(RNS) — One week after a congressional hearing at which three university presidents were roundly criticized for their responses to questions about campus antisemitism, a new survey shows Jewish students’ experiences of hostility on U.S. campuses varies from school to school.The survey of 51 public and private universities from The Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University found a small number of “hotspot” schools where Jewish students faced a hostile environment.
“At some schools, the vast majority of Jewish students we surveyed reported that there is a hostile climate toward Jews and Israel on their campus, while at other schools, substantially fewer Jewish students feel this way,” the survey concluded.
At last week’s hearing before the House Education and the Workforce Committee, the presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania were grilled by lawmakers about campus antisemitism. Their legally parsed responses set off a flurry of condemnation and led to the resignation of Elizabeth Magill, the president of Penn.
At issue was how college presidents are handling accusations that a wave of pro-Palestinian campus protests — amid Israel’s offensive against Hamas in Gaza — had frightened, intimidated and harassed Jewish students.
The U.S. Department of Education has opened 21 investigations into possible antisemitic or anti-Muslim discrimination at colleges and universities since the Oct. 7 Hamas att …
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“At some schools, the vast majority of Jewish students we surveyed reported that there is a hostile climate toward Jews and Israel on their campus, while at other schools, substantially fewer Jewish students feel this way,” the survey concluded.
At last week’s hearing before the House Education and the Workforce Committee, the presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania were grilled by lawmakers about campus antisemitism. Their legally parsed responses set off a flurry of condemnation and led to the resignation of Elizabeth Magill, the president of Penn.
At issue was how college presidents are handling accusations that a wave of pro-Palestinian campus protests — amid Israel’s offensive against Hamas in Gaza — had frightened, intimidated and harassed Jewish students.
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