WINDS OF CHANGE
Preparing for the Antisemitism Awareness Act: Recommendations for Colleges and Universities; Debevoise, Jan. 16, 2025 — Republican majorities in the House and Senate will likely pass the Antisemitism Awareness Act in 2025.
Elise Stefanik Vows to Fight ‘Anti-Semitic Rot’ at United Nations: Alana Goodman, Washington Free Beacon, Jan. 21, 2025 — Elise Stefanik, President Donald Trump’s nominee for United Nations ambassador, vowed to fight the “anti-Semitic rot within the United Nations” and argued that Israel has a “biblical right” to the West Bank during her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday.
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A Watershed Moment’: Harvard, Settling Antisemitism Lawsuit, Promises to Implement ‘Strongest’ Protections of Jewish Students: Novi Zhukovsky, The New York Sun, Jan. 21, 2025
Donors Are Defunding Academia’s Anti-Semitism; Ending It Means Doing This: Ian Oxnevad, National Association of Scholars, Jan. 20, 2025
Why Are Our Campuses Seething with Antisemitism?: John M. Ellis, The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, Jan. 8, 2025
Bridging Hatred: How Two Forms of Antisemitism Converge on College Campuses: Isaac Grand, Algemeiner, Jan. 21, 2025
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For Further Reference
46% of Adults Worldwide Hold Significant Antisemitic Beliefs, ADL Poll Finds: ADL, Jan. 14, 2025 — Nearly half of all people worldwide hold elevated levels of antisemitic attitudes, according to the latest Global 100 survey conducted by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and coordinated with Ipsos and other research partners.
Harvard Adopts a Definition of Antisemitism for Discipline Cases: Vimal Patel, New York Times, Jan. 21, 2025 — Harvard University will adopt a definition of antisemitism when investigating discipline cases as part of several moves meant to protect Jewish students after protests over the war in the Gaza Strip, the university said in an agreement Tuesday.
Bipartisan Bill Targeting Antisemitism, Discrimination on Campus Reintroduced in Senate: Lexi Lonas Cochran, Yahoo News, Jan. 21, 2025 — A bipartisan bill called the Protecting Students on Campus Act, recently reintroduced in the Senate, aims to make it easier for students to file civil rights complaints against their schools.
Antisemitic Crimes May Be Funded Overseas, Say Australian Police: Kathryn Armstrong and Tiffanie Turnbull, BBC, Jan. 21, 2025 — Australia’s federal police have said they are investigating whether “overseas actors or individuals” are paying local criminals to carry out antisemitic crimes in the country.
The Unexpected Outcome of Campus Antisemitism: Rabbi Yossy Gordon, JNS, Dec. 30, 2025 — Antisemitic incidents on college campuses surged from under 300 total in the 2022-23 academic year to 1,854 last year, with the vast majority of incidents following the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.