Ivy League

'American Intellectual Antisemitism': Shai Davidai exposes universities’ deep-rooted antisemitism

A professor’s fight against campus antisemitism reveals institutional failures and raises questions about whether American universities can change.

|ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
Columbia University campus, first day of 2025 fall semester, in New York City. Prof. Shai Davidai exposes Ivy League radical politics, ideological indoctrination, institutional indifference, leadership failures, and the moral unraveling of American academia.
A demonstrator holds a placard as the McGraw Tower stands in the background during a Justice for Survivors rally at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, US, October 5, 2026.

Cornell students rally in anti-rape protest, demand stronger action against sexual violence

The alleged gang-rape victim, identified by the pseudonym Jane Doe, has said the university failed to adequately investigate and punish the campus fraternity members who were involved.

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Students walk through campus at Harvard University on April 17, 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; illustrative

Over half of US Jewish studies faculty records linked to anti-Israel positions

The study was conducted by the Olam, an institutional intelligence platform for Israel and the global Jewish economy, and published in early August.

|ByALEX CARSON
Demonstrators rally on Cambridge Common in a protest organized by the City of Cambridge calling on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. April 12, 2025.

Trump administration probing Harvard over possible discrimination in Chinese financial aid programs

Harvard said on Monday it "does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin in allocating financial aid."

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Yale paper apologizes for 'correction' on story about Hamas rape

In fact, as the paper acknowledged this week, by the time that note was added, several credible news organizations had confirmed that both rape and beheading had taken place.

NOVEMBER 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Students walk on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut November 12, 2015.

Harvard, Penn, Columbia announce steps to address antisemitism following campus turmoil

At Cornell University, another Ivy League school, a junior was recently arrested for threatening to kill Jewish students.

NOVEMBER 2, 2023ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
Pro-Israel students take part in a protest in support of Israel amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at Columbia University in New York City, US, October 12, 2023.