Tag: Campus Antisemitism
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...
Arizona State student government adopts universal definition of anti-Semitism
Arizona State University’s student government has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism.
The resolution to adopt the widely accepted definition of anti-Semitism passed on Tuesday in a 15-1-3 vote.
In a statement by...
College leaders: It’s time to stop Jew-hatred on campus
The anti-Semitism that Rose Ritch endured at the University of Southern California has been all over the media. Ritch resigned as vice president of USC’s undergraduate student government after she was harassed for months...
University of Wisconsin Hillel discovers ‘Free Palestine’ spray-painted on building
The outside of the Hillel building at the University of Wisconsin in Madison was vandalized on Tuesday, according to the organization.
The words “Free Palestine” appeared on the concrete structure that welcomes people to the...
Argentinian university professor offers bonus to ‘whoever finds a poor Jew’
A university professor in Argentina has declared that he will give a bonus to “whoever finds a poor Jew.”
During an online international politics class through the 21st Century Business University located in Córdoba, Argentina,...
Pomona College senior-class president posts anti-Semitic statements on social media
The senior class president at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., posted anti-Semitic content on social media, comparing racism to the Holocaust and accusing Zionists of hating brown people.
In an Instagram post, Malak Afaneh, a...
Florida university student senate votes to keep president with anti-Semitic history
The student senate at Florida State University voted on Thursday morning not to remove its new president, despite his past anti-Semitic posts.
The final tally was not disclosed.
Ahmad Daraldik was selected by the Florida State...
UC Davis student government passes BDS resolution, vetoed next day
The student government at the University of California, Davis, passed a resolution last week calling for the school to boycott Israel—only for it to be boycotted by the student government president.
The Associated Students of...