Thirteen of the nation’s most elite schools, including Harvard University and Princeton University, were given an “F” grade, according to an eye-opening report that ranked universities on their policies to protect Jewish students. Only two universities in the United States are doing enough to combat anti-Semitism on their campuses. ”
The Anti-Defamation League looked at the 85 top universities in the United States and the schools with the highest percentage of Jewish students. Brandeis University in Massachusetts and Elon University in North Carolina were the only schools to receive an “A” grade for combating anti-Jewish hatred.
Meanwhile, major Jewish civil rights organizations have given more than a dozen of the nation’s top institutions a high “F” rating, including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Virginia, University of North Carolina, and Tufts University. gave. , SUNY’s Purchase and Rockland campuses.
“As I travel around the country, I hear all the time about Jewish families struggling to decide which college to send their children to,” said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. .
“School leaders must make significant changes to support the Jewish community on campus. We expect nothing less.”
The disturbing report card recorded 746 alleged anti-Semitic incidents across 85 campuses.
Amid the Israel-Hamas war and growing protests in support of either Israel or the Palestinians, reports of anti-Semitism on American college campuses are surging.
Under ADL review, Brandeis University revoked official recognition of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter, citing the group’s controversial on-campus hostile activities in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack. It was praised for being the first private university to do so.
The University of Massachusetts also clarified that anti-Semitic phrases such as “from the river to the sea” are considered hate speech and violate the university’s principles.
ADL also praised Elon University for providing students and faculty with the opportunity to learn about Hamas attacks and encouraging respectful and informed dialogue.
Meanwhile, 24 Ivy League schools received disappointing “D” grades, including Columbia University, Brown University, Yale University, Cornell University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Rutgers University, the University of California, Berkeley, UCLA, Johns Hopkins University, Barnard College, the University of Michigan, and the State University of New York at New Paltz also received a “D” rating.
Seventeen universities, including Brooklyn College of New York and Hofstra University, received a “B” rating, and 29 universities, including New York University, Queens College, and Syracuse, received a “C” rating.
The disturbing incidents reported on America’s top university campuses include numerous anti-Israel protests spewing anti-Semitic rhetoric.
At Harvard University, some pro-Palestinian student groups were quick to blame Israel for Hamas’ brutal surprise attack on the Jewish state. Later, former Ivy League President Claudine Gay refused to say that those who called for the genocide of Jews at the university would be punished in damning Congressional testimony in December.
Jewish students at Columbia University reported being spat at and receiving anti-Semitic rhetoric such as “fuck the Jews.”
In October 2023, an Israeli student was beaten with a club outside a university library after confronting an attacker who had torn up a flyer about Israeli hostages held by a terrorist group.
Columbia University also has a professor, Joseph Massad, after he described Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Israel as a “resistance attack” against “Israeli settler colonialism and racism against Palestinians.” He also received a request for his dismissal.
Cornell University experienced some of the highest-profile anti-Semitic incidents on campus last fall. These included incidents in which students threatened to shoot Jewish students and attacked a kosher cafeteria on campus.
Additionally, Cornell University professor Russell Rickford said at a campus rally that he was “excited” by the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel.
“Jewish students, like all students, should feel safe and supported on campus. They should be provided with a learning environment free of anti-Semitism and hatred. But before October 7th, “I haven’t experienced widespread anti-Semitism on campus since then,” Greenblatt said.
“At a time when anti-Semitic incidents on campus are reaching historic levels, administrators are adopting new policies to address this scourge and implementing existing policies to ensure the safety of all students. We need to be willing to enforce a code of conduct.”
