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Colleges & Universities

News about professors, classes, BDS, antisemitic incidents and groups on campus

A Benjamin Franklin statue in front of College Hall on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. Credit: Jay Yuan/Shutterstock.

Why did taxpayers fund antisemitic hate fest at Penn?

Where is the demand that the taxpayer funds be returned and an investigation launched into how a Pennsylvania agency was deceived?

Lori Lowenthal Marcus

September 24, 2023

The Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Credit: Mihai_Andritoiu/Shutterstock.

Even after cease-and-desist letter, ‘Palestine Writes’ lists Pennsylvania agency as sponsor

The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts “has repeatedly attempted to address this matter amicably and cooperatively,” an attorney wrote to organizers of the festival, which features several prominent antisemitic speakers.

September 22, 2023

A sign on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. Credit: Sophia Zengierski/Shutterstock.

Festival at Penn, syllabus at Princeton maim academic freedom

We have seen in recent years that conspiracy theories prompt real-world events and violence.

Dr. Rachel Fish and Aviva Klompas

September 22, 2023

Roger Waters at a concert in Manchester, England, on June 10, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Confronting the challenge of antisemitism and anti-Zionism on campus

A literary event at the University of Pennsylvania is featuring speakers that include known anti-Israel, antisemitic and pro-terror individuals.

September 22, 2023

Vandalism at Hillel on the University of Pennsylvania, Sept. 21, 2023. Source: StopAntisemitism/X (taken by Sydney Freedman).

Penn Hillel vandalized day before ‘Palestine Writes’ literary festival

The event has been widely criticized by Jewish organizations for giving platforms at the University of Pennsylvania to antisemitic speakers.

September 21, 2023

A poster typical of “Israeli Apartheid Week” at U.S. college campuses. Credit: Carlos Latuff via Wikimedia Commons.

The elephant outside the room

No one in the Israeli government cares what academics think, but we should be concerned about how their anti-Jewish bias is reflected in the classroom.

September 20, 2023

College campus. Credit: Pixabay.

ADL report: Anti-Israel campus activism nearly doubles in a year

The group identified 665 incidents for the 2022-23 school year, up from 349 the previous year.

September 19, 2023

AEPi brothers celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly called Ryerson University). Credit: Courtesy.

Jewish involvement on campus all Greek to them? Not for the brothers of AEPi

The 110-year-old fraternity serves as a place where the common language of values are stressed and shared … with some good-old-fashioned Yiddishkeit thrown in.

September 19, 2023

A Benjamin Franklin statue in front of College Hall on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. Credit: Jay Yuan/Shutterstock.

Academic freedom isn’t an excuse for antisemitism

A Palestinian event featuring Jew-haters at the University of Pennsylvania shows that in the age of DEI loyalty pledges, some forms of prejudice are tolerated on campuses.

Jonathan S. Tobin

September 17, 2023