Tag: Jewish students
University leaders, faculty and students driving Jew-hatred and failing to fight it, House panel...
University leaders, professors and students aren’t doing enough to curb Jew-hatred, and at times are fueling antisemitism, and “satellite” school campuses in the Middle East “are failing in critical ways to fulfill their stated...
Nearly half of non-Jewish college students saw or experienced Jew-hatred on campus, survey suggests
“Schools are taking more action, but we are still at heightened levels of antisemitic incidents on campus,” the Anti-Defamation League told JNS.
Nearly half (48.3%) of non-Jewish college students experienced or witnessed antisemitic behavior on...
Thousands of American students remain in Israel, despite escalating regional tensions
As U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets continue and air-raid sirens send Israelis rushing to shelters, thousands of international students are choosing to remain in Israel to continue their studies, volunteer and adjust...
120 groups tell University of California regents to act on report of anti-Israel profs fueling...
More than 120 organizations, many of them Jewish, signed a letter calling on the University of California regents to act on a recent AMCHA Initiative report on Jew-hatred, about which 350 former and current...
Columbia University reaches settlement in federal Jew-hatred lawsuit
The agreement, reached Feb. 27, resolves claims brought by Students Against Antisemitism, SCLJ and a majority of the student plaintiffs in Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. et al. v. Trustees of Columbia University in the...
New College in Florida rolling out welcome mat to Jewish students, including those seeking...
Shortly after the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, New College of Florida, a public liberal arts school in Sarasota, Fla., began encouraging Jewish students to come seek refuge from antisemitism on other campuses.
“Those facing...
Nine Jewish day school students named US Presidential Scholars candidates
The U.S. Department of Education has selected nine students at Jewish day schools in the United States as candidates for this year’s U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Four of the nine are from the Washington,...
Jewish institutions: Don’t fail students!
In times of crisis, we expect our community institutions to stand firmly with those who need them most. Yet as antisemitism surges on college campuses across America, Hillel International, the very organization whose sole...
Yom Hashoah: It’s time to change how we look at antisemitism
This year, as we honor Yom Hashoah on April 23-24—Israel’s official memorial for the 6 million Jews killed during the Holocaust—we’ll again be doing so under the pall of another mass atrocity: Oct. 7,...
Education Department issues warning to 60 universities under probes for alleged Jew-hatred
The U.S. Department of Education sent notices to 60 colleges on Monday warning that they could face consequences if they fail to meet their obligations, under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, to protect...