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‘Unprecedented’: Enormous spike in antisemitism at U.S. colleges

College campuses saw a significant spike in antisemitism over the past year as universities continue to miss the mark when it comes to protecting Jewish students from antisemitism, according to several Jewish experts and advocates.

In the 2021-2022 school year, threats to Jewish identity on college campuses doubled from 114 incidents the year before to 228 incidents, while incidents of suppression of Jewish identity almost tripled from 37 to 123, according to a report from the AMCHA Initiative, a pro-Israel college campus organization. Experts and organizations that work extensively with Jewish college students told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the attempts to remove Israel from Jewish identity on college campuses is at the root of the spike.

Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, director of AMCHA, told DCNF that she had been tracking antisemitism on campus for over two decades, but that the last few years had been “unprecedented.”

“What we found, and what was really frightening to us [when thinking] about what this means in the future, there is a real attack on those Jewish students who support Israel and who feel that is a very important part of their identity,” she noted.

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4 thoughts on “‘Unprecedented’: Enormous spike in antisemitism at U.S. colleges”

  1. Just because you call them out on their illicit behavior isn’t antisemitism. They have an abundance of power over people and abuse others everyday

  2. Wow 6:01. Using “THEM” and “THEY” sure makes you sound antisemitic. Why not instead just call out the people who do bad things without referring to their religion or ethnicity?

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