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The Algemeiner’s 1st Annual List of the US and Canada’s Worst Campuses for Jewish Students
Of all the great and varied challenges we face as editors of a Jewish publication, one that stands out in particular is the troubling experience — dare we say the plight? — of Jewish students on many North American college campuses.
1 .
Columbia University
New York City, New York
Dozens of antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents, including protests and walk-outs of events related to the Jewish state, have taken place at...
2 .
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York
For the last few years, this top-ranking liberal arts college has seen a constant stream of antisemitic and anti-Israel activity, prompting the...
Show More
3.5
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+
+
+
+
3 .
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Located in the city where Israel Apartheid Week first originated, the University of Toronto has hosted a considerable number of events in recent...
Show More
1
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+
+
+
+
4 .
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
McGill University has been described by students as one of the most contentious institutions in Canada for Jews and Zionists. One McGill student...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
5 .
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
UChicago was labeled the “new hub” of anti-Israel activism in a study conducted by the Israel on Campus Coalition. Jewish students at the school...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
6 .
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
UCLA made headlines this year when a student government leader announced he was leaving the school due to vicious harassment by BDS activists and...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
7 .
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
At the University of Washington, the Student Workers Union passed a BDS resolution, and the virulently anti-Israel Students United for Palestinian...
Show More
1.5
+
+
+
+
+
8 .
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
The Portland State University student senate passed a resolution -- by a landslide vote -- calling on the school to divest from companies that are...
Show More
1
+
+
+
+
+
9 .
New York University
New York City, New York
This downtown Manhattan school is rife with anti-Zionist activity. The school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter holds regular...
Show More
3.5
+
+
+
+
+
10 .
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California
Since 2014, SFSU has maintained a memorandum of understanding with An-Najah University, a Hebron-based institution with a history of ties to...
Show More
2
+
+
+
+
+
11 .
Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio
This year, Oberlin was home to a host of antisemitism scandals, most notably surrounding the social media posts of Professor Joy Karega’s. The...
Show More
4
+
+
+
+
+
12 .
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
UC Berkeley -- where Dr. Hatem Bazian, co-founder of Students for Justice in Palestine, is a senior lecturer -- was the site of an incident...
Show More
2
+
+
+
+
+
13 .
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
At McMaster, there is an active chapter of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR), which boasts a substantial coalition of anti-Israel...
Show More
1
+
+
+
+
+
14 .
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Brown's Jewish community has faced substantial challenges this year. A transgender activist cancelled a scheduled appearance at the school, due to...
Show More
3
+
+
+
+
+
15 .
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota
There are more than 20 organizations on this campus that engage in anti-Israel activity. Among these is a strong chapter of Students for Justice...
Show More
1.5
+
+
+
+
+
16 .
City University of New York, Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, New York
The campuses of the City University of New York system have been the site of frequent anti-Zionist and antisemitic incidents, the most blatant of...
Show More
3.5
+
+
+
+
+
17 .
York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Students at York University say the school has an "antisemitism problem," with faculty pushing anti-Israel, anti-Jewish agendas in the classroom...
Show More
2
+
+
+
+
+
18 .
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California
UC Irvine, home of the infamous Irvine 11 case (wherein 10 Muslim students found guilty of disrupting a 2010 speech at the campus by then Israeli...
Show More
1
+
+
+
+
+
19 .
San Diego State University
San Diego, California
This year, anti-Israel activists at SDSU ambushed the university president and imprisoned him in a police vehicle, for what they considered to be...
Show More
1.5
+
+
+
+
+
20 .
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Life at Stanford is reportedly “uncomfortable” for anyone who supports Israel. The anti-Israel atmosphere at the private research university in...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
21 .
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
Northwestern University was named a “hotspot” of antisemitism and anti-Zionism in a recently released Brandeis study. According to one student...
Show More
3
+
+
+
+
+
22 .
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jewish students at this school have reported feeling isolated on campus. Pro-Israel and Jewish groups have come up against 10 different BDS...
Show More
3
+
+
+
+
+
23 .
Tufts University
Medford, Massachusets
The Tufts chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine hosts a popular, event-packed “Israel Apartheid Week," marked by the demonization of Israel...
Show More
3.5
+
+
+
+
+
24 .
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
Jewish students and faculty at UC Santa Cruz were subject this year to several antisemitic and racist attacks. In three separate instances, the...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
25 .
City University of New York, Hunter College
New York City, New York
Hunter was the site this year of an antisemitic demonstration -- part of the countrywide Million Student March -- heavily promoted by Students for...
Show More
2
+
+
+
+
+
26 .
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts
In a landslide vote, the Graduate Employee Union at this campus passed an anti-Israel divestment resolution, while rejecting measures condemning...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
27 .
