As reported in The Forward…

  • Jewish teens are looking at a new factor in their college search — antisemitism. A recent survey of nearly 2,000 B’Nai Brith Youth Organization participants across North America found that 64% said antisemitism on campus was an important factor in the decision regarding where to attend college. In fact, some students said they would withdraw applications to certain Ivy League schools.
  • Harvard University said on Feb. 19 that it is investigating an antisemitic social media post shared over the previous weekend by two pro-Palestinian student groups and then reshared by faculty and staff.
  • StandWithUs, a pro-Israel advocacy group, filed a lawsuit against Middlebury College in Vermont over alleged antisemitism on campus.
  • Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, now a professor at Columbia University, said in a speech she delivered recently in Munich that young people in America are “woefully uninformed” about antisemitism and the Holocaust.