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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 536

American college campuses

Counter-protesters clash with anti-Israel demonstrators at a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), in Los Angeles on May 1, 2024. (ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP)
March 22, 2025, 5:01 pm
Pro-Palestinian students, faculty sue UCLA over handling of anti-Israel demonstrations
35 students, faculty members, legal observers, journalists say school failed to protect activists at campus encampment amid clashes with counter-protesters
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Police officers stand guard outside Columbia University, May 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
March 20, 2025, 12:03 pm
Columbia faces White House pressure over antisemitism, as other US colleges watch
Trump administration, after pulling $400 million in research funds, makes series of demands as ‘precondition’ for negotiating; some faculty say move violates their rights
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Demonstrators walk in an encampment on the UCLA campus after clashes between protestors demonstrating about the Israel-Hamas war, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)
March 3, 2025, 2:04 pm
ADL report card finds some campuses fixing responses to antisemitism
Survey of 135 schools shows many universities have enacted major policy changes, but many still failing to properly protect Jewish students
By Zev Stub
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators from CUNY at a rally near Bryant Park, New York City, November 9, 2023. (Luke Tress)
February 25, 2025, 12:40 am
NYC university system’s faculty union backtracks after Israel boycott vote
CUNY’s Professional Staff Congress, representing 30,000 members, reverses support for divisive divestment measure due to ‘irregularities’ in voting
By Luke Tress
Barnard College in New York City, as seen on August 29, 2024. (Philissa Cramer via JTA)
February 24, 2025, 7:13 pm
Barnard College expels 2 students who disrupted Israel history class last month
Anti-Israel student coalition at US institution shares footage of activists interrupting class, saying course ‘legitimizes the zionist entity’; Hillel president praises expulsion
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Dr. Tareq Abu Hamed, the head of Israel's Arava Institute, in New York City, February 14, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
February 20, 2025, 12:39 am
US colleges could learn from Israeli-Palestinian dialogue, says head of eco institute
Dr. Tareq Abu Hamed, from East Jerusalem, says Arava program’s students have compulsory, confidential, ‘brave’ conversations where both sides find it hard to talk, hard to listen
By Luke Tress
Anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University, January 21, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
February 3, 2025, 11:48 pm
US Justice Department launches task force aimed at combating campus antisemitism
Initiative is the latest step by Trump administration to crack down on hardline anti-Israel protesters and harassment of Jewish students
By Luke Tress
Prof. Derek Penslar, right, and Prof. Magda Teter, Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies and professor of history at Fordham University speak during a panel at Harvard Yard, December 10, 2024. (Courtesy)
January 15, 2025, 4:57 am
Harvard antisemitism task force co-chair talks about post-Oct. 7 ‘petrified anger’
Prof. Derek Penslar recently spoke at the Divinity School about his book ‘Zionism: An Emotional State,’ and the passions motivating Zionists and anti-Zionists, now and in the past
By Rich Tenorio
Jonathan Holloway, president of Rutgers University, testifies at the "Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos" hearing before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Capitol Hill on May 23, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images via JTA)
January 3, 2025, 12:30 pm
Rutgers, feds reach agreement on likely discrimination amid Gaza war protests
US Department of Education says New Jersey university likely failed to protect students, and school must review its anti-discrimination policies
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinian flags hung in the quad alongside the anti-Israel encampment at DePaul University in Chicago on May 1, 2024. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
December 12, 2024, 5:26 pm
Faculty survey reveals fear, self-censorship at US universities, especially about Israel
Newly released study polled 6,269 instructors at 55 major colleges and universities; four times as many report toning down their opinions compared to the McCarthy era
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Students protesting against the war in Gaza, and passersby walking through Harvard Yard, are seen next to the statue of John Harvard, the first major benefactor of Harvard College, draped in the Palestinian flag, at an encampment at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
December 12, 2024, 4:04 am
At Harvard, US academics compare notes on a year of post-Oct. 7 campus antisemitism
Jewish Studies faculty from around the United States convene in Cambridge this week to dissect an ongoing period of unprecedented hostility
By Rich Tenorio
Anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside Columbia University, September 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
December 10, 2024, 6:45 am
Columbia’s anti-Israel student alliance booted from Instagram
Columbia University Apartheid Divest removed from social media platform after post calling Barnard College trustees ‘enemies,’ ‘murderers,’ and ‘violently genocidal Zionists’
By Luke Tress and New York Jewish Week via JTA
People walk on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, February 2, 2024. (AP/Seth Wenig)
December 7, 2024, 4:41 am
Cornell president’s leaked criticism of Gaza class prompts new row over academic freedom
In a private email, Michael Kotlikoff criticized a new course called ‘Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance,’ raising concerns for some as Trump vows to crack down on campus protests
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative: Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel students protest at an encampment on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan on April 28, 2024. (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)
November 14, 2024, 8:04 am
University of Michigan student leaders impeached over anti-Israel harassment
Student body president, vice president accused of inciting violence against colleagues who opposed Gaza aid measure, labeling critics as ‘Zionists,’ amid push for Israel divestment
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinian flags hung in the quad alongside the anti-Israel encampment at DePaul University in Chicago on May 1, 2024. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
November 8, 2024, 6:33 am
Masked men attack Jewish students demonstrating at Chicago’s DePaul University
Chicago Jewish Alliance cofounder says one of the victims was wearing a sign identifying him as an IDF vet and inviting conversation; police probing if assault was a hate crime
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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