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| Date | December 24, 2024 4:51 PM |
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1. 📰 Top Stories
U.S. K-12 Schools. A new
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ADL survey of parents of K-12 students showed that among that audience, 71% of Jewish parents surveyed noted that their child experienced antisemitic incidents at school. Also significantly, 37% of non-Jewish parents also reported that their child had disclosed encountering antisemitism at school. This highlights the urgent need for targeted interventions in educational environments to combat these prejudices from an early age, so ADL’s report contains a list of ways that schools can take action to reduce antisemitism.
DEEPER: To find more information and ways to take action, visit the ADL
[link removed]
K-12 Resource Center, including new guidance for independent school parents who want their schools to address the antisemitic rhetoric featured at a recent NAIS People of Color Conference.
~~~~~
George Mason. A freshman at George Mason University, Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, has been arrested for allegedly
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plotting a mass-casualty attack on Israel’s General Consulate in New York. The Egyptian national was charged with instructing an undercover FBI agent to carry out the attack. Hassan referred to the consulate as “a goldmine of targets” and targeted Jewish individuals, according to FBI documents. Hassan, who had been facing deportation, was caught in Virginia and banned from campus. The university has increased campus police patrols. If convicted, Hassan could face up to 20 years in prison before deportation proceedings resume.
(George Mason campus. Source: NBC News video screengrab)
~~~~~
Philadelphia K-12 Schools. In
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an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, the largest school district in Pennsylvania has signed off on a resolution that finds that the district failed to prove that it protected Jewish students despite “repeated, extensive notice” of antisemitic behavior in district schools. This resolution resolves allegations against the School District of Philadelphia that were
[link removed]
raised by ADL in a complaint filed in July 2024. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt praised Jewish students and parents “who had the courage to speak out against the pattern of antisemitic harassment, abuse and bullying.” The resolution includes a
[link removed]
lengthy list of steps that the school district has agreed to.
~~~~~
Rutgers. Two faculty unions at Rutgers University passed
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BDS resolutions championed by Faculty for Justice in Palestine. The resolutions call for divestment and for the university to cut ties to Tel Aviv University because, as the resolution puts it “Israeli universities play a key role in supporting Israel’s system of apartheid rule.” The group
[link removed]
Jewish Faculty, Staff, and Administrators at Rutgers countered these claims, termed the resolutions controversial and divisive, and noted that "The State of New Jersey opposes BDS."
(Source: RutgersFJP | Instagram)
~~~~~
Congressional Report on Campus Antisemitism. A GOP-led
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congressional report has been released, with a focus on investigating the alarming surge of antisemitism since Hamas’s 10/7 terrorist attack. The report found that several universities failed to stop antisemitism on their campuses, likely violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Additionally, the report found that several American-based tax-exempt organizations may have funneled American taxpayer dollars to designated terrorist organizations. ADL’s
[link removed]
Jonathan Greenblatt commended the report, saying “the Staff Report on Antisemitism shines a light on many of the issues ADL has been sounding an alarm on for the past year... College administrators have the responsibility to protect their students – yet they too often have failed to enforce their own policies and codes of conduct.”
~~~~~
Never Again Education Act. Bipartisan legislation led by Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) to extend the
[link removed]
Never Again Education Act has passed and now awaits the President’s signature. Originally enacted in 2020, the act funds resources and teacher training through the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to educate students about the Holocaust and combat antisemitism. With this reauthorization, the program will continue through 2030, ensuring critical Holocaust education remains a priority. Rosen underscored the urgency, stating, “We’re at a critical time when we need to ensure the next generation is fully educated about the atrocities of the Holocaust and the dangers of antisemitism.”
~~~~~
University of California System. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has resolved antisemitism- and Islamophobia-related
[link removed]
civil rights complaints involving UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz. In the announcement, the government noted that “the Universities appear not to have responded promptly or effectively” when the problems initially arose. Six of the nine complaints involved harassment against Jewish and Israeli students.
[link removed]
ADL welcomes the resolution, including its audit requirement of past complaints to "help ensure that those responsible for harassing, intimidating and attacking Jewish students will not evade accountability.”
~~~~~
Israeli Colleges to Adopt IHRA Antisemitism Definition. Twenty-four Israeli colleges have pledged to
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adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, joining over 1,260 institutions worldwide. The IHRA definition includes denying the Jewish people's right to self-determination as a manifestation of antisemitism. “Academia should be a beacon of enlightenment,” said Raheli Baratz of the World Zionist Organization, adding that academic boycotts of Israeli institutions undermine the principles of academic freedom.
2. 🏆 Campus Champions
Saluting San Diego. At Hillel International's recent annual assembly,
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Hillel of San Diego was honored for showing the most growth of any Hillel (they more than doubled participation), for fostering pride and joy and for empowering student leadership in a challenging year at campuses across the country. Hillel International's leader, Adam Lehman praised San Diego's work as "core to the strength of Jewish students this year.”
