Campus Antisemitism

Frederick Wiseman, social institution documentary filmaker, dies at 96

Wiseman directed 45 films and some theatrical productions in France. His experiences of antisemitism greatly influenced his documentary career.

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Frederick Wiseman attends the "Law And Order" Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2024 in Cannes, France.
“Qatar is a terrorist state” poster in front of the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry.

Exposing Qatar’s latest influence efforts in US higher education - opinion

Now more than ever, Americans must reclaim and audit their institutions and demand that their universities distance themselves from Qatar, and its ongoing sponsorship of terrorist groups like Hamas.

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Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha, Qatar, September 16, 2025.

US must reclaim its institutions and universities in face of Qatari financial influence - opinion

American higher education is being inundated by influence operations from Qatar, which constitute a possible national security threat.

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Students are seen at a protest encampment in support of Palestinians at Stanford University during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Stanford, California U.S., April 26, 2024.

Mistrial declared in case of students charged after Stanford pro-Palestinian protests

The jury was deadlocked. It voted nine to three to convict on the felony charge of vandalism and eight to four to convict on the felony charge to trespass.

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Vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel in Indiana

Indiana University’s Jewish studies program has erupted into a bitter internal feud, pitting a new interim director against faculty and students.

NOVEMBER 7, 2025ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Sample Gates on the campus of Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, June 3, 2010.

In a first, ballot initiative to divest from Israel wins at the ballot box, in Somerville, Mass.

Voters in Somerville, Massachusetts, passed a measure to divest from Israel, the first such vote in the US, despite opposition from local Jewish groups.

NOVEMBER 5, 2025ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
(L-R) Somerville for Palestine supporters celebrate a projected win for Question 3, a non-binding resolution imploring the Boston suburb to divest from companies that do business with Israel, November 4, 2025; a still from an ad opposing the measure paid for by a local Jewish group.

Our work is far from over: We must fight to purge our safe spaces of antisemitism - opinion

If we allow antisemitism to take root in spaces we once trusted, we risk losing safety, dignity, and belonging.

NOVEMBER 5, 2025ByEVAN BERNSTEIN
PROTESTERS RAISE red hands behind Rabbi Mark Goldfeder, CEO of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, at a US House subcommittee hearing on antisemitism on college campuses, last year. Antisemitism hasn’t just risen, it has metastasized, says the writer.

Former Columbia professor claims campus antisemitism focus fosters ‘Jewish victimization’

Professor Marianne Hirsch also argued the Holocaust must be taught alongside Gaza and the "Nakba," warning against “exceptionalism” in Holocaust memory.

NOVEMBER 2, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Columbia University professor emerita Marianne Hirsch.

Hungary to revoke scholarship of pro-Palestinian student who disrupted Israeli lecturer

Eötvös Loránd University was "deeply shocked" after a student disrupted a lecture by Israeli historian Alexander Yakobson.

OCTOBER 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Balazs HANKO for Hungary during the meeting of Minister of the European Union for Education Youth Culture and Sport in the European Council in Brussels in Belgium on 12th of May 2025.

Syracuse University chancellor: Iran 'encouraged' campus protests

Syracuse University's chancellor said that demonstrations on campus seemed to mimic those of other universities, such as Columbia.

OCTOBER 29, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
People protest near the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology where U.S. President Joe Biden visits in Syracuse, New York, US, April 25, 2024.

CAM Weekly Antisemitism Report - Tripling of Antisemitism on College Campuses

53 acts of antisemitism were recorded in September, nearly triple August’s total

OCTOBER 27, 2025ByCOMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT
Data on Antisemitic Incidents

Calling for the death of Jews: Danger and hatred in countries that Jews call home - opinion

These calls to kill Jews indicate that we are, once again, at a time when society has broken down and is desperately in need of profound soul-searching.

OCTOBER 27, 2025ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
A SIGN at a pro-Palestinian encampment reads: ‘Welcome to the People’s University for Palestine,’ at Oxford University last year. History shows that antisemitism begins with a slur and then graduates to societal exclusion of Jews, the writer asserts.

Washington student group holds lecture on October 7 massacre 'victory'

A University of Washington student group is holding an off-campus lecture on Sunday to explain why the October 7 massacre was a victory for the pro-Palestinian movement.

OCTOBER 26, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
A DEMONSTRATOR wears a button with a slogan that negates Israel’s existence, at a rally at the University of Washington in Seattle, earlier this year

Campus antisemitism is symptom of America’s lost values, Yeshiva University pres. tells 'Post'

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Yeshiva University President Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman discusses campus antisemitism and Israel advocacy.

OCTOBER 25, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest outside the main campus of Columbia University during the Columbia commencement ceremony in Manhattan, in New York City, May 21, 2025.