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anti-Semitism on campus
William Paterson University professor Clyde Magarelli. (Twitter/via JTA)
June 9, 2018, 7:41 am
Are NJ sociology prof’s conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic tropes free speech?
Dr. Clyde Magarelli has been irking pupils for decades, even downplaying how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Now, one student is broadcasting his words on Twitter
By Larry Yudelson
Student organizers of an Israel Independence Day event at New York University, April 19, 2018. They include Adela Cojab, Jenny Labovitz and Esther Bildirici, front row, left to right, and Gabe Hoffman, back row, right. (Josefin Dolsten)
April 24, 2018, 2:01 am
What it’s like to support Israel at NYU
After BDS motion signed last week, one pro-Israel student says 'animosity' largely failed to take hold at Manhattan campus, but another says it 'became 'cool' to be anti-Zionist
By Josefin Dolsten
Caltech demonstration (via Joshua Washington)
April 21, 2018, 2:50 pm
Fighting white racism with…anti-Semitism
A Black Student Union responded to a fraternity's blackface photo with a swipe against Zionism
By Joshua Washington
Students protest at an anti-Israel demonstration at the University of California, Irvine. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/JTA)
April 9, 2018, 2:53 pm
5 myths Israel must bust to win back the youth
Including: Jews are an inauthentic minority, Zionists are white supremacists, Palestinians are the underdog
By Lyn Julius
An Israeli flag at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 24, 2017. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
April 2, 2018, 3:04 pm
Israel and the Diaspora: We have to talk
The Israeli government's failure to move toward peace is creating a dangerous crisis for young Diaspora Zionists
By Mick Davis
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat addressing students at San Francisco University on April 6, 2016, as pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest in the background. (Jerusalem Municipality)
March 28, 2018, 2:51 am
San Francisco university apologizes for anti-Semitism, says ‘Zionists welcome’
School faced allegations of anti-Semitism since 2016 speech by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat was disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters, making Jewish students feel unsafe
By JTA
Illustrative: Muslim students at an anti-Israel protest at the University of California, Irvine, in 2006. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/JTA)
March 3, 2018, 6:21 pm
Where is the right to free speech for Israel advocates on campus, academics ask
Former University of California and current University of Haifa presidents note that while BDS activists regularly use anti-Semitic tropes, Jewish voices aren't given a fair shake
By Cathryn J. Prince
McGill University. (Wikimedia Commons)
February 9, 2018, 7:44 am
McGill U report says BDS actions not anti-Semitic, but sees campus anti-Semitism
Prejudice did not play a role in attempts to bar pro-Israel students from student government, former ombudsman says, drawing criticism from Jewish groups
By JTA
Anti-Semitic graffiti on a building near the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville. (Courtesy Michaela Brown via JTA)
February 1, 2018, 9:18 pm
White supremacist propaganda spreading on US campuses — report
Racist groups 'targeting college campuses like never before,' ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt warns
By JTA
University of Warwick (Wikimedia Commons/Mike1024, public domain)
January 19, 2018, 6:25 pm
Jews said barred from UK campus lecture on Israel’s ‘reproductive sabotage’
Researcher at Warwick University event claimed the Jewish state, through subsidizing fertilization procedures for citizens, seeks to disenfranchise Palestinians
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Students protest at an anti-Israel demonstration at the University of California, Irvine. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/JTA)
December 19, 2017, 5:00 am
Few US college students want to boycott Israel, study of 4 campuses finds
Research also shows relatively few Jewish students have been exposed to anti-Semitism
By Josefin Dolsten
University of California Berkeley junior Adah Forer speaks to a student in front of a pro-Palestinian demonstration on campus. (Courtesy)
November 30, 2017, 1:26 am
Jewish groups team with security network to protect campuses
'There was a recognition that conditions required a collective and collaborative approach,' new director of the Secure Community Network says
By JTA
Illustrative: Students at the UK‘s Sussex University staging a mock Israeli checkpoint during Israel Apartheid Week, March, 2012. (screen capture: YouTube/File)
November 28, 2017, 3:45 pm
Too much anti-Semitism at Nottingham U
'Boycott Israeli Apartheid' slogans welcomed me to university, and it didn't stop there
By Daniel Kosky
The Cesar Chavez Student Center at San Francisco State University. (Wikimedia Commons)
November 9, 2017, 8:37 pm
Judge says refile case alleging San Francisco State U encourages anti-Semitism
Suit accuses SFSU of promoting discrimination 'marked by violent threats to the safety of Jewish students on campus'
By JTA
The Arts Building at McGill University in Montreal, Canada (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
October 27, 2017, 11:34 am
Pro-Israel students said barred from student union board at Canada’s McGill
Union president says it’s ’very disappointing’ that ’we would vote against a member on the basis that he’s Jewish’
By JTA
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