Last semester, the University of Colorado Boulder witnessed intensified anti-Israel protests, primarily led by the Boulder chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). These protests grew increasingly aggressive. In October, SJP was derecognized as a student organization due to multiple violations of the student code of conduct and CU...
No Contradiction: Protecting Jewish Students Is Defending Democracy
There is no contradiction between democratic values and protecting Jewish students. On the contrary, true academic freedom demands viewpoint diversity and a fearless commitment to the quest for truth—not ideological conformity that normalizes antisemitic rhetoric and excuses violence. Attempts to frame federal scrutiny of hostile campus environments as an attack on democracy ignore...
City University’s Failure of Oversight: SU’s Lack of Due Diligence
A City FoP event on February 27 raised serious concerns about the university’s commitment to an inclusive, respectful environment for Jewish students. Among the five invited speakers for their event titled, “Media and Palestine: the Importance of Documenting”, three of the speakers have documented histories of public antisemitic rhetoric. Despite repeated concerns from Jewish...
Deconstructing and Debunking the Argument Against Israel’s Security Needs
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the word “complicated” are closely linked. This descriptor is appropriate for a geopolitical conflict that has evolved over the course of more than a century and elicits a host of competing narratives. Unfortunately, the complexity of the conflict does not always prompt rigorous study of the...
Antisemitic ‘Activists’ Have Turned My Campus Into A Battleground Of Intimidation
When I enrolled at Indiana University I never thought I would see my peers graffiti “DIVEST NOW” across campus buildings and sidewalks. Now, to make matters worse, those same activists are threatening the university itself with ultimatums and demands. “IU has until January 13 to respond, or we escalate.” As...
How Canadian Universities Are Allowing Jewish Students to Be Doxxed and Harassed
With the rise of the digital age, an entirely new form of harassment and intimidation has emerged. Nameless accounts run by faceless adversaries comment on, post about, and attack others — their identities hidden behind a digital mask. What’s worse than this anonymous harassment is the increasingly common practice of doxxing,...
How Concordia University’s Student-Led Newspapers are Fueling Antisemitism
Concordia University has a long history with heightened tensions surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Protests, including the Netanyahu riot in 2002, had marked the campus with intense activism and divisions. Since October 7th, 2023, Concordia University has been engulfed in even greater tensions following the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Concordia...
A University of Florida Teacher Promotes Hatred for Israel; Will the State Act?
Despite the University of Florida (UF)’s strong administrative support for Zionist students post-Oct. 7, the concerns highlighted in a recent American Jewish Committee (AJC) report — finding that nearly one-third of American Jewish college students have encountered faculty-promoted antisemitism — remain relevant on campus. Malini Johar Schueller, a professor in UF’s English...
