anti-Semitism on campus

Meeting a deadline, Education Department briefs Jewish groups on new efforts to combat campus antisemitism

Attendees were divided over just how aggressively the education department should prioritize antisemitism concerns.

Dutch universities to ignore query on ties to Jewish groups — but may divulge on Israel

The controversial freedom of information request “targets a specific group of citizens… creating feelings of unsafety, injustice and discrimination,” the university group wrote.

Dutch universities pause investigations into their ties with Jewish and Israeli groups

The request, which recipients are legally required to honor, led to “distress and a feeling of insecurity. We regret this,” the institutions said.

Global

Nearly 200 US and UK scholars back British lecturer who called Jewish students ‘pawns’ of Israel

Students walk on campus at the California Polytechnic State University. (Google)

United States

Swastikas painted in front of California campus’ Jewish fraternity house

A sign at the entrance to UNiversity of California Riverside. (Wikmedia Commons)

United States

University of California, Riverside professor says Zionism ‘politically toxified our schools’

The Maryland Hall at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland on Jan. 12, 2011. (Wikimedia Commons)

United States

Johns Hopkins teaching assistant who wrote about flunking ‘Zionists’ defends her fairness record

Pedestrians walk outside the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, UK. (Google Maps)

Global

University of London refunds tuition to Jewish student who complained of anti-Semitism

United States

U of Illinois pledge to fight anti-Semitism came days after government launched anti-Semitism investigation into the school

United States

Posters glorifying Nazism hung at Arizona State U

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