Campus Antisemitism

'Death to Jews, Vucic' call during Belgrade protest sparks criticism from Serbians, Israelis

In a joint statement to The Jerusalem Post, MK Boaz Toporovsky, Dr. Efraim Zuroff, and Aleksandar Nikolić said: "No political motive whatsoever justifies such calls."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Serbian police officers stand guard as people rally to protest police search of Belgrade's university offices after the accidental death of a student last week, in Belgrade, Serbia, March 31, 2026.
A general view of a sign with the University of Pennsylvania logo on July 19, 2025, at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, PA.

Penn must turn over list of Jewish employees to Trump administration, federal judge rules

US District Judge Gerald J. Pappert dismissed arguments by Penn and the leaders of Jewish groups on campus who said in separate filings that the Trump administration’s requests were “disturbing."

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
One demonstrator fixes another head scarf outside the pro-Palestine encampment on the Columbia University campus on April 29, 2024 in New York City.

Columbia’s Hillel director: What do we do about antisemitism on campus?

A Jewish student’s experience on campus should not be defined by antisemitism, but rather by the support they receive when such incidents occur.

|ByBRIAN S. COHEN/JTA
Photo taken of the Israel Apartheid billboard outside of the Usdan University Center on the Wesleyan University campus.

Israel Apartheid Week marked globally with focus on student protests, BDS support

This year's theme is "IAW Back on Campuses Worldwide: Palestine Frees Us All," 21 years after the first IAW event at the University of Toronto, Canada, in 2005.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Calling for the death of Jews: Danger and hatred in countries that Jews call home - opinion

These calls to kill Jews indicate that we are, once again, at a time when society has broken down and is desperately in need of profound soul-searching.

OCTOBER 27, 2025ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
A SIGN at a pro-Palestinian encampment reads: ‘Welcome to the People’s University for Palestine,’ at Oxford University last year. History shows that antisemitism begins with a slur and then graduates to societal exclusion of Jews, the writer asserts.

Washington student group holds lecture on October 7 massacre 'victory'

A University of Washington student group is holding an off-campus lecture on Sunday to explain why the October 7 massacre was a victory for the pro-Palestinian movement.

OCTOBER 26, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
A DEMONSTRATOR wears a button with a slogan that negates Israel’s existence, at a rally at the University of Washington in Seattle, earlier this year

Campus antisemitism is symptom of America’s lost values, Yeshiva University pres. tells 'Post'

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Yeshiva University President Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman discusses campus antisemitism and Israel advocacy.

OCTOBER 25, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest outside the main campus of Columbia University during the Columbia commencement ceremony in Manhattan, in New York City, May 21, 2025.

My Word: Getting kicks from kicking Israel and Jews

Surely it should not take the education secretary wagging a finger to tell university heads that antisemitism is not acceptable.

OCTOBER 24, 2025ByLIAT COLLINS
DEMONSTRATORS FROM the ‘Palestine Coalition’ hold a large Palestinian flag earlier this month in London, after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect.

Pro-Palestine students sue Northwestern University over ‘coercive’ antisemitism training

“Northwestern capitulated to pressure... by ramping up its repression of legitimate, non-discriminatory speech by students, faculty, and staff in solidarity with Palestinians,” the suit says.

OCTOBER 20, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
SIGNS ARE displayed in front of Deering Meadow, at an encampment of pro-Palestinian activists at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in April 2024.

‘Parasites:’ University of Sydney staffer suspended after harassing attendees at Sukkot event

A Uni of Sydney staffer was suspended after calling Jewish students “parasites” during a Sukkot event. A formal investigation is underway.

OCTOBER 20, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
A University of Sydney staff member was suspended after allegedly harassing Jewish students and staff holding a Sukkot holiday event on campus last Thursday, calling students "parasites."

Masked protesters disrupt Pomona college October 7 memorial speech by survivor

Masked intruders shouting “Zionists not welcome” disrupted a Pomona College October 7 memorial event featuring a survivor’s lecture.

OCTOBER 19, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Students take part in an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University in New York City last month. Many students demonstrating against Israel likely do not know basic facts about the Mideast, the writer argues.

'Put the Zios in the ground:' After Oxford student arrest, UK groups back chant

British anti-Israel groups voiced support for a London protest chant calling to “put the Zios in the ground,” days after an Oxford student was arrested for inciting racial hatred at the rally.

OCTOBER 19, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Samuel Williams, a student at Oxford University's Balliol College, was suspended by the university over the chant "put the Zios in the ground."

Bill Maher asks where ‘keffiyeh-wearing college kids’ went as Hamas is ‘shooting everybody’

Maher has repeatedly criticized American activists he sees as excusing or overlooking Hamas abuses while focusing their ire on Israel.

OCTOBER 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Bill Maher arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscars party after the 97th Academy Awards, in Beverly Hills, California, US, March 2, 2025.

Opposing Trump's campus policies as a Jewish university president

Michael Roth, Wesleyan's Jewish president, stands apart in opposing Trump's campus policies, negotiated with encampments, and says Jews shouldn't back Trump

OCTOBER 17, 2025ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Wesleyan University president Michael Roth accepts a free-speech award from PEN America for his comments criticizing the Trump administration's campus crackdown, May 21, 2025.(Screenshot via YouTube)