Universities

Police arrest two people after Israeli flag with swastika put up at Royal Holloway, University of London

Major milestone reached as half of all UK universities adopt International Definition of Antisemitism, leaving those which have not increasingly isolated

NUS apologises for saying antisemitism on campus is “result of Israeli forces’ violent attacks on Palestinians”, then tells people to contact fringe Jewish group whose supporters said Jewish mourning prayer for dead Hamas terrorists

Following “one-sided” post by UCL Students’ Union, Jewish students told on social media that “Hitler was right” and that when they come back to campus there will be people “waiting for you”, with multiple death threats

St Anne’s College, Oxford deletes without apology its JCR statement offering support to Muslim members but not to Jews

CAA provides online antisemitism training for Oxford University Labour Club

Canterbury Christ Church University adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

Risk of censure for abusing Jews is proof of Jewish power, Jordanian professor tells TV audience, adding that “Jewish” and “Zionist” are synonymous

Brunel University adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

Egg-throwing disrupts solemn Yom Ha Shoah event at college where antisemitism is allegedly an “ongoing issue”

Linfield University votes no confidence in leadership after allegations of mishandling of antisemitism and sexual harassment

University of Bath adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

Campaign of “misinformation” alleged to be behind overturning of resolution backing International Definition of Antisemitism at Michigan State University

CUNY students reject International Definition of Antisemitism but also reject alternative resolution which claimed equating opposition to Israel with antisemitism is “anti-Palestinian racism”

South African academic and BDS supporter investigated for stating Hitler committed “no crime”

Concordia University Students’ Union apologises for standing “idly by” when “Jewish students are afraid to openly identify as Jewish”

UCU Scotland defends Prof. David Miller over accusations of antisemitism and rejects International Definition of Antisemitism

University of North Florida vandalised with QR codes that lead to white supremacist website

Antisemitic graffiti discovered inside Albion College dormitory

Pears Foundation withdraws name from Institute for Study of Antisemitism led by controversial Prof. David Feldman

Police reportedly investigating David Miller for hate crime while Bristol University’s claim that he’s on ‘sick leave’ undermined by his ongoing public activism

City University must ignore shameful students’ vote against adoption of International Definition of Antisemitism

Syracuse University Student Association adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

Warwick University blames “unauthorised access” after its verified Twitter account ‘likes’ a tweet that says “Jewish students are agents of a Foreign Power”

Middlesex University and Students’ Union adopt International Definition of Antisemitism

University of Bristol confirms investigation into Prof. David Miller over antisemitic statements following condemnation by MPs and Jewish groups, including CAA

UCL Provost has apologised for saying he would allow a Holocaust denier to give speech to students

Ohio college students Zoombombed with antisemitic images

City University Students’ Union’s referendum against International Definition of Antisemitism is a shameful abandonment of Jewish students

Cross-party group of 100 MPs and peers berates Bristol University for inaction over David Miller and accuses him of bringing the University “into disrepute”

Ferris State University professor fired over antisemitic tweets

Canadian university urged to condemn antisemitism after academic makes comments about Jewish money

Antisemitic graffiti investigated at Texas college dorms

UCL academics pen letter in support of International Definition of Antisemitism

UCL academic resigns in disgust following Academic Board’s resolution against International Definition of Antisemitism

Bristol University’s David Miller strikes again with inflammatory conspiracy theories about Zionism, which he seeks “to end as a functioning ideology of the world”

CAA writes to UCL’s Provost after Academic Board passes advisory motion calling on University to “retract and replace” International Definition of Antisemitism

Gavin Williamson suggests financial penalties for universities over antisemitism, as CAA provides audit of universities

Jewish students face mix of solidarity and antisemitic backlash for raising concerns over appearance of controversial filmmaker Ken Loach at St Peter’s College, Oxford

Leiden University professor cleared of antisemitism charges

Lecturer at top Moscow university says gas chambers not for killing and six million dead Jews is “a fiction”

CAA publishes live resource detailing antisemitism at universities and adoption of the International Definition of Antisemitism

“Hitler was right, we need a new Hitler”: California lawyer under fire following reported antisemitic posts on social media

Staffordshire University adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

Recently accused of failing to protect rights of Jewish students, Georgia Tech now adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

“Zionist Brain” Professor at University of California Merced will not teach upcoming semester

CAA writes to Leeds University over professor with history of antisemitic tweets

Student refunded tuition fees after being subjected to a “toxic antisemitic environment” at SOAS

Leila Khaled resolution by “fringe” academic union at CUNY is “declaration of war” on Jewish community, say activists

Disciplinary charges against Jewish student for complaining about lecturer’s “Israel lobby” remark dropped by Warwick University

University of Oxford reiterates its adoption of the International Definition of Antisemitism

