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According to a new report by Harvard’s Jewish Alumni Alliance, Jewish undergraduate enrollment at Harvard has dropped to 7%, the lowest level since before World War II, and the lowest among Ivy League schools.
According to their data, Jewish enrollment actually maintained or grew at other Ivy League institutions between 1967 and 2025, including at Brown and Cornell.
This isn’t just a statistic. It raises questions about the campus climate, and whether Jewish students feel welcome, supported, and safe applying to and attending one of the world’s most prestigious universities.
At a time when antisemitism on campuses is rising, institutions must take a hard look at the environment they’re creating, and ensure that Jewish students are not being pushed out, whether directly or indirectly.
At McMaster University, a student group has branded itself in a way that closely resembles the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), a group with a documented history of violence and terror, and which is designated as a terrorist organization by the United States and Canada.
Terms like “ intifada” are not neutral. They echo calls for violence historically targeting Jews.
Campuses should be spaces for dialogue, learning, and coexistence, not places where extremist rhetoric is repackaged as ‘student activism.’
Universities must take this seriously. Normalization of extremism is profoundly dangerous.
The University of Florida has disbanded its College Republicans chapter (UFCR) after it was alerted to an antisemitic act by one of its student leaders.
The student reportedly appears in a photo performing a Nazi salute.
Although UF is deactivating UFCR, it has stated that it would be willing to reinstate the club once it replaces its current leadership.
Antisemitism should never be tolerated. Not on campus, not in politics, and not in any student organization. Universities must remain spaces where Jewish students can participate in campus life without fear.
Ziv Abud, a survivor of the Nova music festival massacre and fiancé to Hamas captivity survivor Eliya Cohen, spoke out following the recent antisemitic terror attack targeting a Jewish preschool inside a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
Having survived the deadliest attack against Jews since the Holocaust, Ziv fired back against the idea that attacking random Jews is somehow a justified act of revenge. No, it’s antisemitic violence and it’s evil.
At a time when Jewish communities around the world are facing rising attacks on synagogues, schools, and Jewish institutions, her voice carries powerful moral clarity.
🎥: _zivabud_
A new report by the Union of Jewish Students found that 20 percent of students in the UK would be reluctant to live with a Jewish housemate.
This statistic is reflective of a climate where antisemitism has become completely normalized, and although British universities encourage students to embrace diversity and coexistence, Jews don’t seem to be included in that calculus.
Universities must take these findings seriously. Jewish students deserve the same basic dignity as everyone else to live, study, and participate in campus life without facing prejudice for their identity.
San José State University is investigating a series of antisemitic graffiti messages discovered on campus, including threats declaring “3/11 & 3/12 are the Jew eradication days,” along with other hateful references such as “K*ll all Jews,” and references to 9/11.
Universities must treat threats like these with the seriousness they deserve. Jewish students deserve to study, live, and participate in campus life without fear of harassment, intimidation, or violence.
Campus leaders must ensure that those responsible are identified, held accountable, and that Jewish students are protected.
Israelis boarding a “rescue flight” sang Hatikvah together before takeoff.
For most countries, rescue flights mean getting as far away from the war zone as possible. For Israelis, these flights mean something different: coming home.
Even in times of danger, Israelis return to their country to stand with their families, their communities, and each other. That spirit is part of Israel’s strength.
Israel’s resilience isn’t just about technology or defense systems. It comes from the bravery, unity, and determination of its people, who continue to choose home, no matter the challenges.
🎥: meravos_
An explosion targeting a Jewish school in Amsterdam has now been confirmed as the second antisemitic attack in the Netherlands in just 48 hours, following an earlier attack on a synagogue in Rotterdam.
No one was physically harmed in this attack, but Jewish institutions are being deliberately targeted.
Schools and synagogues should be places of learning, community, and prayer, not targets of hate.
This pattern is deeply alarming. When antisemitic rhetoric is allowed to spread unchecked, it emboldens those willing to turn hatred into violence.
Jewish communities should not have to live under constant threat simply for existing openly as Jewish.
