John, pro-Israel students are increasingly being targeted with antisemitic vitriol that is deeply unsettling and makes our colleges and universities feel less safe and secure for Jewish students.

In our just-released annual Campus Report of Anti-Israel Activism, we tracked and analyzed hundreds of anti-Israel incidents nationwide in the past academic year, many of which crossed the line into antisemitism. We have seen the outsized impact anti-Israel activity has on Jewish students. We want you to know that ADL is broadening our educational and programmatic investment on campus, including the launch today of an expanded online resource to support students and combat antisemitism and anti-Israel bias on campus.

This report from the ADL Center on Extremism identified a range of disturbing anti-Zionist and anti-Israel expressions on campus — from physical assault to vandalism to targeted harassment to anti-Israel events, BDS resolutions and referenda. University leaders must learn how to recognize and adequately respond to antisemitism whenever it arises, including when anti-Israel activities cross the line into antisemitic hatred.

It’s important for Jewish students and their families to know that they aren’t alone. Here’s how ADL is taking action to address the rising tide of anti-Israel activities on campus:

• ADL has dramatically expanded Think. Plan. Act., a comprehensive online resource to help students identify and respond to anti-Israel bias and antisemitism. Think. Plan. Act. uses real-life situations as examples and provides tools for Jewish students to use.
• At Never Is Now on Nov. 10, the world’s largest annual summit on antisemitism, you can learn about the problems of anti-Israel activism and antisemitism on campus and what you can do. If you are concerned about these issues, register to join the ADL community at Never Is Now in NYC so you can hear directly from student leaders during “How Students Are Confronting Anti-Zionism and All Antisemitism on Campus,” a session presented in partnership with Hillel International.
• We are partnering with Hillel International to roll out a digital training module teaching about antisemitism for students and student leaders later this year, adding to ADL’s already robust work on campus, including our partnership with Hillel International for tracking and responding to incidents, as well as Words to Action trainings and Hate Uncycled. ADL’s 25 regional offices across the country provide on-the-ground support and expertise for campus stakeholders — including administrators, students and more.
• ADL is gathering signatures on a petition encouraging full funding of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which can be used to protect religious spaces on campus. Please sign this petition today!

Thank you for joining ADL in supporting Jewish students as they face hostile anti-Israel activity on campus.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Greenblatt

CEO and National Director

ADL