DePaul University
DePaul University
Though this Catholic institution has stated that it will not consider divestment from Israel, DePaul hosts an annual fall Festival of Resistance...
Show More
1
+
+
+
+
+
28 .
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, Newark and Camden, New Jersey
Several antisemitic incidents have been reported at Rutgers, with Jewish students -- who say they have a strong and tight-knit community -...
Show More
3
+
+
+
+
+
29 .
University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis
UC Davis, whose student body has passed a BDS resolution, has a purportedly “fragmented” Jewish community, members of which report being “fearful...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
30 .
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Anti-Israel student groups are very active at OSU, whose chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace recently...
Show More
2
+
+
+
+
+
31 .
Wesleyan University
Middletown, Connecticut
Wesleyan's student assembly voted in favor of a BDS motion a few years ago, and the Wes Divest coalition leading the anti-Israel initiative...
Show More
3.5
+
+
+
+
+
32 .
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Antisemitism at the University of North Carolina does not receive a lot of national attention, but one student said she believes the UNC school...
Show More
1.5
+
+
+
+
+
33 .
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
During the Q&A period following a lecture delivered by a former Israeli foreign minister at the Harvard Law School in April, MK Tzipi Livni...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
34 .
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
This year, Jewish and pro-Israel students at UT Austin withdrew support from a program featuring renowned American-Israeli writer Caroline Glick...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
35 .
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Urbana and Champaign, Illinois
UIUC has seen a steady stream of attempts to demonize and delegitimize Israel. In 2014-15, the school made headlines when it first offered a...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
36 .
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
At this liberal arts college, swastika graffiti popped up multiple times over a three-month period -- just prior to and following the US...
Show More
3
+
+
+
+
+
37 .
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Antisemitic graffiti has been found at this premier DC-based institution, most recently in a bathroom at the medical school. Dozens of faculty...
Show More
2
+
+
+
+
+
38 .
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Faculty, not students, lead the charge for divestment from Israel at Syracuse. One professor cited threats from and worries about BDS-supporting...
Show More
3.5
+
+
+
+
+
39 .
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
Swastikas and other white supremacy symbols were found on the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus over the past year. Ranked regularly as one...
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
Campus watchdog group Canary Mission described a "cesspool" of antisemitism at this university, after students and alums associated with the...
The Algemeiner’s 1st Annual List of the US and Canada’s Worst Campuses for Jewish Students
Of all the great and varied challenges we face as editors of a Jewish publication, one that stands out in particular is the troubling experience — dare we say the plight? — of Jewish students on many North American college campuses.
1 .
Columbia University
New York City, New York
Dozens of antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents, including protests and walk-outs of events related to the Jewish state, have taken place at...
2 .
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York
For the last few years, this top-ranking liberal arts college has seen a constant stream of antisemitic and anti-Israel activity, prompting the...
Show More
3.5
+
+
+
+
+
3 .
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Located in the city where Israel Apartheid Week first originated, the University of Toronto has hosted a considerable number of events in recent...
Show More
1
+
+
+
+
+
4 .
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
McGill University has been described by students as one of the most contentious institutions in Canada for Jews and Zionists. One McGill student...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
5 .
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
UChicago was labeled the “new hub” of anti-Israel activism in a study conducted by the Israel on Campus Coalition. Jewish students at the school...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
6 .
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
UCLA made headlines this year when a student government leader announced he was leaving the school due to vicious harassment by BDS activists and...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
7 .
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
At the University of Washington, the Student Workers Union passed a BDS resolution, and the virulently anti-Israel Students United for Palestinian...
Show More
1.5
+
+
+
+
+
8 .
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
The Portland State University student senate passed a resolution -- by a landslide vote -- calling on the school to divest from companies that are...
Show More
1
+
+
+
+
+
9 .
New York University
New York City, New York
This downtown Manhattan school is rife with anti-Zionist activity. The school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter holds regular...
Show More
3.5
+
+
+
+
+
10 .
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California
Since 2014, SFSU has maintained a memorandum of understanding with An-Najah University, a Hebron-based institution with a history of ties to...
Show More
2
+
+
+
+
+
11 .
Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio
This year, Oberlin was home to a host of antisemitism scandals, most notably surrounding the social media posts of Professor Joy Karega’s. The...
Show More
4
+
+
+
+
+
12 .
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
UC Berkeley -- where Dr. Hatem Bazian, co-founder of Students for Justice in Palestine, is a senior lecturer -- was the site of an incident...
Show More
2
+
+
+
+
+
13 .
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
At McMaster, there is an active chapter of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR), which boasts a substantial coalition of anti-Israel...
Show More
1
+
+
+
+
+
14 .
