Campus Antisemitism

Different was never a problem: Growing up Jewish and confronting antisemitism - opinion

Being the only Jew in the room has always been my normal. The small differences never bothered me. I loved my traditions, and being “different” didn’t feel like a bad thing.

STAR OF DAVID necklace: Inside or outside your shirt?
Two NYU flags flying above entrance to Frederick Loewe Theatre on New York University campus.

NYU student charged with hate crime after flying swastika, Star of David flag over campus building

Official White House Photo of Elizabeth Pipko.

‘People are genuinely afraid’: Elizabeth Pipko speaks to ‘Post’ on Trump, antisemitism - interview

Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong testifies during a hearing on campus antisemitism before the House Education and Workforce Committee in Washington, DC, last year.

From an F to a C: Does Cal Poly's new antisemitism grade reflect reality?


Despite Gaza ceasefire, war against Israel on college campuses rages on - opinion

The ceasefire may have silenced the rockets, but on American campuses, and beyond the US – and now, even in Toronto – the war continues.

STUDENTS ATTEND a pro-Palestinian protest outside Columbia University in New York City on the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel last month.

Cornell student union voting on BDS resolution backing 'resisting' by 'any means'

If the referendum passes, CGSU-UE would commit to undertaking " political education about the Palestinian struggle for liberation and its connection to our working conditions at Cornell."

Pro-Palestine encampment stands at Cornell University on April 29, 2024.

Imam-led walkout over Jewish participant at CUNY interfaith event draws wide condemnation

“I came here to this event not knowing that I would be sitting next to a Zionist, and this is something I’m not going to accept. My people are being killed right now in Gaza,” said the imam-led.

Students and others at City College of New York participate in a pro-Palestinian encampment on their West Harlem campus on April 26, 2024.

In the shadow of hate: Egyptian activist on fleeing home after defending Israel post-October 7

The personal narrative of an Egyptian woman forced to leave her homeland after speaking out against Hamas on October 7.

An Egyptian protester burns the Israeli and American flags during a protest against Israel on April 8, 2025, in Cairo.

Trump can’t levy antisemitism fines against the University of California, judge rules

University staffers and academic groups had sued the administration, saying that Trump’s actions were already having a punishing effect on their First Amendment concerns.

 Signs in support of Palestinians in Gaza are set up along with reinforcements to block the doorway of a building at an encampment after protesters were asked to leave by UCLA campus police at the University of California, Los Angeles, California, US, May 2, 2024.

Columbia University rejects three Israel divestment proposals

The three December 2024 proposals by Columbia students, faculty, and staff accused the Israeli government and military of human rights violations, war crimes, and apartheid.

A student puts on their pro-Palestine graduation cap reading "From the river to the sea" at the People's Graduation, hosted for Mahmoud Khalil and other students unable to participate in Columbia and New York University's commencement ceremony, May 18, 2025.

Is dining-hall matzah ‘DEI’? The answer isn’t clear to UVA’s pushed-out ex-president

Jim Ryan's question is a reflection of broader struggles on American college campuses to satisfy conservative demands on both antisemitism and DEI.

JTA illustration of matzah

We must fight antisemitism to save our universities themselves - opinion

Today, American universities occupy the top position that German universities held 100 years ago. Decades after the end of World War II, they have not regained their past global preeminence.

Nazis bar Jews from a university in Vienna in 1938.

'Don’t Feed the Lion': Israeli, US journalists collaborate to tackle antisemitism in middle school

CULTURAL AFFAIRS: Keshet 12's Yonit Levi and CNN’s Bianna Golodryga, both respected journalists and Jewish mothers, came together to create a book they wished they found for their own kids.

‘DONT FEED the Lion’ follows three tweens in Chicago, siblings Theo and Annie, who are Jewish, and Gabe, who is part Korean, and examines how they are affected when Theo’s soccer-player idol tweets an antisemitic comment.

British university bars academic who repeated antisemitic libels in lecture to SJP

The lecturer spread antisemitic conspiracy theories and claimed that Jews require the blood of gentiles to be used in the making of their “special pancakes.”

Pro-Palestinian students demonstrate at University College London, May 15, 2024.