DEEPER: Also showing strength on campus was
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Rutgers Chabad, which just held an event that raised $1.5 million to help support a growing list of programming begun in response to campus antisemitism. (The programs are much-needed, as shown in the news item above about Rutgers).
(Rutgers Hillel honorees. Source: Hillel International)
~~~~~
Promising Plans. In response to growing concerns over antisemitism in K-12 schools, ADL is
[link removed]
ramping up efforts to hold institutions accountable for addressing bias and discrimination. As ADL’s Shira Goodman vows, “A lot of promises have been made that things will be better, things will be different, and we want to hold those institutions accountable.”
3. 💪✡️ Am Yisrael Chai
Gimme Shelter. Holly Cin made aliyah earlier this year and now teaches English to Israelis at Reichman University. She writes about the
[link removed]
challenges and happiness she is finding, and the remarkable confluence of teaching in a classroom that is also a bomb shelter for the school, so as she put it, "I told my students that unlike the last time, when sirens interrupted our Zoom class for 20 minutes, if sirens occur now, we just go on kadima with our lesson!" As Cin aptly says, you can use many words to describe her life in Israel, but "boring" is not one of them.
~~~~~
Goals and Glory. Yaniv Bazini, a forward for the University of Vermont soccer team, led his squad to its
[link removed]
first NCAA Division I soccer championship this season, scoring a team-high 14 goals. The Israeli player’s standout performances came with a message of pride, as Bazini carried an Israeli flag during the celebration. Bazini has faced challenges, including navigating the tense climate for Jewish and Israeli students in Burlington. But Bazini vowed that “When everything happened in Israel a year ago, I said, well, I won’t really help if I come back to Israel, but I can be the best ambassador." Now, with hopes of joining Major League Soccer, Bazini aims to take his talent and advocacy to an even larger stage.
4. 📣 Info and Action:
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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]
Faculty and Staff — support for impacted faculty and staff, and guidance on how to discuss what constitutes antisemitism and anti-Zionism, and how to provide help to students and colleagues.
-
[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!
Do you have something to share with us? Please email us at
mailto:[email protected]
[email protected] with any suggestions, questions, photos or videos.
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Good morning. The Campus Crisis Alert and all the work that ADL does to fight antisemitism and other forms of hate wouldn’t be possible without you.
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Please consider making a tax-deductible, year-end donation to support our work.
A generous donor has committed to doubling all year-end donations up to $100,000. That means every $1 you donate becomes $2 through December 31.
[link removed]
Give Now
1. 📰 Top Stories
U.S. K-12 Schools. A new
[link removed]
ADL survey of parents of K-12 students showed that among that audience, 71% of Jewish parents surveyed noted that their child experienced antisemitic incidents at school. Also significantly, 37% of non-Jewish parents also reported that their child had disclosed encountering antisemitism at school. This highlights the urgent need for targeted interventions in educational environments to combat these prejudices from an early age, so ADL’s report contains a list of ways that schools can take action to reduce antisemitism.
DEEPER: To find more information and ways to take action, visit the ADL
[link removed]
K-12 Resource Center, including new guidance for independent school parents who want their schools to address the antisemitic rhetoric featured at a recent NAIS People of Color Conference.
~~~~~
George Mason. A freshman at George Mason University, Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, has been arrested for allegedly
[link removed]
plotting a mass-casualty attack on Israel’s General Consulate in New York. The Egyptian national was charged with instructing an undercover FBI agent to carry out the attack. Hassan referred to the consulate as “a goldmine of targets” and targeted Jewish individuals, according to FBI documents. Hassan, who had been facing deportation, was caught in Virginia and banned from campus. The university has increased campus police patrols. If convicted, Hassan could face up to 20 years in prison before deportation proceedings resume.
(George Mason campus. Source: NBC News video screengrab)
~~~~~
Philadelphia K-12 Schools. In
[link removed]
an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, the largest school district in Pennsylvania has signed off on a resolution that finds that the district failed to prove that it protected Jewish students despite “repeated, extensive notice” of antisemitic behavior in district schools. This resolution resolves allegations against the School District of Philadelphia that were
[link removed]
raised by ADL in a complaint filed in July 2024. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt praised Jewish students and parents “who had the courage to speak out against the pattern of antisemitic harassment, abuse and bullying.” The resolution includes a
[link removed]
lengthy list of steps that the school district has agreed to.
~~~~~
Rutgers. Two faculty unions at Rutgers University passed
[link removed]
BDS resolutions championed by Faculty for Justice in Palestine. The resolutions call for divestment and for the university to cut ties to Tel Aviv University because, as the resolution puts it “Israeli universities play a key role in supporting Israel’s system of apartheid rule.” The group
[link removed]
Jewish Faculty, Staff, and Administrators at Rutgers countered these claims, termed the resolutions controversial and divisive, and noted that "The State of New Jersey opposes BDS."
