Tag: Tufts University
University of Vermont students, faculty reported 58 anti-Semitic incidents in 2021
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,...
Tufts University president announces plans to fight anti-Semitism on campus
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...
Tufts student wakes up on Shabbat to find mezuzah gone, groups lodge complaint
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...
Boston suburb becomes first in Massachusetts town to adopt IHRA definition
The Boston suburb of Sharon, Mass., has become the first municipality in the state to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism, after a push by local activists.
In a unanimous...
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...
Student collaboration award at Tufts goes to SJP chapter
The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at Tufts University on Wednesday won a student organization award.
The Student Organization Awards ceremony did not take place on campus due to the coronavirus pandemic and instead...
Tufts student discovers swastika attached to door
An unidentified Jewish student at Tufts University discovered a swastika on their dorm room door on Sunday, announced the school’s president on Tuesday in an email.
“I condemn this cowardly act of hatred and ignorance,”...
Despite previous pushback, Tufts University again to offer ‘Colonizing Palestine’ course
A course on the docket again this fall at Tufts University is causing controversy even before classes begin.
“Colonizing Palestine,” offered by the Race, Colonialism and Diaspora Studies Department (RCD), “will explore the histories and...