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Good morning and welcome to the Campus Crisis Alert.
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As the school year comes to an end, we’re taking a break from the daily cadence of our Campus Crisis Alert starting this Friday, though our team will continue to closely monitor college campuses while some are still in session over the next few weeks. We also will share special updates to address any major developments. In the meantime, stay on top of the latest news regarding antisemitism and anti-Israel protests through our other newsletters and by following us on X/Twitter
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These are tough times for students, parents, and any of us who care about our alma maters. We’re so glad this alert has been able to keep you informed — and keep you activated. Stay in the fight because never is now!
Top Stories
Penn. In an
[link removed]
email to the University of Pennsylvania community yesterday, Interim President Larry Jameson shared the final reports from two bodies formed to respond to rising antisemitism and virulent anti-Israel protests on the West Philly campus. The Presidential
[link removed]
Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community had a series of recommendations including the establishment of a Center for the Study of Hate and Intolerance and a new undergraduate requirement to enroll in a seminar exploring a “challenging topic and emphasizing productive dialogue.” The University
[link removed]
Task Force on Antisemitism suggests, among other things, prioritizing making antisemitism awareness and training part of orientation; reissuing a clear statement opposing BDS; and enhancing and making transparent the status of incident investigations. And yet, the Task Force now appears to distance itself from the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism (the most widely accepted definition today, and the one that the Department of Education takes into account when investigating Title VI complaints), and characterizes Zionism as akin to a “political idea or entity,” wholly missing the mark. We’ll be watching closely and will not let up on our advocacy.
Wayne State. Police officers cleared an anti-Israel encampment at
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Wayne State University in Detroit on Thursday morning, reportedly arresting at least 12 people. In a statement that same morning, University President Kimberly Andrews Espy said the encampment posed “legal, health and safety, and operational challenges for our community” and “created an environment of exclusion — one in which some members of our campus community felt unwelcome and unable to fully participate in campus life.” Unsurprisingly, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12) arrived a few hours after the encampment was cleared and gathered with roughly 50 protesters who continued chanting and standing at a campus entrance that was blocked by police, according to
local reporting.
Denver. After three weeks of disruption, protesters at an anti-Israel encampment at the
[link removed]
University of Denver gave up and went home. Really. According to the local CBS affiliate, “After a meeting with DU administration, the group said they decided to close the camp when they realized the DU chancellor was not going to ‘engage seriously with student concerns and demands.’" Sometimes a “no” is all you need.
UCSB. Up until Wednesday night, University of California, Santa Barbara was the only UC school whose student government had not passed a BDS resolution. But with a new SJP-majority student government sworn in to office, its first order of business was to pass a
[link removed]
BDS resolution.
To a Degree. Universities across the country are holding back degrees from students who face disciplinary issues after participating in anti-Israel protests this year. Adding to decisions from
[link removed] of students in graduation,to receive diplomas alongside their
Harvard University and Princeton University that were covered in earlier editions of the Alert, the
[link removed]
University of Chicago reportedly emailed four students this week saying their degrees “will not be conferred until the resolution of this matter occurs.” Meanwhile, the
[link removed]
New College of Florida released a statement saying complaints had been filed against five students who disrupted the College’s May 17 commencement, which could lead to suspension, expulsion, or withholding degrees. And at
[link removed]
Case Western Reserve University, degrees for several students are still being withheld after the University sent letters to dozens of students earlier this month “barring them from campus and commencement ceremonies while temporarily withholding their degrees.”
Campus Champions
Friends Like These. Polling shows that most Americans do not support the anti-Israel protests on campus, but leaders across the world do. Yesterday, the Ayatollah
[link removed]
Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, the largest exporter of antisemitic terror in the world, tweeted “Dear university students in the United States of America, this message is an expression of our empathy & solidarity with you.” Not to be outdone, the
[link removed]
al-Qaeda senior command issued a statement: “While we support the assassination of the infidel Zionists and the beheading of them, we also appreciate and value the movement of Western demonstrators and sit-in students from Western universities.”
In the House. On Tuesday, the
[link removed]
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce informed the presidents of Yale University and the University of Michigan that they would appear before the committee to address the schools’ “response to antisemitism and failure to protect Jewish students.” Unlike recent testimony from university presidents on antisemitism, these hearings will not be open to the public but will be transcribed. Moreover, questions will be “conducted by counsel(s) and/or Committee staff,” rather than members of Congress. Yale President Peter Salovey is scheduled to appear before the committee on June 20, 2024, while Michigan President Santa Ono is set to appear on August 9,
2024. In a statement, committee chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5) said the committee has identified “patterns of antisemitism” on these campuses that require their leaders to “answer questions on their records.”
