Campus Antisemitism

After outcry, Cornell president cancels pro-Palestinian performer chosen for campus concert

The controversy surrounding the upcoming performance comes as Cornell is poised to lose $1 billion in federal funding from the Trump administration over its handling of campus antisemitism.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
24/04/2025

UMich anti-Israel activists face sweeping raid over vandalism, property damage investigation

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel denied claims by anti-Israel and Muslim groups that the raids were made in relation to UMich protest or encampment activity.

Yale anti-Israel encampment reestablished to protest Ben-Gvir visit

Students calling for the university’s cutting of financial ties with Israel erected tents in Beinecke Plaza on the anniversary of the first encampment.

  The Pajaro Valley Unified School District board meeting, April 17, 2025,  with Gabriel Medina at r

California school board members accused of antisemitism during contentious meeting

The ADL demands an apology from a California school board after two members made antisemitic comments during a meeting on ethnic studies.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
23/04/2025
 To create a pre-recorded online service, Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann, center, and musicians and singers f

Over 100 Chicago-area rabbis and cantors condemn Trump’s campus crackdown

Signatories of the letter included current and former leaders of synagogues and Jewish organizations across the denominational spectrum.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
23/04/2025

Hmm... maybe anti-Zionism really is antisemitic

Yes, proud Jews can theoretically oppose Zionism, but they’ve got to “do the work” to repudiate the Jew-hating Palestinians programmed into the pro-Palestinian movement.

23/04/2025

Brown University stops hosting controversial history program after Trump antisemitism crackdown

The program notably had controversial teachings about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but university authorities maintain that the curriculum was not antisemitic.

Antisemitic incidents rose over 80% on college campuses last year, ADL says

For the first time since the ADL began publishing the audits in 1979, a majority of all incidents were related to Israel or Zionism. Half took place at anti-Israel rallies.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
22/04/2025

US academic leaders unite against Trump's higher education policies

Presidents of over 100 institutions criticized what is described as "the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education."

By REUTERS
22/04/2025

Trump threatens to cut another $1 billion in Harvard funding, WSJ reports

This comes after the Trump administration announced it would freeze $2.3 billion in funds for the Ivy League university.

By REUTERS
21/04/2025
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