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US Reps announce new caucus focused on combatting antisemitism on campuses

US Representatives Josh Gottheimer and Elise Stefanik have announced the launch of the new bipartisan Combating Antisemitism on College Campuses Caucus.

The United States House of Representatives hold a candleight vigil for Israel outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington Friday, 13th October 2023, 02:45
US Attorney General Todd Blanche holds a press conference to discuss Tren de Aragua developments at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, US, July 1, 2026.

Former DOJ lawyer alleges Trump university antisemitism probes lacked evidence

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing on the Iran war, amid a ceasefire between the US and Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, April 24, 2026.

Pentagon demands audit of 30 universities, investigating Russian, Chinese, Iranian research ties

 Demonstrators sit in an encampment as they protest in solidarity with Pro-Palestinian organizers on the Columbia University campus, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in New York City, US. April 19, 2024.

Pervasive antisemitism present in US college classrooms, curricula, faculty, ADL finds


Jewish women experience more antisemitism on US college campuses - study

A recent study finds discrepancies between how, on average, men and women perceive antisemitism on their university campuses.

 Students at JNF-USA's Alexander Muss High School in Israel gain an informed perspective about Israel while experiencing 4,000 years of Jewish history

Penn Hillel vandalized by person ‘experiencing a crisis,’ say police

An intruder at UPenn's Hillel smashed a table and podium, flipped over a table in the lobby, and yelled antisemitic slurs in an attack on the Jewish student center.

 A statue of a young Benjamin Franklin at the University of Pennsylvania.

Australian court awards Jewish students A$400,000 in antisemitism case

The judge presiding over the case ruled that the principal failed “to take appropriate and reasonable steps to discourage and modify the antisemitic student bullying and harassment behavior.”

 Visitors seen standing next to a display of swastika banners at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 26, 2022, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

50 Influential Jews: Ranan Hartman - No. 42

As the head of Ono Academic College, Ranan Hartman has been changing Israel's higher education sector and pushing to integrate students from underprivileged backgrounds.

 Ono Academic College founder and CEO Ranan Hartman.

Nearly 60% of US Jewish college students experience or witness antisemitism - study

As the new school year begins, these findings furnish essential evidence of the breadth and depth of antisemitism students encounter.

 People wearing antisemitic and nazi symbols argue with conservatives during a protest outside the Tampa Convention Center where the Turning Point USA’s (TPUSA) Student Action Summit (SAS) is held, in Tampa, Florida, U.S. July 23, 2022.

This is how we can fight antisemitism on Ivy League campuses - opinion

My suggestion is the creation of a single cross-campus, pro-Israel advocacy group that would confront Ivy League university antisemitism in the eye.

 THE ENTRANCE to Saybrook College of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. As Yale’s president, Rev. Ezra Stiles instituted a policy requiring all freshmen to study Hebrew.

College basketball teams in Israel, Arizona and Kansas State, make impact on and off court

Both Wildcat squads have seen some of the historic sites from the Old City of Jerusalem, the Western Wall, Yad Vashem, as well as Bethlehem, and the Church of the Nativity.

 ARIZONA COACH Tommy Lloyd (center left) and Tamir Goodman (center right) pose with youth basketball players in their training session in Jerusalem this week.

Majority of Jewish Australian students hide identity at universities

According to the survey, not only have two-thirds of Jewish students faced antisemitism, but one-in-five have actively avoided campus to escape such bigotry.

 Visitors seen standing next to a display of swastika banners at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 26, 2022, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Promoting Israel through basketball

Last year, head coach Bruce Pearl and his Auburn squad participated in the “Birthright for College Basketball” trip which allowed the players and staff to immerse themselves in the Holy Land.

 ARIZONA WILDCATS head coach Tommy Lloyd has been to Israel a few times, but this time brought his entire team.

How do Jewish students experience antisemitism on US campuses – study

The participants all described feeling marginalized because of their Jewish identity and perceived Zionism.

 A BDS demonstration outside the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.