Lea Speyer
ARTICLES BY: Lea Speyer
Major Canadian Jewish Groups Express ‘Deep Alarm’ Over Spate of Antisemitic Vandalism at U of Toronto
Major Canadian Jewish groups expressed "deep alarm" over a spate of antisemitic vandalism on and near the University of Toronto (U of T). Responding to the defacement of...
UK Parliament Antisemitism Report Slams Controversial President of Country’s Largest Student Union for ‘Worrying Disregard’ of Campus Jew-Hatred
A recent Parliament report on the state of antisemitism in the United Kingdom slammed the head of the country’s largest student union for undermining efforts to...
Leaked Security-Camera Footage Shows Santa Clara U Students Defacing Dorm Elevator With Swastika Scrawled in Blood
Leaked security-camera footage from Santa Clara University (SCU) shows two students painting a swastika and racial slurs with human blood on the wall of a dorm elevator. The...
Students in Amman, Abu Dhabi Launch Campaign Against Israel-Jordan Gas Deal, Claiming It Funds ‘Genocidal’ Zionist Regime
Students in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates have launched an anti-normalization campaign against a recent gas deal signed between Jerusalem and Amman, which they claim supports the “genocidal”...
Head of UC Berkeley Jewish Student Union Says Antisemitic Incidents Not Treated as Seriously as Attacks on Other Minorities
Attacks against members of the Jewish community at the University of California, Berkeley are not treated with the same gravity as those against other minority groups, the head...
Distraught U of Michigan Student: Anti-Israel Demonstration on Rosh Hashanah Reflects Wider Exclusionary Attitude Towards Jews on Campus
A recent anti-Israel demonstration at the University of Michigan that was allowed to take place during the high holiday of Rosh Hashanah -- when most...
Columbia Student Launches One-Man Counter-Demonstration Against ‘Jew-Hater, Hitler-Lover’ at Campus Entrance
A Columbia University student told The Algemeiner on Friday that he launched a one-man demonstration against a "Jew-hater and Hitler-lover" parading around the campus gates on...
Rabbinic Official: ‘Disgraceful’ That Jewish Group Would Exploit High Holiday Liturgy to Spread Antisemitism, Anti-Israel Vitriol
It is disgraceful that any group, especially a Jewish one, would use the liturgy of the high holy days for anti-Israel and antisemitic purposes, a...
Major Jewish Organization Says Suspension of Tenured Holocaust Denier by Canadian University Signals ‘Swinging of Pendulum’ Against Campus Antisemitism
The recent suspension of a tenured University of Lethbridge professor who used his classroom as a platform to promote antisemitic and anti-Zionist conspiracy theories signals that...
Swastika, KKK Graffiti on Bathroom Wall of Georgetown U Medical School ‘Powerful Reminder to Stay Vigilant Against Antisemitism,’ Jewish Life Director Tells Student Paper
A swastika and Klu Klux Klan initials drawn on the wall of a bathroom at the Georgetown University medical school in Washington, DC serve as...
Jewish Students at U of Michigan ‘Deeply Offended’ by ‘Apartheid Wall,’ Mock Israeli Checkpoints Erected on Campus During Rosh Hashanah
Jewish students at the University of Michigan were “deeply offended” that an "apartheid wall" and mock Israeli checkpoints were allowed to be erected on campus...
Brooklyn College, UCLA Among Top 10 ‘Terrorist-Supporting Colleges’ Listed by Campus Watchdog
City University of New York's (CUNY) Brooklyn College ranks among the “Top 10 Schools Supporting Terrorists,” according to a conservative campus watchdog group which published a...
Watchdog Seeks to ‘Stigmatize Individual Members of Anti-Israel Groups’ With UCLA Poster Campaign
A recently launched campaign at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) seeks to “stigmatize individual members of anti-Israel groups," the head of the watchdog...
Oberlin Prof Suspended for Antisemitic Posts Accuses College of Scapegoating Her for Being a ‘Black Woman’
An academic under investigation for antisemitic social media postings claimed she is being scapegoated due to her color and gender, the student newspaper The Oberlin Review reported...
