Wesleyan University president says Trump's antisemitism fight doesn't protect Jews

Combating antisemitism? Trump's war on universities will only make U.S. Jews less safe

It is becoming increasingly clear that the White House's effort to reshape higher education is focused on issues that go beyond antisemitism

Universities Are Hiding Behind “Due Process” in Response to Trump

Princeton president Christopher Eisgruber seeks to distract from his university’s tolerance of anti-Semitism.

Wesleyan University president says Trump's antisemitism fight doesn't protect Jews

Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.

What Jewish university presidents say: Trump is exploiting campus antisemitism, not fighting it

There’s one thing that unites the university presidents that have so far prominently stood up against President Donald Trump’s ongoing assault on higher education: They’re Jewish. Clearly, some people are feeling the “hell no, Pharaoh” energy more than others this Passover. Start with Harvard University’s president, Alan Garber, who on Monday issued the most forceful rebuke yet to Trump’s efforts to establish federal control over campuses. In a …

Energised by global support, AUJS leader says UTS incident ‘won’t stop us’

In an era where university campuses should serve as beacons of dialogue, understanding and coexistence, it is deeply troubling to witness attempts to marginalise and intimidate Jewish students simply for expressing their identity. A recent attempt to isolate Jewish students at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is not an isolated phenomenon—it’s part of a broader, global pattern of antisemitism that has reared its head with renewed force,…

Letter: We are concerned about the weaponization of antisemitism at Emerson and nationally

Dear President Bernhardt and Provost Socarides: We write as Jewish faculty members at Emerson College to express concern about the weaponization of antisemitism both on campus and nationally. Some of us also represent Emerson College in the Boston chapter of the Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff, which emerged in part to counter the false and dangerous premise that criticizing Israel is antisemitic or that doing so creates a hostile environment f…