• The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released its first-ever Campus Antisemitism Report Card, assessing the efforts of 85 U.S. universities to combat antisemitism, with many leading schools failing in their efforts. [timesofisrael.com, ynetnews.com, jpost.com]
  • The report found that only two institutions, Brandeis University and Elon University, received an A grade, while several others, including MIT, Harvard, Tufts, and the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, received a failing F grade. [timesofisrael.com, ynetnews.com, jpost.com]
  • ADL consulted with a panel of experts, looked at the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, and received input from 84% of the assessed campuses to develop a list of 21 criteria for assessment. [ynetnews.com, jpost.com]
  • No Ivy League school earned better than a “C,” with Dartmouth College receiving the highest grade, while Harvard University and Princeton University received failing “F” grades. [algemeiner.com]
  • Harvard’s “F” grade comes amid a period described as a low point in its history, with accusations of fostering a culture of racial grievance, academic dishonesty, and antisemitism. [algemeiner.com]
  • The ADL said antisemitic incidents on college campuses have reached historic levels, leaving Jewish students feeling unsafe, and the Education Department has launched an unprecedented number of Title VI investigations into colleges. [cnn.com]
  • Brandeis University was praised by the ADL for providing opportunities for the student body and faculty to learn about Hamas’ attack and encouraging dialogue, while also revoking recognition of the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter. [cnn.com]
  • ADL chief executive officer Jonathan Greenblatt said that every campus should get an “A,” as the minimum that every group on every campus expects. [algemeiner.com]
  • Antisemitism has been dramatically rising in the United States, with numerous incidents of Jewish families being accosted, businesses and places of worship being vandalized, and Jewish students being threatened on college campuses. [jns.org]
  • Veteran NPR editor Uri Berliner criticized his employer’s “troubling” lack of coverage of the growing antisemitism in the U.S. and around the world following the October 7 attack. [foxnews.com]
  • Berliner said NPR has approached the Israel-Hamas war and its spillover onto streets and campuses through an “intersectional” lens, highlighting the suffering of Palestinians while downplaying the atrocities of the October 7 attack and the explosion of antisemitic hate. [foxnews.com]
  • Dozens of bags containing anti-Semitic flyers and a potentially hazardous substance were found scattered around Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, prompting a police investigation and concern from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). [foxnews.com]
  • Jewish leaders in Chicago have faced antisemitic hate and harassment, with incidents of Jews being called “baby killers” and people holding Israeli flags being “physically threatened and harassed.” [foxnews.com]
  • A bipartisan pair of senators have introduced legislation aimed at strengthening federal efforts to counter antisemitism, including appointing a federal coordinator, creating an interagency task force, and designating a senior official within the Department of Education to serve as an advisor on combating discrimination in higher education. [cnn.com]
  • The bipartisan legislation is described as the “most far-reaching antisemitism initiative ever to be introduced in Congress” and is intended to ramp up the government’s response to the rise in discrimination against Jews in the United States since the Israel-Hamas war began in October. [cnn.com, foxnews.com]
  • A Philadelphia-area movie theater was forced by a court order to screen an Israeli documentary, “The Child Within Me,” after the Bryn Mawr Film Institute had initially tried to call off the screening, citing a perception that it was tantamount to endorsing Israel’s conduct during its ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza. [timesofisrael.com]

Sources:

  • Fox News
  • CNN
  • Algemeiner
  • Breitbart
  • Times of Israel
  • Ynetnews
  • The Jerusalem Post
  • Jewish News Syndicate
  • Israel Hayom