds of property damage.
“These recent reports were all acts of physical...
New initiatives join forces to battle anti-Semitism on college campuses
The Academic Engagement Network (AEN) and Hillel International recently launched separate initiatives to address anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on college campuses. AEN’s Improving the Campus Climate Initiative (ICCI) and Hillel International’s Campus Climate Initiative (CCI) will engage intensively with...
Thirty Jewish organizations call on 165 colleges to combat anti-Semitism on campus
Thirty organizations, led by the Zionist Organization of America, have sent a letter to 165 colleges and university presidents across the United States, calling on them to address anti-Semitism on their own campus.
“Many Jewish...
Columbia University students to vote on BDS referendum
Students at Columbia University in New York City are scheduled to vote this week on a referendum over whether the school should “divest its stocks, funds and endowment from companies that profit from or...