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Welcome to the Campus Alert. In each edition, ADL brings you the latest news, analysis and resources that affect students so you can stay informed and make your voice heard. Together, we can support students so they do not face hate alone.

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📰 Top Stories

Michigan. Security cameras at the University of Michigan’s Jewish Resource Center (JRC) captured a man repeatedly kicking the front door while someone
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screamed antisemitic slurs, including “F*** Jews,” before fleeing the scene. Others in the group appeared to halfheartedly intervene (“Jake, don’t do it!”) but the damage, and the footage, were done. The Center has labeled it a clear act of antisemitism.
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ADL Michigan responded quickly to the incident, calling it “a painful reminder of the hate that persists toward the Jewish community.” Police are investigating. Meanwhile, Jewish students are still standing strong, proven by the
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hundreds who marched across campus just days later in a powerful show of resilience.

Screenshot of individual kicking at UM JRC Door. (Source: Instagram/@letsdosomething_oc)

DEEPER: Getting ready to consider colleges? One helpful resource is ADL’s
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Campus Antisemitism Report Card, which assesses how 135 schools (including Michigan) are addressing antisemitism.


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Pennsylvania. A new anonymous website, Reverse Canary Mission, is targeting academics it claims support “ethnic cleansing,” Duquesne University law professor Rona Kaufman and University of Pittsburgh scholar Jennifer Murtazashvili were among
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several scholars listed on the site that is targeting individuals it deems “pro-Israel.” The site claims to expose those who “advocate for the ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Palestinian people,” but those listed say they’re being harassed simply for supporting Israel’s right to exist or signing letters countering false genocide accusations. Kaufman, who helped author the “Scholars of Truth about Genocide” letter, dismissed the listing, saying, “I am defining anti-Zionism as a hate movement that spreads vicious libel against the Jewish people.” Both professors wear their inclusion as a badge of honor and say they’re not
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Cornell. Lively days at Cornell University, where a BDS resolution somehow managing to
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blame labor disputes on “Zionist interests,” is getting closer to being passed by the Cornell University Graduate Student Union. Dues in that union are mandatory for all members. David Rubinstein, a Cornell Ph.D. candidate at Cornell, said that the union has made threats to fire students in the union who refuse to pay them. Also at Cornell, the chapter of SJP has
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come off its suspension , which had been handed down by the school after the group disrupted a ‘Pathways for Peace’ event that included U.S., Israeli and Palestinian dignitaries.

DEEPER: On the plus side of the Cornell ledger, the city of Ithaca has
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given final approval to build a sizeable home-base building for Cornell’s Grinspoon Hillel organization.


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Kansas. The community at the University of Kansas
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celebrated the opening of what is being called “the first building” just for Jewish students in the state of Kansas. Hundreds were on hand for the ceremony for the Chabad Center for Jewish Life. Chabad Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel described the new building as “a place of warmth, meaning, and belonging.” Among the features of the center are a dining hall and library, as well as a
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serenity garden named for Sarah Milgrim, a KU alum who was killed earlier this year in the attack at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C.

Chabad @ KU grand opening event. (Source: KCTV5 video)


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Maryland. Tensions flared at the University of Maryland (UMD) when Students Supporting Israel (SSI) hosted three IDF soldiers to speak about their combat experience in Gaza. The event
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drew backlash from anti-Israel student groups, with protesters chanting outside and demanding the university ban “war criminals.” Four students were detained, including two student journalists from Al-Hikmah, the campus Muslim newspaper, for refusing to move to a designated protest zone. The event had sparked petitions, protests and accusations of “genocide,” with SJP and allied groups calling the soldiers’ presence a threat to Arab students. SSI called the protest “disrespectful and pointless.” The university maintains that the event followed all policies, but this latest incident shows how even civil discourse about Israel is being met with
disruption, false accusations and attempts to shut it down entirely.


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Syracuse. At a Washington D.C. panel hosted by Alums for Campus Fairness, Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud suggested that anti-Israel protests after 10/7 were
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“encouraged from Iran,” echoing intel from the former U.S. Director of National Intelligence. While his fellow panelists from Vanderbilt and WashU speculated about outside agitators, Syverud was the only one to name names, calling out Iran - the largest state sponsor of terrorism - directly. Reflecting on his school’s 16-day encampment, he noted few participants were SU students and said many wore masks to “avoid accountability.” Syverud went on to tell the crowd he believed that campus antisemitism is alive and well and warned that many university leaders are still “in denial” about it.


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Israeli-U.S. Academic Partnerships. NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani announced that if elected,
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he will reassess the joint NYC campus of the Technion Institute and Cornell University, aka Cornell Tech. Mamdani stated clearly that he was examining this through “the lens of BDS,” arguing that “an Israeli institution involved in developing weapons for the IDF should not receive city benefits or funding,” and vowed to review whether the partnership “aligns with the city’s values and human rights principles.”

🏆 Campus Champions

Retired From The Job, Not From Speaking Out. With five university presidencies under his belt (Vanderbilt, Brown and more), Dr. Gordon Gee has earned the right to speak his mind. And he is: warning that too many
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college presidents are “paralyzed” by fear and politics when it comes to campus antisemitism. But he’s not among them. Gee, who helped open Hillel centers and proudly stood with Jewish students after 10/7, says the moral clarity of higher ed is under threat. “We’re about teaching and learning,” he told Jewish Insider. “We’re not about propaganda.” Gee’s voice is a rare one - clear, principled and deeply needed. His message to campus leaders? Take a stand. The future of Jewish students, and the credibility of academia, depends on it.


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Hope Held Hostage. Last night, University of Michigan Hillel hosted Emily Damari, who was held hostage in Gaza for 471 days. Hundreds of students and community members came to hear her story — from being shot in the hand and leg, to being abducted from Kibbutz Kfar Aza on 10/7 alongside two friends, to her release in January 2025. Damari spoke of her unshakable faith in God, the glimmer of hope she felt seeing her mother on TV holding a poster with her face, and the dreams she shared with fellow captives. She spoke of correcting her captors when they called her a prisoner, telling them she was a hostage who was given none of the rights or fair treatment accorded to prisoners. She said
she didn’t feel truly free until her friends, Gali and Ziv Berman, were released. Her message to students: keep fighting — until every hostage comes home.

Emily Damari Speaking At UM Hillel Event, November 3rd, 2025 (Source: Instagram/ @michiganhillel)


📣 Info and Action

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Campus Community Advocacy Toolkit — From incident reporting and educational resources to letter-writing campaigns and Know Your Rights factsheets, ADL has clear steps for you to take action and effect change on college campuses.
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University Administration — Guidance and best practices for making campuses safer and more inclusive.
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Campus Antisemitism Report Card — See the grades of 135 universities, the current state of antisemitism on campus and how colleges and universities are responding.
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General Campus Resources — ADL Backgrounders, Educational Programming, Research and Analysis and more.
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Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL) (CALL) — College or university students, professors, or employees who want to report campus incidents of antisemitic discrimination, intimidation, harassment, vandalism or violence that may necessitate legal action can report to CALL for legal support.
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K-12 Advocacy Resources — Tools and knowledge to foster and advocate for a safe, inclusive and equitable school environment for all.
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K-12 Advocacy Resources for Independent Schools — Additional resources for members of independent K-12 school communities.
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K-12 Antisemitism Legal Line — Parents and other interested adults in California, Massachusetts and New York can report incidents of antisemitic discrimination, intimidation, harassment, vandalism or violence occurring in K-12 schools to the K-12 Antisemitism Legal Line.
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Report an Antisemitic Incident.

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