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Professor Melina Abdullah (R) speaks to a class at California State University, Los Angeles, September 18, 2025. (Screenshot/ YouTube)
December 9, 2025, 12:14 am
Cal State investigating professor seen coaching class to oppose antisemitism bill
Video shows Melina Abdullah, a prominent activist instructor at the LA university, telling students Israeli interests have subverted Congress, discussing violent revolution in US
By Luke Tress
Student seen at the Hebrew University campus in Jerusalem, May 28, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 20, 2025, 11:07 am
Bill allowing gender segregation in graduate courses passes 1st Knesset vote
Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech lauds legislation as ‘true equality,’ while Labor MK Merav Michaeli decries it as promoting ‘discrimination against women’
By Sam Sokol
Anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian students and others gather outside of Cooper Union in Manhattan to protest the school's stance on Israel on May 9, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
February 6, 2025, 12:56 am
Private NYC college told it must face antisemitism lawsuit from Jewish students
Jewish students have accused Cooper Union of failing to come to their aid when they locked themselves in a library out of fear during an anti-Israel protest in Oct. 2023
By Reuters
Illustrative: Then-US secretary of state John Kerry, speaking at the Oxford Union at Oxford University, England, May 11, 2016. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
December 17, 2024, 4:06 pm
‘Toxic and polarizing’: Oxford Union debate on Israel genocide still roils
As counterterror police investigate an anti-Israel speaker’s statements at the November 28 event, Jewish students and panelists decry its contribution to climate of Jew-hatred
By Robert Philpot
Illustrative: Anti-Israel activists march outside of the CUNY Grad Center on July 22, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
September 24, 2024, 11:30 pm
Report on antisemitism at CUNY college system calls for ‘complete overhaul’ to approach
Independent evaluation ordered by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul finds that many students ‘do not feel safe on campus due to antisemitism and other forms of hate’
By Luke Tress
Pro-Palestinian supporters gather next to a banner reading 'Oxford Action for Palestine' at Oxford University, in Oxford, England, on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
August 30, 2024, 5:05 pm
Anti-Israel BDS calls on UK campuses thwarted by lawfare as antisemitism spikes
Bombastic university protests fuel a record-breaking rise in reported incidents of Jew-hatred — but the type and scope of divestment they seek is often contrary to British law
By Robert Philpot
Illustrative: Anti-Israel activists face police forces at the university campus of the Free University of Berlin, Germany, May 7, 2024. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)
May 7, 2024, 8:24 pm
Police disband anti-Israel protesters at Berlin, Amsterdam and Zurich universities
Demonstrations over the war in Gaza and academic ties with Israel have begun to spread across Europe, but remain much smaller in scale than those seen in the US
By Agencies and ToI Staff
University of Southern Californian students carry signs protesting the cancelation of a commencement speech by the institution's 2024 valedictorian who has publicly supported Palestinians during Israel's war in Gaza, been accused of antisemitism and shared virulently anti-Israel content, on the USC campus in Los Angeles, California, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
April 20, 2024, 4:08 pm
USC cancels filmmaker’s keynote after dropping pro-Palestinian valedictorian speech
California university says it’s reworking event; free speech debate boils after decision to scrap speech by student accused of espousing antisemitic views due to ‘safety concerns’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Many scholars say their schools’ DEI offices ignore Jewish concerns — either not recognizing Jews as a minority or seeing them as white and privileged and therefore not subject to marginalization. (Getty Images; JTA illustration by Mollie Suss)
January 24, 2024, 2:00 am
Jewish critics of DEI debate the future of US campus diversity programs
Scholars say university diversity, equity and inclusion offices don’t consider Jews a minority, leading to disagreement on whether they should be nixed or fixed
By JTA and ToI Staff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) president Sally Kornbluth speaks during a hearing of the US House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, December 5, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
January 6, 2024, 1:56 am
Will MIT President Sally Kornbluth survive the campus antisemitism reckoning?
The third school head who testified in a controversial hearing last month faces pressure to resign as her peers did. But will her track record and Jewish engagement save her job?
By Andrew Lapin
Israelis stage a protest at Tel Aviv University against a far-right bill to ban waving Palestinian flags on Israeli campuses, May 28, 2023. (Credit: Standing Together)
July 20, 2023, 11:00 am
Knesset advances bill banning Palestinian flags on university campuses
Proposal introduced by far-right lawmaker clears preliminary reading after being temporarily shelved following condemnations by universities and rights groups
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Protesters wave Palestinian flags during a demonstration marking the annual Land Day in the northern Arab-Israeli town of Sakhnin on March 30, 2023 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
May 28, 2023, 5:55 pm
Bill to ban waving Palestinian flags on campuses temporarily shelved by ministers
Students violating the ban would face 30-day suspension, while repeat violators would become ineligible to get an Israeli degree for 5 years
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
A BDS supporter at an anti-Israel protest in New York City, October 14, 2022. (Luke Tress/ Times of Israel/ File)
February 27, 2023, 9:47 pm
New York opens probe into city college system for alleged anti-Jewish discrimination
CUNY Law School to be investigated for faculty’s BDS support, amid ongoing fight over antisemitism allegations at massive public university network
By Luke Tress
Illustrative photo of antisemitic graffiti on a building near the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, 2016. (Courtesy: Michaela Brown)
October 30, 2021, 5:57 am
Yearlong program helps US colleges find and fix overlooked campus antisemitism
Hillel’s Campus Climate Initiative assesses Jewish life at participating schools; whether kosher food is available, Jewish holidays accommodated, and if bigotry is tolerated
By Cathryn J. Prince
A flyer for the course titled 'Auschwitz/Gaza: A testing ground for comparative literature.' (Wikimedia Commons)
August 26, 2021, 8:44 am
Spanish university axes ‘Auschwitz/Gaza’ class accused of trivializing Holocaust
Course comparing Nazi extermination program with Israel-Palestinian conflict canceled following criticism from scholars and Jewish groups
By Orge Castellano
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