{"id":2111161,"date":"2023-11-29T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T20:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-73-of-jewish-college-students-experienced-anti-semitism-since-start-of-semester-worsened-after-october-7\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T15:22:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T20:22:16","slug":"report-73-of-jewish-college-students-experienced-anti-semitism-since-start-of-semester-worsened-after-october-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-73-of-jewish-college-students-experienced-anti-semitism-since-start-of-semester-worsened-after-october-7\/","title":{"rendered":"73% of Jewish college students faced anti-Semitism since the semester began, with the situation worsening after October 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-73-of-jewish-college-students-experienced-anti-semitism-since-start-of-semester-worsened-after-october-7%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2111161&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Jewish student watches a \u2064protest in support of Palestine and for free speech at Columbia\u200b University campus \u2063on November 14, 2023 \u200cin New\u200b York City.\u2063 The university suspended two \u2064student organizations, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voices for Peace, for violating what was \u2062called university policies. (Photo by Spencer Platt\/Getty\u200d Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>12:15 PM \u2013 Wednesday, November 29, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>According \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/report\/campus-antisemitism-study-campus-climate-and-after-hamas-terrorist-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll<\/a> results that were released on Wednesday, the majority\u2064 of Jewish college students have not felt \u200csafe on campus since the\u200d start\u200b of the October 7<sup>th<\/sup> terrorist\u2063 attack\u200d initiated by \u2062Hamas, and a\u200b large percentage\u2064 also claimed that they have experienced \u2062heightened anti-Semitism since the start of their school semester.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 73% of Jewish college students \u2063have\u2063 experienced or witnessed anti-Semitism since the beginning of the semester, according to a survey released on Wednesday that was\u2063 conducted by\u2062 the\u200b Anti-Defamation League (ADL) \u200dand Hillel International (HI).<\/p>\n<p>The ADL and HI are advocacy organizations that consistently track\u200b anti-Semitic occurrences,\u200b especially\u2062 since the Israel-Hamas conflict began in early October. \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>This new data shows an \u200cincrease from 63% in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 44% of gentile (non-Jewish) students claimed that they have experienced or witnessed anti-Semitism \u2062on campus\u2064 as well since the start\u200c of the academic \u2063semester. <\/p>\n<p>According to data recorded from 689 college campuses across \u2063the country and 3,084 college students, only 46% of Jewish students said that\u2062 they felt \u201cphysically safe\u201d on their \u200ccampus after the October 7<sup>th<\/sup> terror\u2063 attacks. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, 66% of\u200d Jewish students stated that \u200cthey felt \u201cemotionally safe\u201d on campus prior to the war but that percentage later dropped to 33%\u2064 after the Middle Eastern conflict.<\/p>\n<p>64% who responded to the\u200b survey said that their colleges were \u201cwelcoming and supportive\u201d of them before the terror attacks, while only 44% felt that way after\u200b October 7<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cJewish students are experiencing a wave of\u200b anti-Semitism \u2064unlike anything we\u2019ve seen before, but shockingly, non-Jewish students barely\u2063 see it,\u201d ADL CEO Jonathan \u2064A. Greenblatt said in a statement.\u2064 \u201cSince the October\u200d 7<sup>th<\/sup> massacre\u2063 in Israel, \u2063Jewish students feel increasingly threatened on campus, but \u200dcollege leaders are not doing\u2064 enough to address this very real \u200cfear of anti-Semitism. No student\u200d should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-wide-email-condemns-student-for-calling-racist-candace-owens-a-black-trailblazer\/\" title=\"School-Wide Email Condemns Student For Calling \u2018Racist\u2019 Candace Owens A \u2018Black Trailblazer\u2019\">feel threatened<\/a> or intimidated on campus. No student \u200dshould feel the need to hide their religious or cultural \u2064identities. No parent should \u200dever have to wonder whether \u2063it\u2019s safe to send their kids \u200bto certain schools, but \u200dthat\u2019s \u200bthe sad reality for American Jews today.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cUniversity\u200b administrators need to wake up and recognize that \u200cJewish students \u2062uniquely need protection now, and\u200c policymakers \u2064must step up, provide resources and enforce Title\u200c VI,\u201d \u200cadded Greenblatt, referring to the section of the Civil Rights Act that prohibits discrimination that is based on race, color, and national origin in universities receiving federal financial\u200d help.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Adam Lehman, the president and CEO of\u00a0Hillel International, stated that the newly released survey findings are a \u201cdisconcerting picture of the hate \u2062on campuses nationwide,\u201d\u2063 and that \u201cwidespread experiences with anti-Semitism, as reported in this survey, are\u200b driving Jewish students to hide their identities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since \u200dthe \u200bOctober 7<sup>th<\/sup> \u200d attacks, seven universities have been put under federal investigation for anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, including\u2063 three \u200cIvy Leagues: Cornell, Columbia, \u2062and the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, these universities\u2064 have the potential to lose \u200cfederal \u200bfunding if they fail to comply with the Department \u200bof Education\u2019s suggestions\u2062 after the investigation is concluded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea9After Oct. 7, only 46% \u200cof\u200d Jewish students felt physically safe on campus, down\u2062 from 67%.