Students for Justice in Palestine
Varsity Walk at the University of Pittsburgh (Photo by Christopher Lancaster via Wikimedia Commons)
Litigation
ACLU files suit against Pitt for SJP
By David Rullo
Group asks the University of Pittsburgh to lift Students for Justice in Palestine suspension
Varsity Walk at the University of Pittsburgh (Photo by Christopher Lancaster via Wikimedia Commons)
April 16, 2025, 12:37 pm
ACLU files suit against Pitt for SJP
Group asks the University of Pittsburgh to lift Students for Justice in Palestine suspension
By David Rullo
Antisemitic statements were both chanted and displayed outside of an anti-Israel encampment at the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning last spring. The encampment was the work of groups like Students for Justice in Palestine. (Photo by David Rullo)
March 21, 2025, 2:02 pm
Pitt suspends Students for Justice in Palestine
The suspension means that SJP must cease all organizational operations and is banned from using any university resources to advance its mission.
By David Rullo
Antisemitic statements were both chanted and displayed outside of an anti-Israel encampment at the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning last spring. The encampment was the work of groups like Students for Justice in Palestine. (Photo by David Rullo)
February 11, 2025, 12:50 pm
Pitt considers sanctioning Students for Justice in Palestine
December event was catalyst for university's response
By David Rullo
Students gather at the University of Pittsburgh and demonstrate support for Israel on Oct. 9, 2023. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
January 26, 2025, 3:29 pm
Jewish students share their struggles with antisemitism at Pitt
While physical attacks garner the most media attention, many more subtle antisemitic episodes have transpired at Pitt, some Jewish students say
By Toby Tabachnick
Community members stand in solidarity with the hostages at a vigil in Squirrel Hill (Photo by Sandy Zell)
January 21, 2025, 1:00 pm
Local community members express cautious optimism over hostage deal
“It’s what everybody wished for, just to see those moms hugging their daughters."
By Toby Tabachnick
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
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
Antisemitic statements were both chanted and displayed outside of an anti-Israel encampment at the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning last spring. The encampment was the work of groups like Students for Justice in Palestine. (Photo by David Rullo)
July 15, 2024, 3:10 pm
An alphabet soup of anti-Zionist groups operate around Pittsburgh
A handful of local organizations organize and promote most of the anti-Zionist activity in the city
By David Rullo
Summer Lee (Photo by Maureen Kelly Busis)
February 26, 2024, 3:18 pm
Patel campaign calls on Summer Lee to return contributions from ‘antisemitic donors’
“Taking money from antisemites who celebrate terrorist attacks and encourage their followers to monitor synagogues is abhorrent behavior,” she said.
By David Rullo
Elya Jacobowitz shows his support for Israel at the Cathedral of Learning, as protesters chant anti-Israel slogans. (Photo by David Rullo)
January 26, 2024, 1:02 pm
Students for Justice in Palestine protest IDF soldier speaking at Hillel JUC
“We will not be deterred or intimidated from providing meaningful Jewish and Israeli experiences to our student community." — Daniel Marcus, Hillel JUC executive director
By David Rullo
The campus of San Diego State University, San Diego, California, June 15, 2013. (Stuart Seeger via Creative Commons)
January 4, 2024, 11:38 am
San Diego State U sent an email supporting students after Oct. 7. It’s now being investigated for Islamophobia.
The probe into SDSU will determine if the university, 48 hours after the Hamas attacks, should have done more for its Muslim students.
By Andrew Lapin
A hedge outside Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, July 30, 2016. (Tomwsulcer via Creative Commons)
December 14, 2023, 5:23 pm
Rutgers U suspends Students for Justice in Palestine amid campus uproar over Israel
A growing number of American universities have restricted the pro-Palestinian group’s operations as campus activism
By Andrew Lapin
View of Columbia University (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
November 11, 2023, 8:14 pm
Columbia University suspends Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine
The decision was made after the two groups "violated University policies related to holding campus events," and spewed "threatening rhetoric and intimidation."
By Ben Sales
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)
October 26, 2023, 10:02 pm
White House decries ‘grotesque’ antisemitic campus activities in support of Hamas
In the weeks since the Oct. 7 massacre, chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine at a series of campuses have praised the attack that killed 1,400 Israelis.
By Andrew Lapin
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