Posts Tagged: Campus Antisemitism
Former Jewish Student Sues Kutztown University Over ‘Outrageous’ Antisemitic Acts
A former Jewish student at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania is suing the school over antisemitic harassment and intimidation she claims to have sustained on campus...
BDS Faculty Using Classrooms to Promote ‘Politically-Motivated, Anti-Israel Perspective,’ Study Suggests
Academic instructors who back the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel are significantly more likely to assign course readings authored by fellow...
What Will Trump’s Executive Order on Antisemitism Mean for Jewish Students?
Since its announcement earlier this month, US President Donald Trump's executive order on combating antisemitism has drawn both praise and criticism, underscoring the tensions that...
Columbia University Faces Second Recent Complaint Alleging Antisemitic Discrimination
An alumna of Columbia University in New York submitted a complaint to the US Education Department on Tuesday alleging a hostile environment for Jewish students --...
In Mass Email, University of Illinois Student Gov’t Leader Rejects Conflation of ‘Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism’
The student body president at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) invoked a controversial antisemitism resolution that has been rejected by the campus Jewish...
The Ugly Truth About BDS and Campus Antisemitism
JNS.org - In the week since President Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order enforcing Title VI protections of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for...
Duke University Agrees to Address Antisemitism Concerns Following Education Dept. Complaint
The US Department of Education resolved a complaint this month against Duke University, which has agreed to take several steps to address concerns over antisemitism...
US Jewish Groups Applaud Trump Executive Order on Combating Campus Antisemitism
Major Jewish groups applauded the Trump administration on Wednesday for an executive order affirming civil rights protections for Jewish students, amid concerns over rising antisemitism...
Students at Arizona State Decry Antisemitism Following Swastika Flyers, Protest Against Visiting Israeli Soldiers
Student leaders at Arizona State University in Tempe passed a resolution on Tuesday expressing solidarity with Jewish students on campus, following weeks of debate on...
UMass Chancellor Applauded Over BDS Criticism, University President Urged to Act
The president of the University of Massachusetts system is being urged to condemn academic boycotts of Israeli universities, after the chancellor of the Amherst campus...
At ADL Conference, a Focus on Schools, Reactions by Students and Teachers to Antisemitism
JNS.org - For many of the attendees at last week’s “Never Is Now” conference in New York sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, the global and...
Dozens of University of Toronto Faculty Call Out ‘Antisemitic BDS Movement,’ Urge Adoption of IHRA Definition
Dozens of University of Toronto faculty members urged President Meric Gertler on Tuesday to root out antisemitism on their campus, which they warned had worsened...
A Hate Group Gets a College Hall Pass
JNS.org - The atmosphere on North American college campuses today is one in which anything that can be labeled, fairly or unfairly, hate speech; and...
Israel-Advocacy Groups Urge Cancellation of ‘Antisemitic,’ Pro-Palestinian Conference at University of Minnesota
JNS.org - Amid increasing concerns over Israel-related antisemitism on college campuses, the anti-Israel group National Students for Justice in Palestine announced its upcoming national conference...
