• In a new ranking from the Anti-Defamation League, only two U.S. universities — Brandeis and Elon — have earned a top grade of “A” for being “Jew-friendly.” With the sole exception of Dartmouth, all Ivy League schools earned al “D” or a failing “F” grade.

 

  • Ten Jewish students have filed a lawsuit against Cooper Union for allegedly failing to protect them and their classmates from antisemitism. The complaint stems from an Oct. 25 incident in which the students were locked in the campus library as pro-Palestinian protesters marched nearby.

 

  • Several university leaders — including at Pomona, Columbia and Vanderbilt — began cracking down in recent weeks on anti-Israel disruptions on campus.

 

  • A former student at Cornell University pleaded guilty to posting threatening statements against Jews on campus shortly after the start of the war in the Middle East this fall. He faces up to five years in Federal prison.

  • Demonstrations and arrests spread across some of America’s most influential universities, as administrators have struggled to defuse tensions on campuses over pro-Palestinian protests. Nearly 50 people were arrested at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., on April 22, following the arrests the previous week of more than 100 protesters at Columbia University. The arrests unleashed a wave of activism across other campuses, including M.I.T., the University of Michigan, Stanford University, and others, as protesters sought their universities’ divestment from companies with ties to Israel and a cease-fire in Gaza. Pictured, a pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia.                      Getty Images