A new report published by StopAntisemism, a national watchdog organization dedicated to exposing anti-Semitic acts, calls 25 colleges across the United States to curb Jewish hatred on their campuses, We evaluated the corresponding effects.
Of the 25 schools analyzed, 7 were F’s, including 1 CUNY and 2 Ivy League schools.
“Jewish parents have reached out to StopAntisismism to find out which colleges and universities their students can safely attend, asking troubling questions like: Jewish students don’t wear Star of David necklaces or KipaLiora Rez, executive director of StopAntisemitism, told The Ticker in a written statement:
In July, the American Center for Law and Justice filed a Title VI complaint against CUNY with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights in response to a series of campus-wide anti-Semitic crimes.
The complaint resulted in the withdrawal of $50,000 in funds set aside for the school. CUNY President Felix V. Matos had to postpone a hearing on this issue because his Rodriguez was unable to attend.
Fifty-five percent of respondents said they had been victims of anti-Semitism on campus, and 72 percent felt that school administrators did not take anti-Semitism or the safety of Jewish students seriously. Reported.
This report does not represent the total number of respondents surveyed. Responding to The Ticker’s request for comment, StopAntisismism said the number was in the hundreds.
In a survey distributed by The Ticker to 21 Jewish students attending Baruch, 85% of respondents reported never experiencing anti-Semitism on campus.
Additionally, 81% felt no need to hide their Jewish identity on campus.
“Baruch has a strong Jewish identity and it never disappoints,” said Baruch freshman Nikita Erastov. “Hillel is also allowed to celebrate Jewish holidays on campus. For example, they recently installed a sukkah on the eighth-floor balcony.”
The report was released in response to an all-time high in anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, with a total of 2,717 cases of harassment, assault and vandalism reported last year alone.
StopAntisemism said in its report, “Discrimination targeting Jewish students because of their religious identity or support for the Jewish state of Israel is taken as seriously as acts of discrimination against other marginalized groups. No,” he said.
The organization sent surveys to government agencies, collected hundreds of first-person student stories, and conducted extensive research on the schools involved. These schools were he divided into four categories: Ivy League schools, state schools, liberal arts schools, and the most populous public and private schools. of Jewish students.
Each campus surveyed received an online questionnaire from StopAntisismism. The questionnaire assessed formal procedures for handling anti-Semitic behavior, the breadth of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative, and whether the school had adopted the International Holocaust Memorial Alliance’s anti-definition. , asked if there were any plans to adopt. – Judaism.
In addition, Jewish students were asked whether the school accommodated their religious and cultural needs.
The report then assigned each school a grade from A to F based on its score within each criterion.
Yale Columbia University, Brooklyn College, and NYU all have F’s.
The report describes a Title VI complaint filed at Brooklyn College in February that found some professors reciting anti-Semitic rhetoric to students, including references to Jewish power. was claiming.
Additionally, one of the students at the University of Brooklyn received support after sending a message in a WhatsApp group chat that he wanted to strangle a Jewish student.
The StopAntisemism report was published around the same time that CUNY announced that it would partner with Hillel International to participate in a nationwide campus climate initiative.
CCI works with campuses to help foster a welcoming campus environment where Jewish students can express their religious identity in a safe and comfortable way.
CUNY’s collaboration with Hillel is just one aspect of a long-term plan designed to combat anti-Semitism.
The plan includes incorporating anti-Semitism into DEI initiatives and campus-based training, developing web pages to facilitate reporting of discriminatory behavior, and funding $750,000 for programs to combat anti-Semitism. It also includes assigning.
Prime Minister Felix V. Matos Rodriguez said:
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