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1. 📰 Top Stories

Cornell. The Cornell University professor who called the attacks of October 7 “exhilarating” and “energizing” just one week after those attacks is back supporting anti-Israel protests on the Ithaca, New York campus. The university recently refused to bar Professor Russell Rickford from teaching, saying he made those statements “as a private citizen in his free time.” On Wednesday, Rickford
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joined dozens of protesters marching through the campus and chanting “Long live the intifada.” One Jewish Cornell student said “it’s insane to me” that Rickford is still teaching at Cornell, arguing “Cornell is spitting in my face and the face of the entire Jewish community [...] They’re allowing professors to call for ‘intifida,’ an end of the Jewish state.”

(Source: New York Post | X/Twitter)


👉 TAKE ACTION: As the October 7 anniversary approaches, anti-Israel protesters are planning protests, targeting memorial events.
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Urge campus leadership to take steps NOW to safeguard student safety and to stand against these antisemitic disruptions.
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Email your university’s president now!


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Rutgers. Dozens of anti-Israel protesters gathered outside the Rutgers University
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student center last week chanting and holding signs calling for the school to divest from companies connected to Israel. Students for Justice in Palestine at Rutgers, a group the university recently banned from on-campus operations for one year, said the university’s decision to reject a divestment proposal represented “strike three” against school administrators. A social media post from the group then clarified, “We’re not done. The intifada has just begun.”

(Source: sjprutgersnb | Instagram)


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UCLA. University of California police
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arrested three people on Friday morning for allegedly vandalizing UCLA’s Royce Hall and Parking Structure 8. Though police reportedly found spray cans and stencils that matched the vandalism in the suspects’ car, Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA took to social media to
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claim the arrest of “three of our comrades” was “clearly meant to target and intimidate pro-Palestinian voices calling for divestment.” The group then released a
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statement demanding the release of the “UC Three” – a moniker typically reserved for civil rights figures like the Little Rock Nine – along with a laundry list of complaints against the university’s “authoritarian rules,” “tyrannical fear and surveillance” and support for the “zionist entity.”


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Emory. An anti-Israel protester at Emory University in Atlanta was recently condemned by the school’s student government after the protester, reportedly an Emory resident advisor,
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posted an image of Emory counter-protesters holding Israeli flags with the caption “Started smelling like pennies on the quad.” A statement from the Emory Student Government Association said its members “were appalled and disheartened to see Antisemitic rhetoric perpetuated in our community,” emphasizing how Jews have faced vicious “penny-pitching” stereotypes “spanning back to the Middle Ages.”

(Source: Eyal Yakoby | X/Twitter)


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Georgia. Students from the University of Georgia who were arrested earlier this year for anti-Israel protesting are
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pushing for their charges to be dropped. The six students in question were reportedly arrested and suspended for willful violation of university policy when they set up an encampment on campus in the spring. During a press conference at the Georgia state capitol, protesters held signs with anti-Israel rhetoric such as “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free.”

(Source: Atlanta News First)


DEEPER: Read ADL’s
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resource on the chant “From the River to the Sea Palestine Will be Free”


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Tulane. 14 protesters arrested for their participation in anti-Israel encampments at Tulane University in the spring were acquitted of all charges on Friday. Two of the defendants are suspended Tulane students. The morning of the ruling, around 40 protesters stood outside the courthouse
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chanting “Tulane Tulane you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide” and “Let’s go NOSHIP, Israel eat [expletive]” – chants they also used during the protests in May.


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California. Faculty from the University of California system filed a 581-page
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complaint with the California Public Employment Relations Board on Thursday accusing the UC system of suppressing pro-Palestinian protests in violation of labor laws. The faculty claim the UC system has pursued a “relentless campaign” meant to “chill” academic freedom. Administrators responded that while the UC system supports free speech and lawful protests, “when protests violate University policy or threaten the safety and security of others, the University has taken lawful action to end impermissible and unlawful behavior."


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UW-Madison. The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s disciplinary committee
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recommended placing the local chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine on a one-year probation for actions during anti-Israel protests in the spring including “harmful behavior,” “damage to property” and “disruptions to university functions,” according to local reporting. The Committee on Student Organizations will determine if probation is imposed and a decision is expected within the next two weeks.

2. 🏆 Campus Champions

Professor Clinton. Columbia University’s most accomplished and famous professor is undoubtedly former Secretary of State
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Hillary Clinton. In a CNN interview on Sunday, she discussed the environment on campus. Once “respectful” dialogue turned venomous last spring as, she suspects, student protests were co-opted by “existing groups within our country [...] who had talking points, they had a plan for protest and disruption.” Discussing students, Clinton conveyed the challenge of opening an honest dialogue when you’re only ever “met with slogans,” saying “It’s hard to hold conversations with people who hold strong opinions with no factual or historical basis.” Condemning the sharp rise in campus antisemitism, Secretary Clinton said: "This was screaming
at students who were Jewish, it was blocking their entry into classes or into club activities. It was nasty.”


3. 💪✡️ Am Yisrael Chai

National Treasure. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced a bill on Thursday to establish the
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Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park in Wicomico County, Maryland as well as a Rosenwald School Network Program to provide grants for local communities. The son of Jewish immigrants, Julius Rosenwald was an executive at Sears and Roebuck around the turn of the century and a major philanthropist who funded more than 5,300 schools for Blacks throughout the South. “Our country owes Julius Rosenwald a great debt,” said an official with the National Parks Conservation Association. “Having experienced discrimination and prejudice himself as a Jewish man, he acted in solidarity with Black communities to create a stronger United States of America.”


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In the Garden of Eden. “It’s not every day you see a religious Jew, tzitzit hanging out, singing God’s name on one of the world’s most iconic stages.” That’s how Dr. Mijal Bitton described singer Ishay Ribo’s Sunday performance at
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Madison Square Garden. The performance from Ribo, the first-ever Israeli artist to perform at the Garden, included Sephardic and Ashkenazi traditions, guest performances from Israeli stars Eviatar Banai and Idan Raichel and a moment where cameras focused on the parents of Omera Neutra, an American hostage being held in Gaza, and the crowd erupted into cries of “Bring them home.” The concert ended with a “moment of Jewish pride” as 15,000 voices sang “Am Israel Chai.”

(Source: Ishay Ribo | YouTube)

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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