Higher education
An exterior view of Sarah Lawrence College is seen on February 12, 2020 in Bronxville, New York (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
January 7, 2025, 1:57 pm
Dept. of Education opens Title VI antisemitism investigation at Sarah Lawrence College
The department also resolved an antisemitism case at Johns Hopkins University.
By Andrew Lapin
Protesters outside Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress)
October 8, 2024, 7:39 pm
Columbia pro-Palestinian group endorses violence and walks back apology for student who said ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’
Student activists say “violence is the only path forward” and back “armed resistance.”
By Luke Tress
Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., from atop McGraw Tower, looking southeast. (Credit: sach1tb/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons)
September 17, 2024, 11:33 am
Cornell professor, who called Oct. 7 ‘energizing,’ back after ‘voluntary leave
Rep. Claudia Tenney told the New York Post that she is “deeply disgusted” that the Ivy League school is still employing Russell Rickford.
By JNS
The interior of the Law Library at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. (Cadop via Creative Commons)
September 16, 2024, 2:23 pm
U of Michigan condemns assault of Jewish student on campus
The victim said he was assaulted by a group of men who were walking behind him and “asked if he was Jewish.” When he said that he was, they attacked him.
By Andrew Lapin
Hebrew University's new three-year undergraduate program in English marks the first time overseas students can complete an entire BA degree in English at the iconic Jerusalem university. (Courtesy of Hebrew University)
September 12, 2024, 11:55 am
Hebrew University launches new English-taught undergrad program
The new three-year undergraduate program in English marks the first time overseas students can complete an entire BA degree at the Jerusalem institution.
By Zev Stub
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at a protest outside Columbia University, in Manhattan, April 18, 2024. (Luke Tress)
August 29, 2024, 10:20 am
2 pro-Palestinian student groups at NYU, Columbia say Instagram removed their accounts
Pro-Palestinian groups regularly share and amplify each other’s messaging, and collaborate with each other and non-student activist groups on events.
By Luke Tress
New York University students set up a "Liberated Zone" tent encampment in Gould Plaza at NYU Stern School of Business on April 22, 2024, in New York City. NYU students joined the growing number of students in colleges throughout the country to set up tent encampments on school grounds calling on their schools to divest from Israel and a ceasefire in Gaza. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
August 26, 2024, 2:37 pm
NYU issues new hate speech guidelines discouraging students from targeting ‘Zionists’
Some Jewish students have described feeling excluded from campus activities if they do not denounce Zionism.
By Andrew Lapin
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
Columbia University officials, including President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, Dean Emeritus David Schizer and Board of Trustees Co-Chair Claire Shipman, testify before the House Committee on Education & the Workforce at Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, April 17, 2024. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
August 15, 2024, 2:35 pm
Columbia president resigns, citing controversy over pro-Palestinian campus protests
Minouche Shafik’s resignation, tendered Wednesday, comes after just a yearlong tenure at the Ivy League school.
By JTA Staff
The pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA was closed off with multiple layers of barricades and a heavy police presence. (Jacob Gurvis)
August 14, 2024, 5:43 pm
UCLA can’t let protesters block Jewish students’ access to campus, judge rules
The temporary injunction, from U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi, is one of the most significant legal rulings to follow the spread of pro-Palestinian encampments
By Andrew Lapin
A pro-Israel event co-sponsored by Chabad on Campus and Hillel JUC in October 2023 (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
August 5, 2024, 4:08 pm
Uniting against hate: Hillel JUC prepares student leaders to tackle antisemitism
"When you’re walking outside your building to move people from your door chanting ‘From the river to the sea’ to let Jewish students get into your building, you’ve crossed the Rubicon.”
By Toby Tabachnick
Students gather at the University of Pittsburgh and demonstrate support for Israel on Oct. 9. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
July 29, 2024, 12:24 pm
Pennsylvania students testify in state capital about college antisemitism
“We didn’t feel safe on campus for most of the fall semester following the attack,” said Mackenzie Borine, student president of Penn State’s Hillel.
By JNS
A view of protesters demonstrating outside the campus of Columbia University in New York City, April 22, 2024. (Credit: Evan Schneider/U.N. photo)
July 8, 2024, 4:34 pm
Columbia removes three deans who mocked campus Jew-hatred event
“Students deserve better, and Columbia is far from off the hook,” Rep. Virginia Foxx told JNS.
By Andrew Bernard
Point Park University’s Academic Hall (Photo by J. James via Wikimedia)
June 6, 2024, 10:06 am
Professor encourages Point Park students to boycott Israel
New club on campus says it is not antisemitic, but is 'opposed to Zionism'
By Toby Tabachnick
A crowd watches rapper Kosha Dillz perform during the "We Will Dance Again" event presented by MIT Hillel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 16, 2024. Hillels have come under fire from some campus encampments, which have demanded schools cut ties with them. (Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
May 23, 2024, 8:53 am
Some pro-Palestinian encampments want their schools to cut ties with Hillel, Chabad
The demands have led to bipartisan condemnation, with major Jewish groups citing them as evidence of the encampment movement’s antisemitism.
By Andrew Lapin
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