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The student group ‘Students for Justice for Palestine’ has been exposed as anti-Semitic, but are not going to be banned from City University of New York campuses due to free speech protections: “Death to Jews,” “Jews out of CUNY,” and “Drag the Zionist down the street” are all among the comments hurled at Jewish students […]

Star Parker wrote a great column on the anti-Israel BDS movement that is making waves on college campuses: According to AMCHA, a nonprofit devoted to combating anti-Semitism, of 19 directors of these programs, eight (42 percent) have expressed anti-Israel bias through public support of BDS. Of 111 speakers who have appeared on programs sponsored by […]

According to the AMCHA Initiative, a non-profit organization that investigates and reports on anti-Semitism at American universities, there was “an alarming spike” in acts of anti-Semitism on America’s college campuses during the first half of 2016, and that spike was especially high at schools where there were groups like the SPJ [Students for Justice in […]

The Movement for Black Lives (a conglomeration comprised of Black Lives Matter and many other groups) recently garnered media attention for releasing an incendiary manifesto. This manifesto includes references to Israel as an “apartheid state” and “ … a state that practices systematic discrimination … ” A post on Black Lives Matter’s Facebook page describes […]

An anti-Jewish protest is being investigated at Cal-Irvine.

Anti-Semitism is alive and well, unfortunately: “York University (UK) law student Zachary Confino will get an apology and 1,000 pounds ($1,370) in payment for the antisemitic harassment and bullying he suffered for more than two years at the school.”

But safe spaces and trigger warnings! Downplaying anti-Semitism appears to be the message from California administrators.

Good reporting by Campus Reform: Although Gillman [UCI chancellor] denies the existence of a widespread problem with anti-Semitism on his campus, public records reaching as far back as 2001 list multiple incidents dealing with anti-Semitism. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported its first instance of anti-Semitism at UCI in February 2001 when a guest speaker said […]

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the website of The Jewish Press. “Anti-Semitism,” wrote Stephen Eric Bronner, author of the engaging book A Rumor About The Jews, “is the stupid answer to a serious question: How does history operate behind our backs?” For a wide range of ideological extremists, anti-Semitism is still the stupid answer for […]

The University of California’s unanimous and historic condemnation of “anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic forms of anti-Zionism” has sparked a fierce national debate. Is anti-Zionism anti-Semitic? There are those who believe anti-Zionism is unquestionably anti-Semitic. In that camp are President Obama, Pope Francis, and the French and British prime ministers. Hillary Clinton, John Kasich, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump […]

Anti-Semitism is back and alive on college campuses; not encouraging if this is our future. Photo by janeyhenning Photo by janeyhenning

Oberlin’s chairman of the board of trustees issued a statement to condemn Oberlin professor Joy Karega’s anti-Israel/anti-Semitic social media post on Facebook: Joy Karega, the professor at Oberlin College who wrote a series of anti-Semitic Facebook postsclaiming Israel was behind the Charlie Hebdo attacks, 9/11, and ISIS, is now under fire from Oberlin leaders for […]