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Brown's Jewish community has faced substantial challenges this year. A transgender activist cancelled a scheduled appearance at the school, due to...
Show More
3
+
+
+
+
+
15 .
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota
There are more than 20 organizations on this campus that engage in anti-Israel activity. Among these is a strong chapter of Students for Justice...
Show More
1.5
+
+
+
+
+
16 .
City University of New York, Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, New York
The campuses of the City University of New York system have been the site of frequent anti-Zionist and antisemitic incidents, the most blatant of...
Show More
3.5
+
+
+
+
+
17 .
York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Students at York University say the school has an "antisemitism problem," with faculty pushing anti-Israel, anti-Jewish agendas in the classroom...
Show More
2
+
+
+
+
+
18 .
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California
UC Irvine, home of the infamous Irvine 11 case (wherein 10 Muslim students found guilty of disrupting a 2010 speech at the campus by then Israeli...
Show More
1
+
+
+
+
+
19 .
San Diego State University
San Diego, California
This year, anti-Israel activists at SDSU ambushed the university president and imprisoned him in a police vehicle, for what they considered to be...
Show More
1.5
+
+
+
+
+
20 .
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Life at Stanford is reportedly “uncomfortable” for anyone who supports Israel. The anti-Israel atmosphere at the private research university in...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
21 .
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
Northwestern University was named a “hotspot” of antisemitism and anti-Zionism in a recently released Brandeis study. According to one student...
Show More
3
+
+
+
+
+
22 .
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jewish students at this school have reported feeling isolated on campus. Pro-Israel and Jewish groups have come up against 10 different BDS...
Show More
3
+
+
+
+
+
23 .
Tufts University
Medford, Massachusets
The Tufts chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine hosts a popular, event-packed “Israel Apartheid Week," marked by the demonization of Israel...
Show More
3.5
+
+
+
+
+
24 .
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
Jewish students and faculty at UC Santa Cruz were subject this year to several antisemitic and racist attacks. In three separate instances, the...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
25 .
City University of New York, Hunter College
New York City, New York
Hunter was the site this year of an antisemitic demonstration -- part of the countrywide Million Student March -- heavily promoted by Students for...
Show More
2
+
+
+
+
+
26 .
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts
In a landslide vote, the Graduate Employee Union at this campus passed an anti-Israel divestment resolution, while rejecting measures condemning...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
27 .
DePaul University
DePaul University
Though this Catholic institution has stated that it will not consider divestment from Israel, DePaul hosts an annual fall Festival of Resistance...
Show More
1
+
+
+
+
+
28 .
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, Newark and Camden, New Jersey
Several antisemitic incidents have been reported at Rutgers, with Jewish students -- who say they have a strong and tight-knit community -...
Show More
3
+
+
+
+
+
29 .
University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis
UC Davis, whose student body has passed a BDS resolution, has a purportedly “fragmented” Jewish community, members of which report being “fearful...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
30 .
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Anti-Israel student groups are very active at OSU, whose chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace recently...
Show More
2
+
+
+
+
+
31 .
Wesleyan University
Middletown, Connecticut
Wesleyan's student assembly voted in favor of a BDS motion a few years ago, and the Wes Divest coalition leading the anti-Israel initiative...
Show More
3.5
+
+
+
+
+
32 .
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Antisemitism at the University of North Carolina does not receive a lot of national attention, but one student said she believes the UNC school...
Show More
1.5
+
+
+
+
+
33 .
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
During the Q&A period following a lecture delivered by a former Israeli foreign minister at the Harvard Law School in April, MK Tzipi Livni...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
34 .
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
This year, Jewish and pro-Israel students at UT Austin withdrew support from a program featuring renowned American-Israeli writer Caroline Glick...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
35 .
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Urbana and Champaign, Illinois
UIUC has seen a steady stream of attempts to demonize and delegitimize Israel. In 2014-15, the school made headlines when it first offered a...
Show More
2.5
+
+
+
+
+
36 .
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
At this liberal arts college, swastika graffiti popped up multiple times over a three-month period -- just prior to and following the US...
Show More
3
+
+
+
+
+
37 .
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Antisemitic graffiti has been found at this premier DC-based institution, most recently in a bathroom at the medical school. Dozens of faculty...
Show More
2
+
+
+
+
+
38 .
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Faculty, not students, lead the charge for divestment from Israel at Syracuse. One professor cited threats from and worries about BDS-supporting...
Show More
3.5
+
+
+
+
+
39 .
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
Swastikas and other white supremacy symbols were found on the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus over the past year. Ranked regularly as one...
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
Campus watchdog group Canary Mission described a "cesspool" of antisemitism at this university, after students and alums associated with the...