A series of tweets from various sources including lawmakers, news outlets, and individuals highlight a concerning rise in antisemitism on U.S. college campuses. Jewish students at UC Berkeley were evacuated through a basement after an event with an Israeli speaker was shut down by a mob, prompting criticism of the university's response to the incident. The U.S. Government has been urged to cut funding to academic institutions that allow antisemitism on their campuses. Students from several universities have shared their experiences of fear, harassment, and assault due to antisemitism, particularly in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war that began on October 7, describing it as 'It's open season on Jews'. A bill requiring higher education institutions to have clear guidelines for combating antisemitism to receive federal funds has been proposed. Amidst these developments, UC Berkeley has promised a criminal investigation into an antisemitic mob incident, and Hunter College's Hillel condemned the targeting of Jewish students at Hunter_College, conducting an investigation after demonstrators demanded Jews to 'pick a side' at a protest. Additionally, antisemites at VanderbiltU are pushing a BDS referendum, increasing Jew hatred on campus.
.@UVA board of visitors meeting, just after UVA student body passed pro-BDS resolution. Board chair shuts down discussion of measure on grounds that members might "disagree" w/claim measure was antisemtic; & then on grounds that it involved student safety. https://t.co/mnCs9ZFegf
Failing to stand up against antisemitism at Harvard is showing the university and its leadership are not only "clearly quite depraved" but also "incompetent," according to Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt on Newsmax. https://t.co/96aXOu5xMv https://t.co/i5gXq2q99T
"Nine undergraduates from elite US colleges shared harrowing personal stories of harassment, intimidation & assault amid widespread antisemitic demonstrations on campus — & ripped administrators for still ignoring the outpouring of hate." @jchristenson_ https://t.co/CemKo8prmh
When I started reporting on teach-ins a few months ago, I would have never guessed that my reporting would make its way to Congress. Please take some time to hear firsthand from Jewish students who feel their respective schools have failed to protect them. https://t.co/t2BeK0jsQC
To be a Jew on college campuses in America these days is a dangerous thing. Join the discussion with @ckchumley and @zachmarsch on #boldandblunt: https://t.co/vEU4tRm87T
WSJ Editorial: “When the hate directed at Jewish students on campus is so extreme that the university can’t protect them, the failure rests with school officials as much as with the harassers.” cc. @UCBerkeley https://t.co/U3cM3qTK2r
UC Berkeley promises criminal investigation into antisemitic mob after being slammed for ‘selective silence’ https://t.co/FdtiR5LSCb
Hunter College’s Hillel condemned the targeting of Jewish students, and the school has conducted an investigation, after demonstrators demanded Jews “pick a side” at a protest on campus. https://t.co/SVaO79Mwxx
Jewish students from a variety of colleges and universities described their experiences with campus antisemitism at a House Education and Workforce committee roundtable. https://t.co/E58vdVLM52
Nine college students opened up to U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week, saying they have been living in fear over the rise in antisemitism on university campuses since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. https://t.co/VkWQWeGgZU https://t.co/6hjRLZGl9f
Berkeley Unified accused of failing to protect students against anti-Semitism https://t.co/KcoZVvyO2U
WATCH: During our @EdWorkforceCmte roundtable, I asked @Stanford student Kevin Feigelis what Members of Congress can do to combat antisemitism. His answer says it all. Systemic change is required. https://t.co/nRZPVN2WoD
.@RepBurgessOwens diagnoses the culprits for the antisemitism that has festered--and now exploded--on college campuses: College professors and leaders who are "bullies and cowards." @EdWorkforceCmte is standing up for Jewish students and holding these admins accountable. https://t.co/c5rXEXDO1h
Tremendous self-own by Harvard Law students who are literally harassing the lawyers who complained about Harvard students harassing Jewish students. https://t.co/bibSVsRvJS
Antisemitism is running rampant on college campuses. Yesterday, at a bipartisan @EdWorkforceCmte roundtable, brave students like Hannah shared their harrowing stories. These colleges must be doing more to protect students. https://t.co/CTL2ddSIHM
🚨 ACTION ALERT 🚨 Antisemites at @VanderbiltU are pushing a BDS referendum. Jewish students are already feeling targeted, and BDS activity only increases Jew hatred on campus. Call on Vanderbilt's administration to prevent the referendum: https://t.co/b5eDvsZBx6
The US Government is failing its Jewish citizens. It must immediately cut off funding from every academic institution that facilitates Jew hatred on campus. These institutions plainly don’t care enough to solve the problem — they won’t care until it hits their already bloated… https://t.co/CjAw1iY7A1
I’m embarrassed by my alma mater. It appears Harvard Law School is no longer training lawyers, but rather indoctrinating left-wing antisemites. When Big NY law firms like Skadden aren’t liberal enough for you…. https://t.co/5BrD9PGPrw
Yesterday during our roundtable on antisemitism, we heard shocking stories from students about how they have been harassed and assaulted on their campuses. All because they are Jewish. https://t.co/7a6LwhAkNf https://t.co/R9A8HNMyEh
Harvard Divinity School student Shabbos “Alexander” Kestenbaum called Congress the “last hope” for Jewish students at Harvard during a Thursday discussion hosted by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. @mnamponsah and @joycekim324 report. https://t.co/O1PrblDKce
While touting their success of inclusion, DEI offices have failed to protect and defend Jewish students on their campuses. It’s more evidence why the very rationale for DEI offices is fundamentally flawed.
