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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 620

antisemitism on campus

Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, center, in the House of Representatives at the state Capitol, in Phoenix, Arizona, on January 13, 2025. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)
June 11, 2025, 7:50 am
Arizona governor vetoes bill banning teaching antisemitism, cites litigation worries
Katie Hobbs says legislation would place ‘unacceptable level of personal liability’ on public school educators, who would have to pay lawsuit damage costs from their own pocket
By AP
Shaul Magid has been appointed professor of modern Jewish studies in residence at Harvard Divinity School, June 2025. (Annette Yoshiko Reed via JTA)
June 10, 2025, 6:52 am
Harvard Divinity School taps professor critical of Zionism for new Jewish studies role
Critics of university’s handling of campus antisemitism decry appointment of ‘counter-Zionist’ Shaul Magid, who pushes back by saying he believes he can play a ‘balancing role’
By Grace Gilson
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators rally near Columbia University in New York on November 15, 2023. (Bryan R. Smith / AFP)
June 5, 2025, 10:34 am
US says Columbia University discriminated against Jews, should lose accreditation
Trump’s Education Secretary Linda McMahon says New York school violated civil rights law through ‘deliberate indifference’ to harassment of Jewish students during Gaza war protests
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Graduates listen to speakers while displaying 'Free Palestine' signs on their mortarboards during commencement ceremonies at Harvard University, on May 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
June 5, 2025, 9:44 am
Trump moves to bar US entry to foreign students planning to study at Harvard
US president says it would jeopardize national security to let university keep hosting international students; tries new legal method after judge blocked earlier effort
By AP
Israeli-American rapper Kosha Dillz. Following the cancellation of a screening of his film "Bring the Family Home" by the Facets Film Forum, the Chicago Jewish Alliance rescheduled the screening at the Wilmette Theater in suburban Chicago on May 13, 2025. It was then cancelled again. (Ronit Bezalel via JTA)
May 29, 2025, 6:50 am
Chicago cinema relents after canceling pro-Israel movie screening, then cancels it again
Theater operators claim second cancellation due to ‘harassment’ from filmmaker Kosha Dillz, who denies any improper conduct and says he is ‘extremely let down and exhausted’
By Grace Gilson
A relief sculpture rests on a gate to the entrance of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
May 27, 2025, 11:43 pm
Trump administration seeks to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard
Letter directs federal agencies to look for alternatives for training, research contracts, as US president ups pressure on the university over antisemitism on campus
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Collin Binkley
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters march away from Columbia University on May 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
May 24, 2025, 2:34 am
Trump administration accuses Columbia of violating Jewish students’ civil rights
US government says the university has been ‘acting with deliberate indifference’ to antisemitism on campus since Oct. 7, ‘continually failed to protect Jewish students’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
FILE: The Harvard University logo is displayed on a building at the school, Tuesday, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 15, 2025. (Charles Krupa/AP)
May 23, 2025, 9:45 pm
Judge temporarily halts Trump block on foreign students at Harvard after it sues
University had asked court to ‘stop the government’s arbitrary, capricious, unlawful, and unconstitutional action’
By Gregory WALTON
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters are escorted out of Columbia University's Butler Library after being arrested for occupying the library space on May 7, 2025, in New York City.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
May 23, 2025, 3:02 pm
Will the DC killings lead Trump to crack down harder on pro-Palestinian activists?
After attack by gunman who then shouted ‘Free Palestine,’ right-wing Jewish groups and conservative lawmakers say US must ‘quash the terrorism-promoting demonstrations’ on campuses
By Ron Kampeas
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, right, speaks on a panel with Liberties editor Leon Wieseltier and Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt at 'The End of an Era: Jews and Elite Universities,' a symposium at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, May 18, 2025. (John Halpern via JTA)
May 21, 2025, 1:11 am
At US campus symposium, billionaire Bill Ackman solitarily defends Trump’s Harvard feud
The firmly pro-Israel hedge fund manager supports budget cuts to the elite school, facing down academics, journalists and clergy at a conference at the Center for Jewish History
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023, a week after Hamas terrorists launched a massacre in southern Israel. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
May 20, 2025, 3:33 pm
US terminates $60 million in Harvard grants, saying it failed to address antisemitism
In the past few weeks, the Trump administration has frozen or ended federal grants and contracts worth nearly $3 billion for Ivy League school
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Shabbos Kestenbaum speaks during the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
May 16, 2025, 2:43 pm
Harvard settles with Jewish student who sued school for ignoring campus antisemitism
Alexander Kestenbaum agrees to end case with Ivy League institution for undisclosed terms; lawsuit among many accusing US universities of encouraging antisemitism after October 7
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A 13-year-old private Boeing aircraft that US President Donald Trump toured to check out new hardware and technology features, and highlight the aircraft maker's delay in delivering updated versions of the Air Force One presidential aircraft, takes off from Palm Beach International Airport, February 16, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
May 14, 2025, 9:54 am
MAGA influencers call out Trump for plan to accept jet from Qatar
In rare split with US president, loyalists Ben Shapiro, Laura Loomer and Mark Levin say gift contradicts effort to remove foreign influence from US campuses
By ToI Staff
People hold signs as they protest the arrest of former Columbia University anti-Israel student activist Mahmoud Khalil during a 'Fight for Our Rights' demonstration at the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, March 15, 2025. (Jason Redmond/AFP)
May 8, 2025, 5:52 pm
Trump administration condemns destructive pro-Palestinian protest at Seattle’s UW campus
US secretary of education decries ‘horrifying display of the antisemitic harassment and lawlessness’ as school says group that praised Oct. 7 atrocities caused $1 million in damages
By Grace Gilson
A pro-Palestinian student walks in a tent outside the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
May 8, 2025, 2:28 pm
Report details ‘terrible,’ normalized antisemitism at UK universities
Testimonials presented to House of Lords find sharp spike in anti-Jewish activities since Oct. 7, show Jewish students are ‘frightened’ to be on campuses
By Zev Stub
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