(RNS) — James Henry Brook, a rising high school senior from Birmingham, Alabama, had long planned on applying to the joint program run by Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary in Manhattan.That changed after the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, and the many antisemitic incidents and calls for violence against Jews and Israel on and around the Columbia campus. “JTS/Columbia was a university that I wanted to apply to, and I know people who are current students at JTS,” said Brook, who recently made the round of college campuses. “The protests at Columbia are one of the main reasons why I am not interested in Columbia anymore.”
Today, Brook is seriously considering Southeastern Conference schools such as Texas A&M and Mississippi State “because of sports and because there has been little to no antisemitism that I have found,” he said.
Wherever he ultimately goes, said Brook, antisemitism has become “a major factor” in his choice of college.
Brook is in good company.
A poll conducted in mid-March on behalf of Hillel International, the world’s largest Jewish campus organization, found that 96% of families of Jewish high school students are concerned about the increase in college campus antisemitic incidents since Oct. 7, and 84% said they are talking to their child about how to handle antisemitism on campus.
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of the families said they have eliminated colleges and universities due to fears of antisemiti …
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Today, Brook is seriously considering Southeastern Conference schools such as Texas A&M and Mississippi State “because of sports and because there has been little to no antisemitism that I have found,” he said.
Wherever he ultimately goes, said Brook, antisemitism has become “a major factor” in his choice of college.
Brook is in good company.
A poll conducted in mid-March on behalf of Hillel International, the world’s largest Jewish campus organization, found that 96% of families of Jewish high school students are concerned about the increase in college campus antisemitic incidents since Oct. 7, and 84% said they are talking to their child about how to handle antisemitism on campus.
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