Attacks, extremism and Intimidation against Jews on US colleges

Jewish girl at UCLA sent to the ER after being beaten unconscious by pro-Palestine protest. https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/jewish-girl-at-ucla-sent-to-the-er-after-being-beaten-unconscious-by-pro-palestine-protest/113210400/

Anti-Semitic genocidal chant ‘From the River To the Sea’ calling for the destruction of the world’s only Jewish state on US campuses approved by Hamas leader. https://www.nysun.com/article/hamas-leader-says-students-chanting-from-the-river-to-the-sea-is-proof-of-western-support-for-the-destruction-of-israel

Cooper Union, NYC (October 2023): Jewish students reportedly locked themselves in a library for protection from pro-Palestinian demonstrators. A lawsuit claims the college failed to address “severe and pervasive” antisemitic abuse.

University of Illinois, Chicago (November 2023): A student outside a Chabad center was recorded and pressured to say “Free Palestine,” while another individual made an antisemitic remark about Jewish genetic disorders.

Gallaudet University (February 2024): Protesters outside a Hillel event chanted slogans like “Zionists off our campus now” and disrupted the event with inflammatory rhetoric.

Columbia University (April-May 2024): Protests calling for divestment from Israel escalated into alleged harassment of Jewish students. A lawsuit accused the university of failing to protect Jewish students from intimidation during these protests.

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): Jewish students filed a lawsuit claiming the university failed to protect them from harassment by pro-Palestinian demonstrators at an encampment in April 2024. They alleged the encampment created a hostile environment and restricted campus access.

University of Delaware (May 2024): A student was arrested for vandalizing a Holocaust memorial, destroying flags, and making antisemitic remarks such as “Jewish people are nasty; free Palestine”.

Columbia University (April 2024): Pro-Palestinian protests led to the occupation of campus buildings, with Jewish students reporting antisemitic harassment. The university later expelled and suspended students involved in these protests.

Multiple Campuses (2023-2024 Academic Year): The ADL documented over 525 harassment incidents targeting Jewish students, including verbal abuse, social media threats, and offensive literature. For example, at Rutgers University and Ohio State University, anonymous threats were made against Jewish students after the October 7 attacks.

UCLA (April 2024): A Jewish student, Eli Tsives, was blocked from entering his class by pro-Palestinian activists occupying campus areas. He had to use an alternate route after being denied access.

Yale University (November 2023): Several Jewish students were allegedly barred from attending a panel on the Israel-Hamas conflict. The organizers reportedly enforced selective entry rules, excluding Jewish students wearing Jewish paraphernalia or handing out contextual flyers.

UCLA (May 2024): Protests created a “Jew Exclusion Zone,” requiring individuals to declare allegiance to pro-Palestinian views for passage. Jewish students who refused were denied access to key campus areas, leading to a federal judge ruling against UCLA for discriminatory practices.

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Harvard Just Released its Final Report on Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias.

It’s 300+ pages, here are some shocking excerpts:

#1 A Jewish student was told they couldn’t share the story of their Holocaust-survivor grandfather’s rescue efforts because he helped Jews reach British Mandate Palestine.Organizers said it was “not tasteful” and “inherently one-sided” because it mentioned Israel.

#2 Many Jewish and Israeli students were told their presence was offensive.Some were asked to denounce Israel to be considered “one of the good ones.”This came from every part of campus including peers, instructors, and faculty.

#3 Jewish students on academic trips were told their “Jewish tradition had become indistinct from a settler-colonial project.”Some were told they shared guilt for “atrocities” committed by Israel.

#4 After Oct 7, Jewish students faced an avalanche of hatred on anonymous apps.This digital harassment contributed heavily to a climate of fear and isolation.Posts saying “Israel deserved it” were upvoted.“It was surprising to see educated people post such horrible things”

#5 Some students posted images reading “Decolonization is not a metaphor” with blood dripping from the text labeled as Jewish blood.Other posts regularly used terms like “Israeli scum” and “Zionist dirtbags.”

#6 Israeli students had it particularly hard. Many avoided certain degree programs, courses, and class discussions because of antisemitic hostility.One said they felt every comment was filtered through: “The Israeli is speaking.”

#7 One administrator told a Jewish student they were in “a whole world of trouble” for deleting horrifically offensive antisemitic posts from a group chat.

#8 At a Harvard Law event for the families of the hostages, Harvard chose to move the Jewish students for safety reasons while protestors roamed around freely.“They walk around like they own the place.”

#9 As we well know, chants like “Globalize the Intifada” were widespread on campus.Many Israeli students on campus survived the Second Intifada and said that hearing it chanted daily was traumatizing.Anyone who spent time in Israel during that period knows what they mean.

#10 At a Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies event in Harvard Divinity School, Oct 7 was described as an attack on “Israeli Jewish settlements.” in an effort to dehumanize the victims and erase the civilian massacre that took place.

#11 At the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Healths “Palestine Program”, Israel was portrayed as existing only to oppress Palestinians.When Jewish students raised concerns, they were asked, “Who is more marginalized, Jews or Palestinians?”

#12 In a university-wide survey, most respondents said they do not feel safe expressing their political views.They feared academic or professional consequences.

Some shocking stats from Jewish students. 👇Jewish students were twice as likely as their non-Jewish, non-Muslim peers to feel unwelcome and unsafe at Harvard Responding to a slightly differently worded question, even larger percentages of Jewish students (67%) expressed discomfort sharing their opinions in general, with that number rising to 73% when it came to expressing political opinions.

Students who are neither Muslim nor Jewish were 20 percentage points less likely to express such discomfort.

Almost 60% of Jewish students reported experiencing “discrimination, stereotyping, or negative bias on campus due to [their] views on current events,” and only 25% believed that there was no “academic or professional penalty” at Harvard for expressing their views.

This report is a damning indictment of the most prestigious university in America.

That it took Trump getting elected to force change is an embarrassment.

That the president quit because she couldn’t say calling for genocide is wrong is shameful.Can anyone seriously imagine Harvard treating any other minority the way it treated Jews over the past year and a half?

The utter disdain and complete disregard for their well-being is visible on nearly every page of this report.

Here’s the full report:

https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FINAL-Harvard-ASAIB-Report-4.29.25.pdf