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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.
Incident Response: ADL is here to help. If you have experienced an incident of antisemitism on campus or elsewhere,
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report it to ADL. We can offer support and resources.
If you want to subscribe,
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📰 Top Stories
Tulane. An event held at Chabad of Louisiana near the Tulane University campus drew plenty of attendees as well as anti-Israel protesters, counter-protesters and even the Tulane University police. The event, open to all Tulane students,
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featured two IDF soldiers sharing insights about their experiences in Israel. Demonstrators in the street chanted “death, death to the IDF” and “IDF are baby killers” and banged pots and pans to try to disrupt the event. After the police told the crowd to disperse for not adhering to local noise ordinances, the protestors pushed back and reinforcements were called in to shift the gathering away from the event.
Counterprotesters outside the event near Tulane. (Source: Tulane Hullabaloo video)
~~~~~
Rice. At Rice University, a
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talk from Omer Shem Tov, who had been taken hostage during the 10/7 Hamas attack on Israel, drew campus attention — and protest. Members of Rice Students for Justice in Palestine planned to demonstrate and, by their own admission, walk out mid-event. However, due to limited space in the venue, the group was not admitted — leading to some ironic frustration that they were unable to attend the event they had planned to walk out of. Despite the attempted disruption, the event itself was a success, opening with Shem Tov’s memorable words: “I am Omer Shem Tov, and I am a free man.”
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Arizona. After a year-long Freedom of Information Act standoff, the University of Arizona handed over a thousand internal emails to a political research group, revealing faculty efforts to
[link removed]
downplay Hamas’ 10/7 atrocities and derail a resolution condemning antisemitism. The documents show faculty leaders revising statements to avoid comparing Hamas to ISIS, minimizing incidents like swastika graffiti and trying to water down a resolution that called out antisemitism. Faculty Senate Chair Leila Hudson was accused of burying the antisemitism resolution and pushed for “further study.” The Wall Street Journal editorial board
[link removed]
slammed the school for its “anti-Israel and pro-Hamas bias.”
DEEPER: Getting ready to consider colleges? One helpful resource is
[link removed]
ADL’s Campus Antisemitism Report Card, which assesses how 135 schools including Arizona are addressing antisemitism.
~~~~~
York (Canada). It has apparently come to this point for the anti-Israel crowd:
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booing lattes. On the second anniversary of Hamas’ 10/7 attack, student activists at York University held a walkout protest targeting... Aroma Espresso Bar. Why? Because the cafe chain is based in Israel and has made sandwiches for IDF soldiers. Protesters marched through campus chanting “shut it down” and heckled Aroma patrons for buying coffee. The demands? That York “disclose and divest” from any Israeli-linked entities. The university, for its part, politely declined, reaffirming that it doesn’t “negatively screen investments or exclude any individual nations.”
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Toronto (Canada). After SJP called for an "emergency rally" to stop a talk by IDF veterans,
[link removed]
masked anti-Israel activists forced their way into a private venue where Toronto Metropolitan University's Students Supporting Israel chapter was hosting the soldiers, reportedly shattering a glass door and injuring one speaker. Police made multiple arrests and are investigating. Meanwhile, SSI founder Ilan Sinelnikov called the incident the "textbook definition of terrorism."
🎒 K-12
Pennsylvania. Celebrants enjoying the Hanover, PA Halloween Parade were angered when the
[link removed]
St. Joseph's Catholic School float included a mock gate saying “Arbeit Macht Frei,” echoing the notorious phrase from the gates of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The response by Bishop Timothy Senior and the leadership of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg was swift, condemning the float and apologizing to the Jewish community.
[link removed]
ADL emphasized that the float was profoundly inappropriate and hurtful to survivors, their families and the entire Jewish community. ADL met with the Bishop and commended his stance and called for further education in the community about antisemitism.
