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DC-Area Universities Must Proactively Address Antisemitism on Their Campuses

As antisemitism rises on DC-area campuses, Jewish students demand more than crisis management - they want real prevention.

Freshman Columbia and Barnard students Lila and Shoshana, who are Jewish, hold up signs as they counter-protest pro-Palestinian supporters outside Columbia University on the first day of the new semester in New York City, U.S., September 03, 2024
Israeli flags are planted in the shape of the Star of David, on the campus of Columbia University, in New York, US, April 30, 2024.

Finding inner strength on campus: How Jewish educators can help students - opinion

Police officers respond to reports of an active shooter at Villanova University, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 21, 2025, in this screen grab taken from video.

Villanova University says a report of a campus shooter was a ‘cruel hoax’

JPost sits down with Jonathan Davis

Inside the campus refuge that is building the next generation of Jewish leaders


'Don't fall for Hamas propaganda,' 150 academics to Bar-Ilan University's president - report

In a statement issued yesterday, the 150 academics condemned the claims made in that letter, including accusations that Israel is starving Gaza’s residents.

 Im Tirtzu student activists are seen waving Israeli flags in protest at Bar-Ilan University.

Trump administration revoked more than 6,000 student visas, State Dept says

Around 4,000 visas were canceled because the visitors broke the law, with the vast majority being assault, State Department officials said.

PROTESTERS CALL for the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil in New York City, last month. On campuses like Columbia and in all levels of education, better Holocaust education is needed, says the writer.

Three Israeli universities rank among top 100 in the world - ShanghaiRanking

Weizmann Institute of Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology were all ranked among the top 100 universities in the world.

 The Weizmann Institute is set to open a medical school in October of 2025.

Trump administration finds GW was ‘deliberately indifferent to antisemitic discrimination’

The Justice Department accused George Washington University of harming Jewish students by enabling "antisemitic, disruptive protests."

A man holds an Israeli flag while counter-demonstrating against a pro-Palestinian protest at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.,  April 25, 2024.

Bard president Leon Botstein: 'Trump's campaign against colleges follows classic antisemitism'

In Botstein’s view, the government’s demands of these schools do the opposite of fighting antisemitism. “The government is playing out a classic antisemitic routine,” he said.

Leon Botstein has led Bard College since 1975.

Israeli researchers unveil program to treat stuttering in children with five-day camp

While it is not a disease, it can cause the people who stammer to suffer, to develop a poor self-image, be stigmatized, undergo bullying, have difficulty finding a job, and defend themselves.

Participants at the five-day summer camp for youth who experience stuttering.

Brown University strikes $50M deal with Trump admin over allegations of campus antisemitism

The announcement comes one week after Columbia University agreed to a $221 million settlement with the Trump administration over funding canceled in March over antisemitism allegations.

Sayles Hall on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Shooting at University of New Mexico: Suspect arrested, one killed and one wounded

The university has warned that the shooter “may still be on campus.”

 Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Stanford suspends student co-op that it said asked Jewish students to leave

Stanford University has suspended a student “co-op house” on its campus for discriminating against Jewish students by labeling them as “Zionists” and requesting that they leave the house.

 The Stanford University campus.

Yogi Berra and a fork in the road - opinion

In this particular fork, one branch leads to academic freedom, and the other to critical thinking and intellectual scholarship.

GRADUATES, SOME holding pro-Palestinian signs and flags, attend Columbia University’s graduation ceremony in New York City in May. The flare-up of antisemitism in classrooms and on campus is due to the confluence of contributing factors, says the writer.

Combating hate on campus: US student leaders visit Israel

Students stand where terror struck, listen to the voices of residents, soldiers, survivors of terror and their families, and walk through towns scarred by war.

 Pro-Israel students visit Ancient Shiloh.