Tag: Student Safety

Campus protests concerning Israel/Palestine have unfolded at universities nationwide, involving Gaza Solidarity Encampments, student arrests, clashes with administrations, and incidents of antisemitism and islamophobia.
Jewish students from various campuses are rejecting claims that student encampments for Gaza are antisemitic or pose a threat to Jewish safety.
Columbia University President Nemat Shafik testified before Congress about antisemitism on her campus, following tensions related to the Israel-Hamas war.
Queens College Hillel has condemned recent pro-Hitler graffiti targeting Jews on campus as a threat to student safety, demanding action from the administration.
Rabbi Jonah Zinn, the executive director of the University of Florida Hillel, emphasizes the heightened importance for young Jewish adults to visit Israel in light of rising antisemitism and the challenges faced by Jewish students on campuses.
Since the October 2023 Israel-Hamas war, Jewish families in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) are concerned about the safety of their children due to anti-Israel and anti-Zionist statements from the Oakland Educators Association (OEA) teachers union.
Despite the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Jewish day schools in the United States are still planning to send their students to Israel for educational trips.
Two Modern Orthodox schools in New Jersey, Torah Academy of Bergen County and Maayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls, have introduced new requirements for colleges that seek to recruit their students.