Campus Antisemitism

US House Education & Workforce Committee advances bills to fight antisemitism in America’s schools

The three bills aim at protecting Jewish students and countering the spread of antisemitism across America’s education system

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.
A mailer reading "No wars for Jews," among other messages, was sent to thousands of Tennessee households in June 2026 bearing the name of a local Young Republicans chapter. JTA has removed the QR code.

Tennessee GOP leaders denounce ‘No wars for Jews’ mailers bearing Young Republicans name

DAVID BURCK is running for election to the US House to represent Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, and is on the ballot in the Republican primary on August 18. Here, American flags are on display on the National Mall’s lawn with the US Capitol seen in the background.

Israel is America's 'only true Western ally,' Florida's GOP House hopeful David Burck tells 'Post'

A school bus used for transporting New York City public school students is seen driving down 135th avenue in the Queens borough of New York

Largest US teachers' union under investigation for antisemitic discrimination


Jewish orgs. slam NGO report detailing 'Zionist attack on academic freedom'

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), American Jewish Committee (AJC), and the Academic Engagement Network (AEN) made a joint statement calling out the report.

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks onstage at ADL's Never Is Now conference on March 3, 2025 in New York City.

Northwestern University to pay US gov’t $75 million after antisemitism allegations

The deal with Northwestern was the second-highest payout since the Trump administration began investigating antisemitism in academic institutions, according to the New York Times.

Signs are displayed in front of Deering Meadow, where an encampment of students are protesting in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois, US. April 25, 2024

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.