The Hanover parade. (Source: Video from WHP CBS News 21)
~~~~~
New Jersey. Rep. Josh Gottheimer
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slammed the New Jersey Education Association over a planned “Teaching Palestine” session at its conference, arguing that the program pushes political advocacy in place of education. Gottheimer warned that the session’s curriculum, based on a book urging teachers to promote boycotts of Israel and stage classroom reenactments accusing Israel of “apartheid,” presents a skewed narrative and risks targeting Jewish students and educators. Underscoring that "classrooms should be places of learning — not platforms for political propaganda,” Gottheimer urged NJEA to pull the session from its professional development offerings.
~~~~~
New York. A vandal
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defaced the Magen David Yeshiva in Brooklyn with swastikas on Wednesday. A suspect fled and has not yet been arrested. The yeshiva, which is an early childhood through 12th grade Jewish day school, notified parents of the vandalism and said that an investigation is ongoing and that security on the site will be increased. New York City Mayor Eric Adams
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condemned the crime: "This evil display of antisemitism has no place in our schools, our government, or our city." Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
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also condemned the attack, writing: “This is a shocking and upsetting act of antisemitism, which has no place in our beautiful city.” As
[link removed]
ADL emphasized, "targeting Jewish institutions with hate is abhorrent, and particularly so when children are involved.”
🏆 Campus Champions
Betting on the Future. For Meir Zimmerman, investing in Jewish grad students isn’t charity, it’s strategy. As a new regional director for the Jewish Grad Organization, Zimmerman sees this moment for what it is:
[link removed]
a turning point. With rising antisemitism and growing isolation on campus, grad students are too often navigating their identities alone. Zimmerman doesn’t see them as just students — they’re future leaders. Now, he’s helping Jewish grad leaders at Pitt, Carnegie Mellon and Duquesne build peer-led, values-rooted communities. “The best way to fight antisemitism,” Zimmerman writes, “isn’t only to call it out; it’s to make sure being Jewish feels like something worth standing up for.”
~~~~~
Rooted Resilience. In the years since 10/7, Jewish students across U.S. campuses have faced a rise in antisemitism, but many are responding with a
[link removed]
renewed purpose and connection to Jewish life. At schools like UCLA and UC Irvine, attendance at Chabad and Hillel Shabbat dinners has more than doubled, as students seek community, strength and belonging. Rabbi Daniel Levine of UC Irvine Hillel said the moment has been transformative: “I don’t want our identity to be defined by fighting hate. It should be about the beauty of Judaism — ritual, learning, and belonging.” What began as fear has evolved into renewed faith and engagement.
~~~~~
Choosing Dialogue Over Division. High school student Hannah Abrams
[link removed]
wrote a moving reflection after the deadly Yom Kippur stabbing attack in Manchester, United Kingdom. Though thousands of miles away in the state of Washington, Abrams described feeling the shock “as if I had been there,” tracing the pain through family history and the broader reality that rising antisemitism has left many Jews questioning whether safety can be taken for granted. Rather than responding with fear, she called for unity, visible Jewish pride and refusal to retreat, writing that “the moment we start to tremble in fear is the moment we lose this battle.”
~~~~~
Editor’s Note: In an item in Tuesday's edition about a BDS resolution at Cornell that affects the Graduate Student Union, our citation of a quote by Cornell Ph.D. candidate David Rubenstein should have clearly indicated that his concern was that students like himself feel like they are being threatened by the union because they refuse to join.
📣 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.
-
[link removed]
University Administration — Guidance and best practices for making campuses safer and more inclusive.
-
[link removed]
Campus Antisemitism Report Card — See the grades of 135 universities, the current state of antisemitism on campus and how colleges and universities are responding.
-
[link removed]
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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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.
Incident Response: ADL is here to help. If you have experienced an incident of antisemitism on campus or elsewhere,
[link removed]
report it to ADL. We can offer support and resources.
If you want to subscribe,
[link removed]
sign up here.