Am Yisrael Chai 💪✡️
The 500. Natan Sharansky — the Israeli leader, human rights activist, and author — wrote about the need for more Jewish students to
[link removed]
stand up bravely against anti-Israel protesters. In an article referencing
[link removed]
the letter Jewish students at Columbia wrote, he writes, “Until America’s Jewish students publicly claim their right to their Jewish and Zionist identity, they will continue to fight at a disadvantage. However, if the Jewish students of Cornell, Stanford, Harvard, and the other campuses will join Columbia’s Jews in their public statement, they stand a chance to do more than stand up for their own truths — they stand a real chance to revolutionize the campuses, defeat the antisemitic forces that have occupied them, and win the battle for American Jewry’s future.”
Citizens Spokespeople.
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Eylon Levy, the former Israeli government spokesperson, has started the Israeli Citizens Spokespersons’ Office, an effort to train regular citizens to be advocates for Israel in their native languages. “You don’t have to be an official spokesperson to speak up for Israel,” Levy told the Jerusalem Post. “The Jewish People and Israel are under attack all around the world.” Daily updates are provided Sunday through Thursday on all
[link removed]
social media platforms at 8 AM ET.
Marching On. New York City’s annual
[link removed]
Israel Parade is expected to draw tens of thousands of attendees this Sunday, June 2, and organizers say this year’s parade will have a straightforward message: “Bring them home.” Each marcher will be given an Israeli flag so that Fifth Avenue is a sea of blue and white. This year’s parade will also feature 24 new participating groups, including our friends at Mothers Against Campus Antisemitism, the Facebook group that formed in the wake of the 10/7 massacre to call out antisemitism on college campuses. Security will be tight, but as Mark Treyger, CEO of New York’s Jewish Community Relations Council said: “We will be defined by our strength and our
resilience and our love for our Jewish identity. For our solidarity for the hostages and their families. We‘ll be defined by our unwavering dedication and love for Israel.” See you there!
Info and Action:
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Not on My Campus
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Students — how to take action, deal with antisemitism, and organize your community.
-
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Alumni — how to organize a sign-on letter, answer a fundraising request, or write a letter to a university president.
-
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Parents — write a letter about commencement, organize a dial day, or get help selecting a college for your student.
-
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Glossary of Commonly Used Antisemitic Phrases Heard at Protests.
-
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Campus Antisemitism Report Card — see the grade a college earned in this first-ever report card.
-
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Report an Antisemitic Incident.
- Are you a student or know one who needs legal help? Contact our
[link removed]
Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL), run by ADL, Hillel, the Brandeis Center, and Gibson Dunn. Hundreds of incidents have been reported. You are not alone!
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Good morning and welcome to the Campus Crisis Alert.
If you were forwarded this email and want to receive your own updates,
[link removed]
sign up here.
As the school year comes to an end, we’re taking a break from the daily cadence of our Campus Crisis Alert starting this Friday, though our team will continue to closely monitor college campuses while some are still in session over the next few weeks. We also will share special updates to address any major developments. In the meantime, stay on top of the latest news regarding antisemitism and anti-Israel protests through our other newsletters and by following us on X/Twitter
[link removed]
@ADL.
These are tough times for students, parents, and any of us who care about our alma maters. We’re so glad this alert has been able to keep you informed — and keep you activated. Stay in the fight because never is now!
Top Stories
Penn. In an
[link removed]
email to the University of Pennsylvania community yesterday, Interim President Larry Jameson shared the final reports from two bodies formed to respond to rising antisemitism and virulent anti-Israel protests on the West Philly campus. The Presidential
[link removed]
Commission on Countering Hate and Building Community had a series of recommendations including the establishment of a Center for the Study of Hate and Intolerance and a new undergraduate requirement to enroll in a seminar exploring a “challenging topic and emphasizing productive dialogue.” The University
[link removed]
Task Force on Antisemitism suggests, among other things, prioritizing making antisemitism awareness and training part of orientation; reissuing a clear statement opposing BDS; and enhancing and making transparent the status of incident investigations. And yet, the Task Force now appears to distance itself from the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism (the most widely accepted definition today, and the one that the Department of Education takes into account when investigating Title VI complaints), and characterizes Zionism as akin to a “political idea or entity,” wholly missing the mark. We’ll be watching closely and will not let up on our advocacy.
Wayne State. Police officers cleared an anti-Israel encampment at
[link removed]
Wayne State University in Detroit on Thursday morning, reportedly arresting at least 12 people. In a statement that same morning, University President Kimberly Andrews Espy said the encampment posed “legal, health and safety, and operational challenges for our community” and “created an environment of exclusion — one in which some members of our campus community felt unwelcome and unable to fully participate in campus life.” Unsurprisingly, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12) arrived a few hours after the encampment was cleared and gathered with roughly 50 protesters who continued chanting and standing at a campus entrance that was blocked by police, according to
local reporting.
Denver. After three weeks of disruption, protesters at an anti-Israel encampment at the
[link removed]
University of Denver gave up and went home. Really. According to the local CBS affiliate, “After a meeting with DU administration, the group said they decided to close the camp when they realized the DU chancellor was not going to ‘engage seriously with student concerns and demands.’" Sometimes a “no” is all you need.
