HarvardHarvard releases long-awaited report into campus antisemitismRepublican lawmakers dubbed the findings ‘scathing’ and called them evidence of ‘deep-rooted, dangerous and rampant antisemitism’ at the collegeBy Andrew Bernard2 min read
HarvardHarvard sues Trump administration over $2.2 billion funding suspensionThe Education Department insists the college has not done enough to address antisemitism on its campus, but the university has accused the government of trying to “take control” of the institutionBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
MediaColumbia Journalism Review sacks editor following dispute over Palestine protest coverageSewell Chan claimed he was dismissed after raising a ‘significant ethical problem’ with a pro-Gaza reporterBy JC Reporter1 min read
Antisemitism on campusPro-Palestine activist arrested by ICE during US citizenship interviewMohsen Mahdawi helped to organise demonstrations at Columbia University last year, which the Trump administration claim gave rise to multiple violent and antisemitic incidentsBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
US PoliticsUS judge rules pro-Palestine activist can be deported over campus protests in landmark caseThe decision sets an important precedent that legal residency can be revoked without any criminal convictionBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
EducationNY Education Department apologises after antisemitic newsletter sent to public schoolsThe letter included a ‘toolkit’ instructing how to boycott pro-Israel organisations and accused the Jewish state of committing genocideBy Vita Fellig2 min read
Naftali BennettPro-Palestine protesters disrupt Naftali Bennett talk at PrincetonThe incident follows the suspension of federal funding to the university in connection with allegations of antisemitism at similar demonstrations last yearBy Izzy Salant2 min read
Speaker at KCL student union society event ranted about ‘scared’ Jews with ‘a lot of money’ and defended child marriageAbutorab Islam suggested a nine-year-old girl was ‘mature’ enough to consummate a marriage and said Brits have ‘no right’ to talk about age of consentBy Jane Prinsley5 min read||April 9, 2025 17:29
Two US universities have funding frozen over alleged civil rights violationsThe move comes after other institutions received similar suspensions in connection with an Education Department investigation into campus antisemitismBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||April 9, 2025 17:29
Harvard to borrow $750 million after federal funding freeze over antisemitism claimsThe Trump administration is reviewing around $9 billion in grants to the university in connection with an investigation into alleged Jew-hatred on campusBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||April 8, 2025 15:47
Princeton University says federal grants have been frozen amid antisemitism probeThe move follows the suspension of funds to other high-profile institutions follow pro-Palestine campus protests last yearBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||April 2, 2025 15:26
Jews at UCL ‘terrorised’ by students amid demands of ‘Zionists off campus’Staff have accused university authorities of inaction and alleged that the institution is ‘beleaguered’ by antisemitismBy Jane Prinsley11 min read||March 27, 2025 13:04
Columbia student protestors knew about October 7 attacks in advance, lawsuit claimsA new claim from victims’ relatives alleges that Students for Justice in Palestine ‘aided and abetted’ the terror groupBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||March 26, 2025 12:01
Columbia University janitors claim anti-Israel encampment accused them of being ‘Jew-lovers’ and spray painted swastikas around campusThe charge comes after the Trump Administration announced it would be cutting up to $400 million in funding over the Ivy League school’s failure to tackle antisemitismBy Daniel Ben-David3 min read||March 18, 2025 17:55
Organisations quit Goldsmiths antisemitism inquiry because it ‘marginalises Palestinians’An independent KC was appointed to find out whether the university had breached its duties under the Equalities ActBy Imogen Garfinkel4 min read||March 18, 2025 16:51
Columbia revokes degrees and suspends students involved in violent Palestine protest‘This ruling is an important first step in righting the wrongs of the past year and a half’ stated Brian Cohen, executive director of Columbia Hillel.By JC Reporter1 min read||March 14, 2025 09:58
