George Washington University
Professors Gate on the George Washington University campus in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons, via JNS)
August 22, 2025, 3:52 pm
George Washington U suspends Jewish Voice for Peace chapter
Two infractions have gotten it into trouble with the administration, effective through the spring 2026 semester.
By Aaron Bandler
A man holds an Israeli flag while counter-demonstrating against a pro-Palestinian protest at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., April 25, 2024. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
August 13, 2025, 2:57 pm
Trump administration finds George Washington U was ‘deliberately indifferent to antisemitic discrimination’
The Department of Justice said the federal government would seek “immediate remediation” over the civil rights violations.
By Grace Gilson
Cecilia Culver, a recent graduate of George Washington University, uses her commencement speech to urge her fellow graduates not to donate to the university unless it divests from Israel, May 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. The school banned her from campus as a result of her speech. (Screenshot via X)
May 21, 2025, 4:19 pm
George Washington U bans commencement speaker from campus after calling to divest from Israel
It is the second elite school in as many weeks to discipline a graduating student over a speech about Israel.
By Andrew Lapin
Professors Gate located on the George Washington University campus in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Courtesy via JNS)
May 2, 2025, 4:21 pm
George Washington U bans SJP one year for hosting ‘unapproved events’
The decision came after SJP was issued a temporary suspension ahead of a planned “Palestine Liberation Week.”
By JNS
Messages reading "Glory To Our Martyrs" and "Divestment From Zionist Genocide Now" are projected onto the side of a building on George Washington University's campus in Washington, D.C., Oct. 24, 2023. (StopAntisemitism via X)
August 21, 2024, 1:12 pm
George Washington U suspends Jewish Voice for Peace chapter as colleges prepare for resurgence of Israel protests
The university also suspended Students for Justice in Palestine and put six other pro-Palestinian student groups on probation
By Andrew Lapin
Messages reading "Glory To Our Martyrs" and "Divestment From Zionist Genocide Now," along with others, are projected onto the side of a building on George Washington University's campus in Washington, D.C., Oct. 24, 2023. (StopAntisemitism via X)
October 25, 2023, 6:14 pm
George Washington U students project anti-Israel messages on campus building
Jewish students on campus are “navigating a really, really difficult climate and they feel really isolated and alone.”
By Andrew Lapin
George Washington University. Photo by Ronald Woan, courtesy of flickr.com.
November 23, 2021, 1:39 pm
College campuses have an antisemitism problem — and no solution
Colleges have an antisemitism problem.
By Emily Linder
Students at George Washington University, Sept. 2019. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images/JTA)
November 1, 2021, 12:21 pm
After fraternity’s replica Torah was destroyed, GWU Jewish students plan rally against antisemitism
Tau Kappa Epsilonis not a Jewish fraternity but about a quarter of its members are Jewish.
By Philissa Cramer
Screenshot of the Medium post
September 3, 2020, 3:59 pm
Blog post claims GW professor was raised Jewish, pretended to be Black
It reads: "I have eschewed my lived experience as a white Jewish child in suburban Kansas City under various assumed identities within a Blackness that I had no right to claim."
By Arno Rosenfeld
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