Prof David Feldman’s colleagues join CAA in slamming him for opposing International Definition of Antisemitism, which his own institution, Birkbeck, discloses to CAA it has now adopted

University of Toronto sets up working group to combat antisemitism

Florida State University passes resolution acknowledging International Definition of Antisemitism despite “shameful attempts” to halt it

University of Birmingham adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

University and College Union’s “reputation in the Jewish community is in the gutter” after its KCL branch passes motion calling on University to revoke adoption of International Definition of Antisemitism

Lancaster University Students’ Union BME officer told to “stop being a Zionist shill” and a “gay n*****r” in appalling responses to feedback form

Ferris State University professor in Michigan who tweeted antisemitic conspiracy theories placed on administrative leave

Students at University of Sydney pass antisemitic resolution claiming Labour’s suspension of Jeremy Corbyn was bid to “intimidate and silence”

Federal investigation officially opened following complaint of antisemitism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Manchester Metropolitan University and Buckingham New University adopt International Definition of Antisemitism

Lancaster University adopts International Definition of Antisemitism after campaign by Jewish students

Controversy erupts over lectures with inflammatory content by professor at Bulgaria’s Sofia University

“This is being treated as a hate crime,” police say after swastika daubed in Leeds University hall popular with Jewish students

Antisemitic posters discovered on Florida campus

Cambridge University adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

Pace University student government adopts international Definition of Antisemitism

Jewish students at Lancaster University say they “will not stop” campaigning until University adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

Academics protest Education Secretary’s call, backed by CAA, for universities to adopt International Definition of Antisemitism

NY Governor brings in State’s Hate Crimes Task Force to investigate antisemitism on Long Island and Hofstra University campus

“Not a coincidence”: Swastika discovered on Columbia University campus shortly after vote to divest from Israel

Antisemitic remarks yelled at students during Yom Kippur service at Indiana University

New York University pledges to curb antisemitism after assault and flag-burning

SOAS professor accuses Israel of being a “Western virus” and exploiting the Holocaust for political ends

Tech giants act to halt online hate for one day only, as they move to block webinar featuring convicted terrorist

Warwick University rejects complaint by Warwick Jewish and Israel Society against lecturer who said allegations of Labour antisemitism are “very much an Israeli lobby kind of idea”

Tribunal backs university after it dismissed professor who said “Jews aren’t even a race” and promoted “positive stereotypes” about Jews and other racial groups

University of York adopts International Definition of Antisemitism

Birmingham University’s Prof. Rebecca Gould seems to identify as Jewish only when criticising efforts to fight antisemitism

Leading KCL academic makes the case for regulation of social media citing landmark conviction of Alison Chabloz brought about by CAA

CAA reveals Edge Hill University SU president-elect believes his Holocaust mockery scandal was a conspiracy to damage him as hundreds sign petition calling for his ouster

Following CAA’s intervention, Edge Hill Students’ Union suspends result of presidential election and opens investigation into new president elect’s behaviour

“Edge Hill has become synonymous with mockery of the Holocaust”: CAA to write to university after it exposes record of its newly elected Students’ Union president

One of the two candidates for President of Edge Hill University’s Students’ Union recently dressed up as a Holocaust victim

CAA lawyers considering legal action against SOAS if EuroPal, which promoted antisemitic conspiracy myth, is allowed to deliver antisemitism training

White supremacist posters appear at Bristol University, in Bristol town centre and in Hull

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson: “there have been appalling incidents directed at the Jewish community at leading London universities”

University of Warwick condemned in House of Commons for refusing to adopt International Definition of Antisemitism, as all universities called on to do so

Sheffield branch of University and College Union under fire from Holocaust survivor for inappropriate Holocaust Memorial Day event

Warwick Students’ Union makes impassioned plea for university to think again after Vice-Chancellor refuses to adopt International Definition of Antisemitism

Warwick University reportedly refuses to adopt International Definition of Antisemitism because it does not offer “any added value”

Over fifty Jewish Cambridge professors and students pen article describing the “social cost of speaking out” against antisemitism after Jewish students inundated with Labour leaflets

CAA calls on UCL’s head of Jewish Studies to apologise for using Chanukah message to attack university for adopting International Definition of Antisemitism

Jewish students face torrent of antisemitic abuse at Labour rally in Bristol, with one student violently assaulted

Bristol University adopts International Definition of Antisemitism after acrimony

University of Warwick backs lecturer Dr Goldie Osuri who told students Labour antisemitism claims are “an Israeli lobby kind of idea”

University of Exeter reports anonymous student Facebook group to police over neo-Nazi posts

CAA urges Birkbeck University to stop Ilan Pappé lecture on why “anti-Zionism is not antisemitism”

Archbishop of Canterbury calls on universities to adopt the International Definition of Antisemitism

CAA applauds Nottingham Trent University for expelling student who stuck Palestine sticker on mouth of sleeping Jew

Universities