Higher education
Two NYU flags flying above entrance to Frederick Loewe Theatre on New York University campus. (Plexi Images/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
June 4, 2026, 3:02 pm
NYU student charged with hate crime for flying flag with swastikas, Star of David over campus building
An NYU spokesman said the school would “immediately pursue our disciplinary procedures, which carry the most severe consequences.”
By Grace Gilson
Faculty for Justice in Palestine at the Gaza solidarity encampment, one day before violent riots erupted at the University of California, Los Angeles, April 29, 2024. (Credit: Noopur28 via Wikimedia Commons)
May 26, 2026, 7:21 pm
Trump admin files second lawsuit against UCLA for ‘deliberate indifference’ to Jew-hatred
The public university “inexplicably took no serious action whatsoever” as “Jewish and Israeli students risked physical assault” during the 2024 anti-Israel campus protests.
By Mike Wagenheim
Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff poses for a portrait in the A.D. White House on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Ryan Young / Cornell University)
May 15, 2026, 11:26 am
Cornell trustees back Jewish president after confrontation with pro-Palestinian protesters
The protesters who had blocked Michael Kotlikoff’s car will not face penalties.
By Andrew Lapin
Members of the national board of J Street U, the liberal Zionist group's campus wing, speak at their 2026 convention in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of J Street)
May 13, 2026, 12:32 pm
Jewish students wanted to bring J Street to Sarah Lawrence. The student senate said no.
The campus where Ezra Klein was derided as a “Nazi normalizer” is the first to deny a chapter of the liberal Zionist group.
By Andrew Lapin
Graduates and guests of Rutgers University graduation exit the ceremonies. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)
May 7, 2026, 8:55 am
Rutgers cancels graduation speaker over tweet claiming Israelis ‘train dogs to sexually assault prisoners’
Rami Elghandour is a biotech executive and a producer of “The Voice of Hind Rajab.”
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Georgetown University (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
May 7, 2026, 8:44 am
Georgetown Law graduation speaker backs out after students protest his ‘controversial, Zionist and harmful opinions’
A law professor who disparaged legal efforts to curb pro-Palestinian student activism will replace Morton Schapiro.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
University of Michigan professor Derek Peterson praises campus pro-Palestinian protesters during his commencement speech in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 2, 2026. (Screenshot via YouTube)
May 5, 2026, 3:44 pm
U of Michigan apologizes after faculty chair praises pro-Palestinian students during commencement speech
The speech, focusing on trailblazers, also invoked the university’s first Jewish professor.
By Andrew Lapin
An aerial view of the historic core of the UCLA campus in 2003. (Credit: Courtesy of UCLA)
April 22, 2026, 4:55 pm
UCLA student government condemns event with former Israeli hostage
Council said sharing Omer Shem Tov’s story without a broader political context “serves to legitimize and normalize these ongoing atrocities.”
By Aaron Bandler | JNS
Israeli flags were planted on the lawn of the Harvard Divinity School as campus protests continue on October 25, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
March 22, 2026, 11:46 pm
Trump administration sues Harvard for allegedly discriminating against Jewish, Israeli students
The administration’s latest salvo against the Ivy League school comes weeks after the Justice Department filed another antisemitism lawsuit against UCLA.
By Grace Gilson
The University of California, Berkeley (Charlie Nguyen/Flickr, CC BY 2.0)
March 20, 2026, 8:22 am
In settlement, UC Berkeley agrees bans on Zionists ‘can violate university rules’
The university also agreed to pay $1 million to the Brandeis Center.
By Andrew Lapin
Lecture chairs. (Credit: johnykessler/Pixabay)
March 9, 2026, 3:53 pm
124 groups tell U. of Calif. regents to act on report of anti-Israel profs fueling Jew-hatred
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, of the AMCHA Initiative, told JNS that the “issue is not just about Jews and Israel” but about “misuse of the institution.”
Tova Kaplan, a student at Harvard University, testifies before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights briefing on antisemitism on college and university campuses on Feb. 19, 2026. (Screenshot via YouTube)
February 23, 2026, 8:09 pm
At US Commission on Civil Rights hearing, Jewish students warn against politicizing campus antisemitism
The hearing last week was the first in an independent government investigation into campus antisemitism.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A video security camera mounted high on a college campus. (Credit: Real Window Creative/Shutterstock)
February 17, 2026, 7:48 pm
Four in 10 Jewish students report experiencing hatred on campus, per study
It also finds that most parents weigh the current environment for Jewish students when choosing a college.
By JNS
The entrance sign for American University in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Samschoe via Wikimedia Commons)
February 17, 2026, 11:43 am
American University suspends Students for Justice in Palestine chapter
“The student organization was suspended for violations of university policies,” a spokesperson for the D.C. school told JNS.
By JNS
Cohon Center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
February 12, 2026, 1:56 pm
US colleges got $1.1 billion from Qatar in 2025, Ed Department says
The foreign funding comes, in part, from "countries and entities that are involved in activities that threaten America's national security," the U.S. education secretary said.
By JNS Staff
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