Campus Antisemitism

Vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel in Indiana

Indiana University’s Jewish studies program has erupted into a bitter internal feud, pitting a new interim director against faculty and students.

Sample Gates on the campus of Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, June 3, 2010.
(L-R) Somerville for Palestine supporters celebrate a projected win for Question 3, a non-binding resolution imploring the Boston suburb to divest from companies that do business with Israel, November 4, 2025; a still from an ad opposing the measure paid for by a local Jewish group.

In a first, ballot initiative to divest from Israel wins at the ballot box, in Somerville, Mass.

PROTESTERS RAISE red hands behind Rabbi Mark Goldfeder, CEO of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, at a US House subcommittee hearing on antisemitism on college campuses, last year. Antisemitism hasn’t just risen, it has metastasized, says the writer.

Our work is far from over: We must fight to purge our safe spaces of antisemitism - opinion

Columbia University professor emerita Marianne Hirsch.

Former Columbia professor claims campus antisemitism focus fosters ‘Jewish victimization’


Hungary to revoke scholarship of pro-Palestinian student who disrupted Israeli lecturer

Eötvös Loránd University was "deeply shocked" after a student disrupted a lecture by Israeli historian Alexander Yakobson.

Balazs HANKO for Hungary during the meeting of Minister of the European Union for Education Youth Culture and Sport in the European Council in Brussels in Belgium on 12th of May 2025.

Syracuse University chancellor: Iran 'encouraged' campus protests

Syracuse University's chancellor said that demonstrations on campus seemed to mimic those of other universities, such as Columbia.

People protest near the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology where U.S. President Joe Biden visits in Syracuse, New York, US, April 25, 2024.

CAM Weekly Antisemitism Report - Tripling of Antisemitism on College Campuses

53 acts of antisemitism were recorded in September, nearly triple August’s total

Data on Antisemitic Incidents

Calling for the death of Jews: Danger and hatred in countries that Jews call home - opinion

These calls to kill Jews indicate that we are, once again, at a time when society has broken down and is desperately in need of profound soul-searching.

A SIGN at a pro-Palestinian encampment reads: ‘Welcome to the People’s University for Palestine,’ at Oxford University last year. History shows that antisemitism begins with a slur and then graduates to societal exclusion of Jews, the writer asserts.

Washington student group holds lecture on October 7 massacre 'victory'

A University of Washington student group is holding an off-campus lecture on Sunday to explain why the October 7 massacre was a victory for the pro-Palestinian movement.

 A DEMONSTRATOR wears a button with a slogan that negates Israel’s existence, at a rally at the University of Washington in Seattle, earlier this year

Campus antisemitism is symptom of America’s lost values, Yeshiva University pres. tells 'Post'

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Yeshiva University President Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman discusses campus antisemitism and Israel advocacy.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest outside the main campus of Columbia University during the Columbia commencement ceremony in Manhattan, in New York City, May 21, 2025.

My Word: Getting kicks from kicking Israel and Jews

Surely it should not take the education secretary wagging a finger to tell university heads that antisemitism is not acceptable.

DEMONSTRATORS FROM the ‘Palestine Coalition’ hold a large Palestinian flag earlier this month in London, after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect.

Pro-Palestine students sue Northwestern University over ‘coercive’ antisemitism training

“Northwestern capitulated to pressure... by ramping up its repression of legitimate, non-discriminatory speech by students, faculty, and staff in solidarity with Palestinians,” the suit says.

SIGNS ARE displayed in front of Deering Meadow, at an encampment of pro-Palestinian activists at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in April 2024.

‘Parasites:’ University of Sydney staffer suspended after harassing attendees at Sukkot event

A Uni of Sydney staffer was suspended after calling Jewish students “parasites” during a Sukkot event. A formal investigation is underway.

A University of Sydney staff member was suspended after allegedly harassing Jewish students and staff holding a Sukkot holiday event on campus last Thursday, calling students "parasites."

Masked protesters disrupt Pomona college October 7 memorial speech by survivor

Masked intruders shouting “Zionists not welcome” disrupted a Pomona College October 7 memorial event featuring a survivor’s lecture.

 Students take part in an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University in New York City last month. Many students demonstrating against Israel likely do not know basic facts about the Mideast, the writer argues.

'Put the Zios in the ground:' After Oxford student arrest, UK groups back chant

British anti-Israel groups voiced support for a London protest chant calling to “put the Zios in the ground,” days after an Oxford student was arrested for inciting racial hatred at the rally.

Samuel Williams, a student at Oxford University's Balliol College, was suspended by the university over the chant "put the Zios in the ground."