"Open Season on Jews': Not Much Has Changed on Campus Since Post-10/7 Antisemitic Uproar, Students Say https://t.co/QvtlT12MJC
I was shocked by video of Jewish @UCBerkeley students evacuated through a basement after a mob shut down an event w/ an Israeli speaker. After such blatant hate, the university surely responded quickly & condemned antisemitism? Er...not quite. 1/x 🧵 https://t.co/sOcAMWLLEa
Too many Jewish students and faculty have been targeted on campuses since Hamas' brutal Oct. 7 terrorist attacks. My bill will require higher ed institutes to have clear guidelines for combatting antisemitism if they want to keep receiving federal funds. https://t.co/jPJ6mBXwrO
As nine students told @EdWorkforceCmte yesterday, antisemitism on their campuses — intimidation, harassment, and even assault — hasn’t gone away. New in @NRO: https://t.co/WMKQB4ruHm
In DC, Jewish students tell House committee: ‘It’s open season on Jews on our campus’ https://t.co/3pjUgJbh5p
A must-read @J_Insider DK newsletter this am w/ thorough reporting on rising campus anti-semitism. Lead story via @GSDeutch / @HaleyCohen19, on antisemitism task forces, increasingly looking like cover for leaders to avoid taking action against hate https://t.co/DclXwq8xTU
Nine college students opened up to U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday, saying they are in fear over the rise in antisemitism on university campuses since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. https://t.co/L6DgyxPJUS
California public schools face federal complaint over 'viciously hostile' antisemitic bullying https://t.co/q0hAnAlWGb
Jewish students ask Congress to force elite universities to take antisemitism seriously https://t.co/FRTMlInVbp
I just retweeted all the testimonies published by @EdWorkforceCmte showcasing only a fraction of the antisemitism Jewish students face across US campuses. Shocking isn't a strong enough word and I'm not ashamed to draw comparisons to the anti-Jewish pogroms of Nazi Germany.
"Jews on campus take a side" Can someone tell these raging bigots that Jewish students at @Hunter_College are not running Israel's war against Hamas. https://t.co/83PsQyLnee
Skadden is one of the firms that signed a letter to Harvard last fall expressing concern about antisemitism on its campus. When lawyers from the firm visited Harvard Law today, students accused them of supporting apartheid and being complicit in genocide. https://t.co/4riq3gT9sY
🧵 Important Thread: Earlier today, the @EdWorkforceCmte hosted Jewish students from nine universities to share their experiences with antisemitism on campus. Their accounts were frightening and shook me to the core. What follows are some excerpts from the brave and shocking… https://t.co/pMPixpjzNy
Universities, particularly ‘elite’ universities like @Harvard, are no longer places of learning and scholarship. They’re insane asylums that are run by the most dangerous inmates. https://t.co/FCH3JqAyt0
Today, I attended a roundtable on antisemitism in college campuses and heard the harrowing stories of hate and harassment that Jewish students are facing across America. https://t.co/ME27cPccRN
Skadden Arps does career event at Harvard Law School … students ask questions about how Skadden furthers Palestinian genocide on behalf of an apartheid state. https://t.co/m8WQ3KY4Um
These questions are coming from Harvard *Law* students? Astonishing. (The lesson that Skadden should take from this is to not hire from HLS.) https://t.co/646puPL5cp
Jewish students at UC Berkeley fight against campus antisemitism: ‘We’re not hiding anymore’ https://t.co/9AtwR2Q3tM https://t.co/G01MLTTYeY
This is absolutely unacceptable—it seems like every day there is a new case of anti-Semitism on an American campus https://t.co/ttCe5B8wTF