Antisemitism moves from outside encampments into indoor classrooms

Antisemitism on U.S. college campuses has shifted from visible protests to academic settings, with a quieter form of hostility now embedded in curricula and faculty actions, despite a reported decrease in overall antisemitic incidents last year. Several universities, including Reed College, Columbia, UCLA, Harvard, and UC Berkeley, have reached settlements to address antisemitism, often adopting the IHRA definition and implementing new protective measures for Jewish students. For instance, Reed College agreed to hire an independent monitor and a Title VI coordinator. The American Association of University Professors made its first national political endorsement, backing an anti-Zionist candidate, and reports indicate faculty unions are pushing for boycotts of Israeli universities. Jewish students and faculty face pressure to self-censor, and some professors have assigned materials by figures associated with Palestinian terror groups. In Florida, state funding of $2.3 million was allocated to the Florida Hillel Jewish Student Safety Initiative to combat antisemitism. As Denise Katz-Prober of the Louis D. Brandeis Center stated, the Reed College settlement "should serve as a model for other schools."