(Source: RutgersFJP | Instagram)
~~~~~
Congressional Report on Campus Antisemitism. A GOP-led
[link removed]
congressional report has been released, with a focus on investigating the alarming surge of antisemitism since Hamas’s 10/7 terrorist attack. The report found that several universities failed to stop antisemitism on their campuses, likely violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Additionally, the report found that several American-based tax-exempt organizations may have funneled American taxpayer dollars to designated terrorist organizations. ADL’s
[link removed]
Jonathan Greenblatt commended the report, saying “the Staff Report on Antisemitism shines a light on many of the issues ADL has been sounding an alarm on for the past year... College administrators have the responsibility to protect their students – yet they too often have failed to enforce their own policies and codes of conduct.”
~~~~~
Never Again Education Act. Bipartisan legislation led by Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) to extend the
[link removed]
Never Again Education Act has passed and now awaits the President’s signature. Originally enacted in 2020, the act funds resources and teacher training through the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to educate students about the Holocaust and combat antisemitism. With this reauthorization, the program will continue through 2030, ensuring critical Holocaust education remains a priority. Rosen underscored the urgency, stating, “We’re at a critical time when we need to ensure the next generation is fully educated about the atrocities of the Holocaust and the dangers of antisemitism.”
~~~~~
University of California System. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has resolved antisemitism- and Islamophobia-related
[link removed]
civil rights complaints involving UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz. In the announcement, the government noted that “the Universities appear not to have responded promptly or effectively” when the problems initially arose. Six of the nine complaints involved harassment against Jewish and Israeli students.
[link removed]
ADL welcomes the resolution, including its audit requirement of past complaints to "help ensure that those responsible for harassing, intimidating and attacking Jewish students will not evade accountability.”
~~~~~
Israeli Colleges to Adopt IHRA Antisemitism Definition. Twenty-four Israeli colleges have pledged to
[link removed]
adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, joining over 1,260 institutions worldwide. The IHRA definition includes denying the Jewish people's right to self-determination as a manifestation of antisemitism. “Academia should be a beacon of enlightenment,” said Raheli Baratz of the World Zionist Organization, adding that academic boycotts of Israeli institutions undermine the principles of academic freedom.
2. 🏆 Campus Champions
Saluting San Diego. At Hillel International's recent annual assembly,
[link removed]
Hillel of San Diego was honored for showing the most growth of any Hillel (they more than doubled participation), for fostering pride and joy and for empowering student leadership in a challenging year at campuses across the country. Hillel International's leader, Adam Lehman praised San Diego's work as "core to the strength of Jewish students this year.”
DEEPER: Also showing strength on campus was
[link removed]
Rutgers Chabad, which just held an event that raised $1.5 million to help support a growing list of programming begun in response to campus antisemitism. (The programs are much-needed, as shown in the news item above about Rutgers).
(Rutgers Hillel honorees. Source: Hillel International)
~~~~~
Promising Plans. In response to growing concerns over antisemitism in K-12 schools, ADL is
[link removed]
ramping up efforts to hold institutions accountable for addressing bias and discrimination. As ADL’s Shira Goodman vows, “A lot of promises have been made that things will be better, things will be different, and we want to hold those institutions accountable.”
3. 💪✡️ Am Yisrael Chai
Gimme Shelter. Holly Cin made aliyah earlier this year and now teaches English to Israelis at Reichman University. She writes about the
[link removed]
challenges and happiness she is finding, and the remarkable confluence of teaching in a classroom that is also a bomb shelter for the school, so as she put it, "I told my students that unlike the last time, when sirens interrupted our Zoom class for 20 minutes, if sirens occur now, we just go on kadima with our lesson!" As Cin aptly says, you can use many words to describe her life in Israel, but "boring" is not one of them.
~~~~~
Goals and Glory. Yaniv Bazini, a forward for the University of Vermont soccer team, led his squad to its
[link removed]
first NCAA Division I soccer championship this season, scoring a team-high 14 goals. The Israeli player’s standout performances came with a message of pride, as Bazini carried an Israeli flag during the celebration. Bazini has faced challenges, including navigating the tense climate for Jewish and Israeli students in Burlington. But Bazini vowed that “When everything happened in Israel a year ago, I said, well, I won’t really help if I come back to Israel, but I can be the best ambassador." Now, with hopes of joining Major League Soccer, Bazini aims to take his talent and advocacy to an even larger stage.
4. 📣 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]
Faculty and Staff — support for impacted faculty and staff, and guidance on how to discuss what constitutes antisemitism and anti-Zionism, and how to provide help to students and colleagues.
-
[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!
Do you have something to share with us? Please email us at
mailto:[email protected]
[email protected] with any suggestions, questions, photos or videos.
[link removed]
Support Our Work
[link removed]
Subscribe to Our Newsletters
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Read Our Blog and Follow Us
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[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
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