Jewish college students have experienced or witnessed an alarming increase in antisemitism on campus in the weeks since Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel.
Nearly 73% of Jewish students have seen or been a victim of antisemitism since the start of the semester, up from 63% in 2021, according to a study by the Anti-Defamation League and Hillel International obtained by The Post Wednesday.
In comparison, 44% of non-Jewish students had experienced or witnessed such an act during the same time period.
Sixty-seven percent of Jewish students said they felt physically safe on campus before Oct. 7, a study of 3,084 college students — including 527 who are Jewish — from 689 campuses nationwide found.
That dropped to 46% after the terrorist attack.
Sixty-six percent of Jewish respondents felt emotionally safe on campus before the war began, a number that plummeted to 33% afterward.
In addition, 64% of those surveyed said their university “welcomed and supported” them before the invasion, while only 44% felt the same after.
Jewish college students on US campuses have experienced or witnessed an increase in antisemitic behavior in the weeks since Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel on October 7, a new survey has found. Getty Images
“Jewish students are experiencing a wave of antisemitism unlike anything we’ve seen before, but surprisingly, non-Jewish students are barely seeing it,” ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL’s CEO, said in a statement.
“Since the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, Jewish students feel increasingly threatened on campus — but college leaders are not doing enough to address this very real fear of antisemitism.”
The survey’s findings are a “disturbing picture of hate on campuses across the country,” added Adam Lehman, president and CEO of Hillel International. “Widespread experience with antisemitism, as reported in this survey, drives Jewish students to hide their identity.”
Sixty-seven percent of Jewish students said they felt physically safe on campus before Oct. 7, according to the survey. That dropped to 46% after the terrorist attack. ZUMAPRESS.com “Jewish students are experiencing a wave of antisemitism unlike anything we’ve seen before, but surprisingly, non-Jewish students are barely seeing it,” said ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO, in a statement. Instagram/Hisham Awartani
Since October, seven schools have been placed under federal investigation for antisemitism and Islamophobia — including three Ivy Leaguers: Cornell, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Antisemitism has been on the rise on college campuses since October 7, rfaraino
The school could lose federal funding if they don’t comply with the Department of Education’s recommendations after the investigation is complete, according to CNN.
Antisemitic acts have increased on college campuses across the US, including a Cornell student, 21, arrested for allegedly making violent threats against other Jewish scholars online.
Jewish students at NYC’s Cooper Union — another school under investigation — were barricaded inside the library after pro-Palestinian students brought their protest indoors and pounded on doors and windows.
A Harvard student was surrounded by Palestinian protesters last month, who shouted “Shame, shame, shame” at him.
They held keffiyehs — traditional Palestinian scarves — and waved them in the student’s face as they surrounded him.
Across NYC, students were seen tearing down posters of kidnapped Israelis, and a group of Big Apple high school students were accosted in metro Washington, DC after attending a pro-Israel rally.
Additional reporting by Matthew Sedacca.
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