A series of incidents at various universities have raised concerns about antisemitism on campuses. At UC Berkeley, anti-Israel activists disrupted an event, assaulting Jewish students and damaging property, which led to the cancellation of an Israeli speaker's lecture. Ms. Foxx, in her letter, highlighted the assault and property damage. The university's response included a statement from Chancellor Carol Christ and Provost Ben Hermalin expressing 'great sadness, concern and dismay', and the initiation of a hate-crime investigation by university police into 'overtly antisemitic expression' and 'allegations of physical battery'. Similarly, at MIT, four Jewish graduate students filed religious discrimination charges with the EEOC against their union for its antisemitic leanings. In response to the growing antisemitism, an Israeli studies professor at UC Berkeley ended a sit-in, citing improved responses to antisemitism by the institution. Reports from Leeds University, highlighted by CamillaTominey and Dame Andrea Jenkyns, indicate a hostile environment for Jewish students, with students feeling 'unsafe' due to Palestine protests characterized by Palestinian flags and anti-Semitic slogans, and the university's reluctance to report such incidents.
A radical left-wing anti-Christian anti-Semitic union is demanding @uchicago agree to a “closed shop” that would force all graduate students to subsidize their anti-Semitic activism. Good opportunity for alumni to speak up against hate. Link in next tweet. https://t.co/emz2We1lNZ
Horrific experience for Jewish students. To be told the main university building is adorned with Palestinian flags, open chanting of anti-Semitic slogans, & that the university does not want to report for fear it will look bad. No one should face this intimidation. https://t.co/jWghUf3Yoo
‘Nobody should be fearful of who they are’: Andrea Jenkyns says treatment of Jewish students in Leeds left her in tears https://t.co/cfdKJqUUO0
‘It is horrific, I cried when I was speaking to them.' Former Education Minister, Dame Andrea Jenkyns, shares her experience hearing from Jewish students in Leeds intimidated by Palestine protests. https://t.co/gdZGY6RcP6
‘I have had constituents come in that are keeping their children away from school to protect them.’ Former Education Minister, Dame Andrea Jenkyns, gives her views on sex education in schools. https://t.co/tiSHaLsXDk
✍️ 'Leeds University is becoming a hostile environment for Jewish students', writes @CamillaTominey https://t.co/7qmGCqBq9Z
Jewish students feel ‘unsafe’ on campus with anti-Israel sentiment on the rise https://t.co/zRNkdaTd8G https://t.co/zRNkdaTd8G
Ending sit-in, Israeli studies prof cites UC Berkeley’s improved antisemitism response https://t.co/za69nb0Yvz
The university police said they opened a hate-crime investigation into allegations of "overtly antisemitic expression," including "allegations of physical battery" against two of the Jewish students who organized the event. https://t.co/mOvtJfn2vD
Four Jewish graduate students at MIT filed religious discrimination charges with the EEOC alleging their union illegally refused to let them withdraw from the group after they raised concerns about what they called its antisemitic leanings. https://t.co/fcsSm3r6yY
Ms. Christ and Provost Ben Hermalin, in a statement, expressed “great sadness, concern and dismay” after the attack, saying the university had sought to protect the speaker by moving the event’s location and increasing security. https://t.co/mOvtJfn2vD
“Anti-Israel activists assaulted Jewish students and shattered glass windows, forcing the cancellation of an Israeli speaker’s lecture,” said Ms. Foxx in her letter to Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, President Michael Drake and Board of Regents Chairman Richard Leib.…