“Harvard University and student protesters announced on Tuesday that they had negotiated an end to a pro-Palestinian encampment in Harvard Yard, with the university agreeing to discuss student questions about its endowment related to the war in Gaza and to quickly process petitions for the reinstatement of suspended students.” The New York Times:  FULL STORY

+READ:  ADL Statement Following the Removal of Protest Encampment at Harvard
+READ:  What Do Anti-Israel Student Organizers Really Want? Examining the Extreme Demands Behind the Campus Protests

“California State University Chancellor Mildred García announced the decision in a statement posted to the CSU website, saying that Sonoma State President Mike Lee was taken off the job for his “insubordination” in making the statement without “appropriate approvals.” Los Angeles Times: FULL STORY
 
+ADL Tweet:  ADL Central Pacific Regional Director @MarcLevinecomments on the egregious capitulation to protestors by Sonoma State (@SSU_1961) President Mike Lee.

+ADL Statement on Union Theological Seminary Decision to Divest from Israel

“A middle school teacher in Connecticut was reportedly suspended following a lesson on the Holocaust in which they asked students to draw a swastika in their notebooks, list positive things Adolf Hitler did for Germany and comment on a baby photo of the Nazi leader that the teacher described as “cute.” JTA:   FULL STORY

+ADL Tweet:  The Nazis’ crimes against humanity are incredibly well documented—overwhelming evidence helped convict Nazi leaders in court following WWII. Yet Holocaust denial & distortion persist & enable further anti-Jewish beliefs & hate-based violence. Learn more at http://spotliesspreadfacts.org

+ADL Resource: Echoes & Reflections Contemporary Antisemitism Study

• Yesterday marked Nakba Day ("catastrophe" in Arabic), on which Palestinians & their supporters, including many anti-Israel activists, highlight the plight of Palestinian refugees. Each year we see rhetoric at events that supports terror or crosses the line into antisemitism
   
• Some statements by anti-Israeli encampment organizers have echoed classic antisemitic tropes about supposed Jewish power and financial control by attacking “Zionist” trustees and donors and their alleged influence on university affairs, including @DePaulU, @CUNY and @SUNY
• Two years ago, a white supremacist shooter motivated by the antisemitic and racist Great Replacement Theory murdered 10 people in a horrifying act of hate. Our hearts today are with the families of those we lost and the Buffalo community.

• ADL’s Jordan Kadosh joins elite ‘Leadership Missouri’ cohort (St. Louis Jewish Light)
   
• Vandals Desecrate American, Israeli Flags at Northwestern University (The Algemeiner)
   
• Texas lawmakers listen to antisemitism concerns amid university tensions over the Israel-Hamas war (The Texas Tribune) ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

• Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism: Philosophically Different, Politically the Same (Inside Higher Ed)
• Some Cave To Protests: Vanderbilt, Florida, And Chicago Stand Firm (Forbes)
•  Harvard President Garber Meets With ADL Head To Discuss Antisemitism Amid Encampment (Harvard Crimson)