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Columbia U antisemitism report finds widespread disaffection among Jewish students
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Columbia University’s Task Force on Antisemitism releases a report, finding that Jewish students have experienced widespread disaffection on campus since the October 2023 terror attack on Israel and ensuing turmoil on the Ivy League campus.
“I found the results of this survey difficult to read. They put the challenges we face in stark relief,” acting university president Claire Shipman says in a statement. “Antisemitism can and should be addressed as a unique form of hatred.”
“I am confident we can change this painful dynamic,” she adds.
A survey of thousands of students found that 50% reported positive feelings of belonging, but only 34% of Jewish students felt they belonged, and 41% of Muslim students.
A majority of Jewish students also said they did not feel accepted for their religious identities, felt concerned about expressing their beliefs, and said that expressing support for any side in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict made them feel unsafe, the report says.
The task force has released two previous reports that produced similar findings.
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