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udea9And 39% \u200dof Jewish students felt\u2062 comfortable\u2064 with others knowing they\u2019re Jewish, down from\u00a064%.\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F9uepgzTKZ\">pic.twitter.com\/F9uepgzTKZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ADL (@ADL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ADL\/status\/1729876268500574610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this \u2062post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A report from House Republicans\u2064 claims U.S. \u200dtaxpayers could front \u2062a bill as high as around \u2063450 billion dollars per year to pay for migrant housing and care.\u200b <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week, the House\u200b is \u2063set\u2063 to vote on Rep.\u00a0Aaron\u200d Bean\u2019s  <\/p>\n<h2> How can\u2064 Columbia University, Harvard University, and Yale University proactively address\u2062 incidents\u2062 of \u2063anti-Semitism on their campuses?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Olumbia University, Harvard University, and Yale\u2063 University.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also found that 76% \u200dof\u200c Jewish college students believe that their \u200cschool did not do enough \u2063to address or \u200crespond to incidents of anti-Semitism\u2062 on campus. Many students reported feeling isolated, discriminated against, or silenced when speaking out \u200cagainst \u2064anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>The rise in \u2064anti-Semitism on college campuses is deeply \u200dconcerning and must be addressed by\u2063 university administrators and policymakers. It \u200cis essential that colleges and universities take proactive measures to ensure\u200b the safety and well-being of all\u2063 students, regardless of their\u2063 religious or cultural\u2063 background.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key \u2062recommendations from \u200bthe survey is the enforcement \u2062of\u200d Title VI of the Civil\u2062 Rights Act, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rutgers-law-drops-policy-requiring-student-groups-to-promote-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"Rutgers Law Drops Policy Requiring Student Groups To Promote Critical Race Theory\">prohibits discrimination based<\/a> on race,\u200c color, and\u200d national origin in\u2062 universities that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayo-clinic-debuts-woke-policies-including-wearable-pronoun-buttons\/\" title=\"Mayo Clinic Debuts Woke Policies Including Wearable Pronoun Buttons\">receive federal funding<\/a>. This would provide necessary resources \u2062and\u200b protections for \u2063Jewish students facing\u200c anti-Semitism on\u2063 campus.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, universities \u200cshould\u2063 invest in education and awareness programs to\u200c combat anti-Semitism and promote inclusivity. It is crucial that students, faculty, \u200cand staff \u200cunderstand the harmful \u2064impact of anti-Semitism and \u2064work together to\u200d create a more\u200d accepting \u200band respectful\u2064 campus environment.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, colleges and universities should establish clear reporting mechanisms for incidents\u2062 of \u2063anti-Semitism and ensure that \u2063appropriate action is taken in response. This includes implementing robust \u2063disciplinary procedures for \u2064individuals\u2062 found responsible for acts \u2063of \u200ddiscrimination or \u2064harassment.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that\u2064 the rise in anti-Semitism on college campuses is not limited to Jewish students. The survey also highlighted that a \u2064significant percentage of non-Jewish students reported experiencing \u200cor witnessing anti-Semitism. Addressing anti-Semitism requires a \u200bcollective\u200b effort from the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-introduces-bill-to-block-funding-from-colleges-mandating-covid-vaccine\/\" title=\"GOP Congressman proposes bill to defund colleges requiring COVID vaccine.\">entire campus community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063findings from \u200dthis survey serve \u200das a \u200bwake-up call for colleges and universities\u2062 across the country. They must\u200c prioritize the safety and well-being of\u200c Jewish students and \u2063take decisive action to combat\u200b anti-Semitism on campus. Failure to \u2064do so not only undermines\u200c the\u200c educational experience but also perpetuates a climate \u200cof discrimination and hatred.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the rise in anti-Semitism on college\u200d campuses is \u2063deeply\u2064 concerning and demands immediate attention.\u2062 Universities must take \u200cproactive measures to \u2064address incidents of anti-Semitism and create a safe and inclusive \u2064environment \u2063for all students. The enforcement of\u2062 Title\u2062 VI and investment \u200din education and\u200d awareness \u200bprograms are crucial \u2064steps \u200dtowards\u2063 combating anti-Semitism on campus. By prioritizing the safety and \u2064well-being of Jewish students,\u200c colleges and universities can foster a\u200c climate of respect, acceptance, and\u2064 diversity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Jewish student observes a pro-Palestine protest for free speech at Columbia University on Nov 14, 2023 in NYC. The university suspended Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voices for Peace, citing policy violations. 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