Documenting Hatred: Student Voices of Fear at Being Jewish Amidst Growing Hostility on Campuses

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Effects of Antisemitic Activity on Jewish Students

Students, professors and members of outside organizations who use hateful anti-Jewish rhetoric and imagery, actively promote the dismantling of the Jewish State, and support terrorism against Jews, have created a hostile and threatening environment for many Jewish students on American campuses. These students report feeling physically unsafe, emotionally and intellectually harassed and intimidated by peers and professors, isolated from their fellow students, and unfairly treated by faculty and administrators. As a result of their experience of campus antisemitism, some Jewish students have even reported leaving the university, dropping classes, changing fields of study, avoiding certain parts of campus and hiding symbols of their Jewish background.

AMCHA Initiative has compiled published sources of students feeling harassed and intimidated on campus.

Campus Antisemitism Photo Gallery:

Images of Antisemitic Activity on US Colleges and Universities (2017 – Present)



https://www.facebook.com/pg/AMCHAInitiative/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1449291168448790

STUDENT VOICES:

What Students are Saying about Antisemitism on their Campuses

“…some kid stood up and shouted, ‘Mein Kampf!’ I was uncomfortable at first, but I thought it was a one time outburst. His friends’ giggling and half-hearted “stop its” seemed to keep him going, making my skin crawl, and I knew I had to say something. ‘Hi, could you stop’ I asked. ‘No. I’m not doing anything wrong.’ His friends started laughing and mumbled comments about the first amendment. ‘I’m Jewish and I find that really offensive.’ He looked at me and snickered, “You’re Jewish? Your nose is so normal. You don’t even look Jewish.”’ No one in the lounge said anything.”

“I was sitting in a study lounge with a group of my sorority sisters. As I was packing up to leave, I noticed a Swastika carved into the table under my textbook. My friend called the RA on duty immediately, she warned that Public Safety won’t do anything unless someone was ‘really offended.’ We scoffed and naively told her that everyone should be offended, but…she was right. The first thing the public safety guy asked when he got there was whether anyone ‘really cared.’”

http://www.amchainitiative.org/student-voices-being-jewish-on-campus/