📰 Top Stories
Tulane. An event held at Chabad of Louisiana near the Tulane University campus drew plenty of attendees as well as anti-Israel protesters, counter-protesters and even the Tulane University police. The event, open to all Tulane students,
[link removed]
featured two IDF soldiers sharing insights about their experiences in Israel. Demonstrators in the street chanted “death, death to the IDF” and “IDF are baby killers” and banged pots and pans to try to disrupt the event. After the police told the crowd to disperse for not adhering to local noise ordinances, the protestors pushed back and reinforcements were called in to shift the gathering away from the event.
Counterprotesters outside the event near Tulane. (Source: Tulane Hullabaloo video)
~~~~~
Rice. At Rice University, a
[link removed]
talk from Omer Shem Tov, who had been taken hostage during the 10/7 Hamas attack on Israel, drew campus attention — and protest. Members of Rice Students for Justice in Palestine planned to demonstrate and, by their own admission, walk out mid-event. However, due to limited space in the venue, the group was not admitted — leading to some ironic frustration that they were unable to attend the event they had planned to walk out of. Despite the attempted disruption, the event itself was a success, opening with Shem Tov’s memorable words: “I am Omer Shem Tov, and I am a free man.”
~~~~~
Arizona. After a year-long Freedom of Information Act standoff, the University of Arizona handed over a thousand internal emails to a political research group, revealing faculty efforts to
[link removed]
downplay Hamas’ 10/7 atrocities and derail a resolution condemning antisemitism. The documents show faculty leaders revising statements to avoid comparing Hamas to ISIS, minimizing incidents like swastika graffiti and trying to water down a resolution that called out antisemitism. Faculty Senate Chair Leila Hudson was accused of burying the antisemitism resolution and pushed for “further study.” The Wall Street Journal editorial board
[link removed]
slammed the school for its “anti-Israel and pro-Hamas bias.”
DEEPER: Getting ready to consider colleges? One helpful resource is
[link removed]
ADL’s Campus Antisemitism Report Card, which assesses how 135 schools including Arizona are addressing antisemitism.
~~~~~
York (Canada). It has apparently come to this point for the anti-Israel crowd:
[link removed]
booing lattes. On the second anniversary of Hamas’ 10/7 attack, student activists at York University held a walkout protest targeting... Aroma Espresso Bar. Why? Because the cafe chain is based in Israel and has made sandwiches for IDF soldiers. Protesters marched through campus chanting “shut it down” and heckled Aroma patrons for buying coffee. The demands? That York “disclose and divest” from any Israeli-linked entities. The university, for its part, politely declined, reaffirming that it doesn’t “negatively screen investments or exclude any individual nations.”
~~~~~
Toronto (Canada). After SJP called for an "emergency rally" to stop a talk by IDF veterans,
[link removed]
masked anti-Israel activists forced their way into a private venue where Toronto Metropolitan University's Students Supporting Israel chapter was hosting the soldiers, reportedly shattering a glass door and injuring one speaker. Police made multiple arrests and are investigating. Meanwhile, SSI founder Ilan Sinelnikov called the incident the "textbook definition of terrorism."
🎒 K-12
Pennsylvania. Celebrants enjoying the Hanover, PA Halloween Parade were angered when the
[link removed]
St. Joseph's Catholic School float included a mock gate saying “Arbeit Macht Frei,” echoing the notorious phrase from the gates of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The response by Bishop Timothy Senior and the leadership of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg was swift, condemning the float and apologizing to the Jewish community.
[link removed]
ADL emphasized that the float was profoundly inappropriate and hurtful to survivors, their families and the entire Jewish community. ADL met with the Bishop and commended his stance and called for further education in the community about antisemitism.
The Hanover parade. (Source: Video from WHP CBS News 21)
~~~~~
New Jersey. Rep. Josh Gottheimer
[link removed]
slammed the New Jersey Education Association over a planned “Teaching Palestine” session at its conference, arguing that the program pushes political advocacy in place of education. Gottheimer warned that the session’s curriculum, based on a book urging teachers to promote boycotts of Israel and stage classroom reenactments accusing Israel of “apartheid,” presents a skewed narrative and risks targeting Jewish students and educators. Underscoring that "classrooms should be places of learning — not platforms for political propaganda,” Gottheimer urged NJEA to pull the session from its professional development offerings.
