This resource assists parents, families and caregivers when an antisemitic incident happens at school. It includes tools and guidance to support the young person and to help make the school safer and more inclusive for Jewish and all children.
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New York, NY, September 16, 2024, … A total of 2,087 anti-Israel incidents of assault, vandalism, harassment, protests/actions and divestment resolutions were recorded on college and university campuses in the United States between June 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024. This represents a 477 percent increase in those same categories compared to the prior school year, according to a new ADL (Anti-Defamation League) report released today. The annual campus report from the ADL…
New York, NY, September 12, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced the election of Nicole Mutchnik as chair-elect of ADL’s Board of Directors. Currently vice chair of the board, Nicole is a well-known community leader in Los Angeles who has served in various regional and national leadership positions over the last two decades, including as chair of the Los Angeles regional board. “At a time when we are facing unprecedented levels of antisemitism, we are…
Let’s say that a university decides to acquiesce to the demands of anti-Israel protestors and divest its endowment from companies with business ties to Israel. It’s a plausible scenario, despite the many political, economic, and legal reasons to reject the idea: its unfair singling-out and demonization of Israel; the likelihood of reduced endowment returns and lower donations from alumni; state measures discouraging boycotts of Israel; and potential legal risk from…
From Memorial Day through Labor Day 2024, the ADL Center on Extremism (COE) tracked a sustained, high level of white supremacist activity that included paramilitary-style marches, demonstrations, “fight nights,” propaganda drives, and disruption of public forums across the country. COE documented 64 white supremacist events across 25 states between May 27 and September 2, 2024. A majority of these events were small, with just five to 12 participants, but there were also larger…
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Campus activism surrounding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict often presents a skewed narrative, painting Israel as the sole aggressor and magnifying its flaws beyond those of any other nation. While all countries have their shortcomings and deserve scrutiny, Israel stands out as a unique target of widespread university divestment campaigns, suggesting a disproportionate focus on its actions and policies. Through their rhetoric and demands, anti-Israel divestment campaigns can feed into the…
There are many reasons why it’s a bad idea for university endowments to divest from Israel. Divestment serves to delegitimize Israel and puts the onus for solving the longstanding Palestinian-Israeli conflict on only one side. It could also likely lead to economic ramifications, such as reduced alumni giving and lower returns, as well as open up the potential for heavier taxation of endowment income. Beyond all of these arguments, universities that decide to divest…
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September 3, 2024 ... Hillel International, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP today announced that the Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL) has received more than 650 requests for assistance from university students across the country who experienced antisemitic harassment, violence or discrimination in the first nine months of the program. Through CALL, lawyers from leading firms provide free…
As encampment protests riled college campuses throughout the Spring 2024 semester, some universities agreed to formally consider protestors’ demands that their endowments divest from companies with business interests in Israel. It is the latest iteration of the years-long Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign that seeks to isolate Israel economically. Brown University reached an agreement for student protestors to take down their encampment and refrain from…
As students start returning to campuses with expected continuation of anti-Israel protests, JLens unpacks the demands and consequences of divestment campaigns.
Motion filed supports allegations that SAUSD intentionally violated the Brown Act, California’s open meetings laws, to develop and approve antisemitic curriculum “under the radar.” Santa Ana, Calif., August 26, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, AJC (the American Jewish Committee), and Covington & Burling announced today that they filed a motion adding supporting evidence to the suit they…
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Hillel International, the premier Jewish on-campus organization that supports Jewish life at hundreds of colleges across the United States and abroad, has been one of the most frequent targets of anti-Israel activists and other antisemites in recent months, totaling more than a hundred incidents in the U.S. since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Jewish students and Hillel staff members have received threatening emails and phone calls; Hillel buildings have been vandalized and…
This unified agenda provides recommendations to college and university administrators to address antisemitism on campus ahead of the new academic year.
Following the alarming rise in antisemitic incidents on campus, leading Jewish and educational groups call on college and university administrators to take action ahead of the new school year. July 31, 2024… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), American Jewish Committee (AJC), the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP), Hillel International, and Jewish Federations of North America today announced a comprehensive set of recommendations aimed at combating…
Antisemites across the political spectrum gathered in Somerset, KY on June 30, 2024 for a “JP” (Jewish Problem) Conference that promoted anti-Jewish hate.
New York, NY, July 11, 2024 … Belief in classic antisemitic tropes increased on four University of California (UC) campuses after Oct. 7, 2023, as did negative sentiments toward Israel, according to a survey of students sponsored by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Antisemitism Research (CAR). Among students surveyed at the four UC campuses (UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC Riverside, UC Merced), anti-Israel attitudes are much stronger than the general public. Belief…
Según una encuesta realizada en siete países con grandes comunidades judías, la mayoría de los encuestados apoyan la acusación antisemita de la "doble lealtad", aceptando que los judíos son más leales a Israel que a sus países de origen. En Estados Unidos, esta cifra asciende al 51%. Casi el 40% de los encuestados estuvieron de acuerdo con al menos 6 de los 12 tópicos antisemitas. Nueva York, NY, 27 de junio de 2024... Una…