
Twenty-six anti-Semitism watchdog groups issued a joint letter to Stanford University President John Hennessy, lauding him for condemning the vandalism of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house which was defaced with swastikas this past weekend, and imploring him to take additional steps to protect Jewish students on campus; particularly with the rise of antisemitism throughout many college campuses in California and especially through the strengthening of BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movements targeting Israel.
by Adelle Nazarian28 Apr 2015, 2:52 PM PST0

Stanford University president John Hennessy is condemning the vandalism of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house at the university, which was daubed with swastikas that were discovered on Sunday morning, the Stanford Review reports.
by Joel B. Pollak27 Apr 2015, 5:58 AM PST0

A junior at Stanford University has filed an official complaint after being questioned about whether her Jewish faith would affect her ability to serve in the student Senate. The allegedly antisemitic incident is the second such recent case in California, coming a month after UCLA’s student council questioned a candidate for student office about her Jewish faith.
by Adelle Nazarian14 Apr 2015, 9:39 AM PST0

A swastika was keyed into a car of a student at Framingham State University in Massachusetts on Friday.
by Alex Swoyer3 Apr 2015, 11:29 AM PST0

LOS ANGELES, California — The sources of monetary funding for anti-Israel propaganda and movements such as boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) on college campuses can be linked to taxpayer dollars, according to experts at the StandWithUs conference, a gathering of pro-Israel activists.
by Adelle Nazarian24 Mar 2015, 5:50 AM PST0

Responding to a column on kveller.com by author Alina Adams, in which Adams asserted UCLA was among universities that were antisemitic, actress Mayim Bialik, a three-time Emmy nominee for her role in The Big Bang Theory, defended her alma mater, from which she received a Ph.D in neuroscience, insisting in the Times of Israel that she “had to speak up.”
by William Bigelow23 Mar 2015, 9:29 AM PST0

Community leaders and lawmakers will join Sacramento’s Jewish community on Monday afternoon on the State Capitol’s steps to rally against antisemitism in California. The rally coincides with a proposed law that would require all student government bodies in California to provide and take part in mandatory training in discrimination and civil rights.
by Adelle Nazarian9 Mar 2015, 9:29 AM PST0

The pair of deadly shootings on Saturday in Copenhagen–one at a free-speech debate, one near a synagogue–reprise last month’s terrorist attacks in Paris by targeting journalists and Jews once more. If, as suspected, the shootings are the work of Islamic terrorists, it is clear that the West faces an enemy determined not only to kill, but to destroy our core values. That, in turn, means that the West must wage ideological war against radical Islam. “Pinpoint” air strikes are not enough.
by Joel B. Pollak14 Feb 2015, 9:20 PM PST0

The student council of the Durban University of Technology has voted to demand the university expel Jewish students who do not support the Palestinian cause.
by Joel B. Pollak12 Feb 2015, 12:02 AM PST0

The Anti-Defamation League has offered a $2,500 reward to help police catch perpetrators of the recent vandalism of a Jewish fraternity at the University of California Davis, which was found Saturday morning spray-painted with swastikas.
by Joel B. Pollak2 Feb 2015, 10:00 PM PST0

A Jewish fraternity at the University of California Davis was spray-painted with two swastikas Saturday, several days after the student council voted to endorse divestment from Israel. (Photo: StandWithUs via Facebook)
by Joel B. Pollak1 Feb 2015, 5:51 AM PST0

On Tuesday, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls addressed the National Assembly and gave the most stirring speech on antisemitism since Chaim Herzog literally tore up the “Zionism is racism” resolution at the UN General Assembly in 1975. Valls reiterated his recent argument that
by Joel B. Pollak16 Jan 2015, 7:00 AM PST0