~~~~~
New York. A vandal
[link removed]
defaced the Magen David Yeshiva in Brooklyn with swastikas on Wednesday. A suspect fled and has not yet been arrested. The yeshiva, which is an early childhood through 12th grade Jewish day school, notified parents of the vandalism and said that an investigation is ongoing and that security on the site will be increased. New York City Mayor Eric Adams
[link removed]
condemned the crime: "This evil display of antisemitism has no place in our schools, our government, or our city." Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
[link removed]
also condemned the attack, writing: “This is a shocking and upsetting act of antisemitism, which has no place in our beautiful city.” As
[link removed]
ADL emphasized, "targeting Jewish institutions with hate is abhorrent, and particularly so when children are involved.”
🏆 Campus Champions
Betting on the Future. For Meir Zimmerman, investing in Jewish grad students isn’t charity, it’s strategy. As a new regional director for the Jewish Grad Organization, Zimmerman sees this moment for what it is:
[link removed]
a turning point. With rising antisemitism and growing isolation on campus, grad students are too often navigating their identities alone. Zimmerman doesn’t see them as just students — they’re future leaders. Now, he’s helping Jewish grad leaders at Pitt, Carnegie Mellon and Duquesne build peer-led, values-rooted communities. “The best way to fight antisemitism,” Zimmerman writes, “isn’t only to call it out; it’s to make sure being Jewish feels like something worth standing up for.”
~~~~~
Rooted Resilience. In the years since 10/7, Jewish students across U.S. campuses have faced a rise in antisemitism, but many are responding with a
[link removed]
renewed purpose and connection to Jewish life. At schools like UCLA and UC Irvine, attendance at Chabad and Hillel Shabbat dinners has more than doubled, as students seek community, strength and belonging. Rabbi Daniel Levine of UC Irvine Hillel said the moment has been transformative: “I don’t want our identity to be defined by fighting hate. It should be about the beauty of Judaism — ritual, learning, and belonging.” What began as fear has evolved into renewed faith and engagement.
~~~~~
Choosing Dialogue Over Division. High school student Hannah Abrams
[link removed]
wrote a moving reflection after the deadly Yom Kippur stabbing attack in Manchester, United Kingdom. Though thousands of miles away in the state of Washington, Abrams described feeling the shock “as if I had been there,” tracing the pain through family history and the broader reality that rising antisemitism has left many Jews questioning whether safety can be taken for granted. Rather than responding with fear, she called for unity, visible Jewish pride and refusal to retreat, writing that “the moment we start to tremble in fear is the moment we lose this battle.”
~~~~~
Editor’s Note: In an item in Tuesday's edition about a BDS resolution at Cornell that affects the Graduate Student Union, our citation of a quote by Cornell Ph.D. candidate David Rubenstein should have clearly indicated that his concern was that students like himself feel like they are being threatened by the union because they refuse to join.
📣 Info and Action
-
[link removed]
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.
-
[link removed]
University Administration — Guidance and best practices for making campuses safer and more inclusive.
-
[link removed]
Campus Antisemitism Report Card — See the grades of 135 universities, the current state of antisemitism on campus and how colleges and universities are responding.
-
[link removed]
General Campus Resources — ADL Backgrounders, Educational Programming, Research and Analysis and more.
-
[link removed]
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.
-
[link removed]
K-12 Advocacy Resources — Tools and knowledge to foster and advocate for a safe, inclusive and equitable school environment for all.
-
[link removed]
K-12 Advocacy Resources for Independent Schools — Additional resources for members of independent K-12 school communities.
-
[link removed]
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.
-
[link removed]
Report an Antisemitic Incident.
Do you have something to share with us? Please email us at
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[email protected] with any suggestions, questions, photos or videos.
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