UCSB. Up until Wednesday night, University of California, Santa Barbara was the only UC school whose student government had not passed a BDS resolution. But with a new SJP-majority student government sworn in to office, its first order of business was to pass a
[link removed]
BDS resolution.
To a Degree. Universities across the country are holding back degrees from students who face disciplinary issues after participating in anti-Israel protests this year. Adding to decisions from
[link removed] of students in graduation,to receive diplomas alongside their
Harvard University and Princeton University that were covered in earlier editions of the Alert, the
[link removed]
University of Chicago reportedly emailed four students this week saying their degrees “will not be conferred until the resolution of this matter occurs.” Meanwhile, the
[link removed]
New College of Florida released a statement saying complaints had been filed against five students who disrupted the College’s May 17 commencement, which could lead to suspension, expulsion, or withholding degrees. And at
[link removed]
Case Western Reserve University, degrees for several students are still being withheld after the University sent letters to dozens of students earlier this month “barring them from campus and commencement ceremonies while temporarily withholding their degrees.”
Campus Champions
Friends Like These. Polling shows that most Americans do not support the anti-Israel protests on campus, but leaders across the world do. Yesterday, the Ayatollah
[link removed]
Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, the largest exporter of antisemitic terror in the world, tweeted “Dear university students in the United States of America, this message is an expression of our empathy & solidarity with you.” Not to be outdone, the
[link removed]
al-Qaeda senior command issued a statement: “While we support the assassination of the infidel Zionists and the beheading of them, we also appreciate and value the movement of Western demonstrators and sit-in students from Western universities.”
In the House. On Tuesday, the
[link removed]
U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce informed the presidents of Yale University and the University of Michigan that they would appear before the committee to address the schools’ “response to antisemitism and failure to protect Jewish students.” Unlike recent testimony from university presidents on antisemitism, these hearings will not be open to the public but will be transcribed. Moreover, questions will be “conducted by counsel(s) and/or Committee staff,” rather than members of Congress. Yale President Peter Salovey is scheduled to appear before the committee on June 20, 2024, while Michigan President Santa Ono is set to appear on August 9,
2024. In a statement, committee chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5) said the committee has identified “patterns of antisemitism” on these campuses that require their leaders to “answer questions on their records.”
Am Yisrael Chai 💪✡️
The 500. Natan Sharansky — the Israeli leader, human rights activist, and author — wrote about the need for more Jewish students to
[link removed]
stand up bravely against anti-Israel protesters. In an article referencing
[link removed]
the letter Jewish students at Columbia wrote, he writes, “Until America’s Jewish students publicly claim their right to their Jewish and Zionist identity, they will continue to fight at a disadvantage. However, if the Jewish students of Cornell, Stanford, Harvard, and the other campuses will join Columbia’s Jews in their public statement, they stand a chance to do more than stand up for their own truths — they stand a real chance to revolutionize the campuses, defeat the antisemitic forces that have occupied them, and win the battle for American Jewry’s future.”
Citizens Spokespeople.
[link removed]
Eylon Levy, the former Israeli government spokesperson, has started the Israeli Citizens Spokespersons’ Office, an effort to train regular citizens to be advocates for Israel in their native languages. “You don’t have to be an official spokesperson to speak up for Israel,” Levy told the Jerusalem Post. “The Jewish People and Israel are under attack all around the world.” Daily updates are provided Sunday through Thursday on all
[link removed]
social media platforms at 8 AM ET.
Marching On. New York City’s annual
[link removed]
Israel Parade is expected to draw tens of thousands of attendees this Sunday, June 2, and organizers say this year’s parade will have a straightforward message: “Bring them home.” Each marcher will be given an Israeli flag so that Fifth Avenue is a sea of blue and white. This year’s parade will also feature 24 new participating groups, including our friends at Mothers Against Campus Antisemitism, the Facebook group that formed in the wake of the 10/7 massacre to call out antisemitism on college campuses. Security will be tight, but as Mark Treyger, CEO of New York’s Jewish Community Relations Council said: “We will be defined by our strength and our
resilience and our love for our Jewish identity. For our solidarity for the hostages and their families. We‘ll be defined by our unwavering dedication and love for Israel.” See you there!
Info and Action:
[link removed]
Not on My Campus
-
[link removed]
Students — how to take action, deal with antisemitism, and organize your community.
-
[link removed]
Alumni — how to organize a sign-on letter, answer a fundraising request, or write a letter to a university president.
-
[link removed]
Parents — write a letter about commencement, organize a dial day, or get help selecting a college for your student.
-
[link removed]
Glossary of Commonly Used Antisemitic Phrases Heard at Protests.
-
[link removed]
Campus Antisemitism Report Card — see the grade a college earned in this first-ever report card.
-
[link removed]
Report an Antisemitic Incident.
- Are you a student or know one who needs legal help? Contact our
[link removed]
Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL), run by ADL, Hillel, the Brandeis Center, and Gibson Dunn. Hundreds of incidents have been reported. You are not alone!
[link removed]
Support Our Work
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