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1. 📰 Top Stories

Columbia. Tuesday was the first day of classes at Columbia University, and it didn’t take long for trouble to start on the Morningside Heights campus. Anti-Israel
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protesters marched outside the University’s iron gates, demanding the school divest from companies connected to Israel. At least two protesters have been
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arrested. The protest included members of Columbia University Apartheid Divest — the same group that used a recent convocation event to distribute
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flyers that feature a Hamas fighter, urge readers to “reject normalization of the Zionist entity” and outline the group’s objectives on a page titled “Islamic Resistance Movement — Hamas.” Red paint also was dumped on the University’s iconic Alma Mater statue. In response, Elisha Baker, a Jewish Columbia undergraduate
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tweeted: “Jewish students just want to go to class!”


👉 TAKE ACTION:
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Urge Congress to pass the Protecting Students on Campus Act which will make it easier to report civil rights violations and mandate more transparency about incidents.

(Credit: Yuki Iwamura | Associated Press)

(Credit: Alon Levin | New York Post)


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Pomona. Roughly two dozen anti-Israel protesters blocked the entryway to Pomona College’s
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convocation ceremony last week, forcing the College to transition to a remote live stream. Organized by the Pomona Divest from Apartheid group, protesters reportedly refused police requests to present ID and remove their face masks. This protest comes just one day after administrators emailed students to clarify “Masks will NOT be permitted inside the [convocation] venue unless medically necessary.” In May, 2024, ADL and partners
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filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against Pomona College for permitting severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish students in violation of Title VI.

(Credit: Andrew Alonzo | Claremont Courier)


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Colorado. Jewish students and the National Jewish Advocacy Center have filed a
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federal complaint against Colorado College, detailing a “hostile antisemitic climate” and seeking remedies under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The complaint describes how Jewish students face “genocidal chants; antisemitic slurs; disruptive pro-Hamas protests that prevent people from working and studying; denials that rape and murder occurred on October 7; destruction of a memorial for October 7 victims; and a general atmosphere of palpable hatred directed at Jews and Israelis.” Moreover, the complaint alleges pro-Israel groups were “given a bureaucratic runaround” when they sought to counter this antisemitic atmosphere by, for instance, displaying
100 small Israeli flags near the school’s Holocaust memorial. There is new leadership at Colorado College and our regional office is engaging them about how to make the campus more welcoming for Jewish students; we’ll keep you posted.


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NYU. Members of the New York University Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine are reportedly withholding various forms of
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labor as of Monday, demanding the University grant amnesty to anti-Israel protesters disciplined since last spring, among other demands. Protest leaders say this effort isn’t meant to disrupt in-class learning; a
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post from NYUFJ4P said the protest would “involve refusing service & DEI work, and will include interruption of various internal and public-facing events.” NYUFJ4P also said they were
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“alarmed” when NYU clarified that “disseminating tropes, stereotypes, and conspiracies about Zionists” could violate the University’s nondiscrimination and anti-harassment policies, describing the policy as a “dangerous precedent.” We’re alarmed that they’re alarmed.

2. 🏆 Campus Champions

Reclaiming Campuses. Esteemed liberal theorist, presidential policy adviser and longtime college professor William A. Galston
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writes that the big issue facing campuses this fall is whether or not college administrators “learned anything from their disastrous mishandling of campus protests last academic year — and whether they are prepared to respond differently now.” Drawing on his experience, Galston offers a plan to action that includes the sensible notions of: forbidding conduct that disrupts teaching, learning and research; reasonable time, place and manner limits on expression; and enforcing rules that are set. “If presidents and provosts aren’t serious about institutional rules and norms, no one else will be, and the outcome will be a repetition of the collapse of authority
that I saw as a student in the 1960s,” he concludes.


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CALL on Me. The Campus Antisemitism Legal Line — a hotline established by ADL, Hillel International, the Brandeis Center and Gibson Dunn — received more than 650 requests for
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assistance from university students within its first nine months. Through CALL, hundreds of lawyers provide free and direct support to students facing harassment, violence or discrimination, including pro bono representation in cases alleging violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Some examples of CALL’s work include offering legal support to a University of Massachusetts student who faced verbal harassment and physical assault, filing Title VI complaints on behalf of students at the Ohio State University and Pomona College and drafting a letter to Princeton University leaders condemning the use of no-contact orders to silence a Jewish student journalist.


👉 TAKE ACTION: Share information on CALL with your friends and loved ones. Students, family members, faculty or staff members can go to the
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CALL website or text “CALLhelp” to 51555 to report incidents.


3. 💪✡️ Am Yisrael Chai

A Nation Mourns. In an inspiring show of solidarity and support, communities across the United States gathered over the past days to mourn and pay their respects to the six hostages recently murdered by Hamas. On Mercer Island in
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Washington, hundreds marched across the I-90 bridge and called for a weekly “Race for their Lives” to raise awareness of the hostages still held by Hamas. In
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Berkeley, a vigil was held for 23-year old Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American born in the Bay Area. More than 250 people gathered in
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Chicago’s Highland Park;
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Massachusetts hosted at least two vigils in the Boston area; Jewish leaders in
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Washington, DC organized a community-wide vigil at Adas Israel Congregation for Tuesday; and at one
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New York City vigil, Columbia professor Shai Davidai led the crowd in singing Israel’s national anthem.


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We Will Dance Again. Hundreds gathered at the Nova Music Festival
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exhibition in Los Angeles on Sunday to mourn the deaths of the six hostages who were murdered by Hamas over the weekend. Rabbi Joel Nickerson led the service, alongside guest speakers Scooter Braun and Noa Tishby. Braun helped bring the exhibition, named “06:29 am — The Moment Music Stood Still,” to California following 10 weeks in Tel Aviv and three months in New York City, saying the exhibit will help “pay tribute, heal and find a community amongst each other [...] We refuse to stay in the darkness. We will stand in the light and we will dance again.”

(Credit: Jeff Lorch Photography | TheWrap)

4. 📣 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.
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Are you a student or know one who needs legal help? Contact our
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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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