Survey: 83 Percent of Jewish College Students in the U.S. Have Experienced Antisemitism Since Oct. 7

Survey: 83 Percent of Jewish College Students in the U.S. Have Experienced Antisemitism Since Oct. 7

If this was happening to any other minority group, it would not be tolerated for 24 hours.

The Times of Israel reports:

Survey: 83% of Jewish US college students have experienced antisemitism since Oct. 7

Some 83 percent of Jewish American college students have experienced or witnessed antisemitism firsthand since October 7, 2023, according to a survey published by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Hillel International.

The survey, which polled 1,030 Jewish and 1,140 non-Jewish students from 135 colleges and universities across the United States during the fall semester of 2024, painted a grim picture of Jewish campus life.

Published on Thursday, the survey found that two-thirds (66%) of Jewish students and 60% of non-Jewish students said they were not confident in their university’s ability to prevent antisemitic incidents.

About 41% of Jewish students said they felt the need to hide their Jewish identity on campus, and 13% said they had withdrawn from campus or social activities due to fears of being attacked or harassed.

Some 23% of students felt compelled to take additional security precautions on their own, the survey found.

At least 1,200 antisemitic incidents were recorded on US college and university campuses between the beginning of the war on October 7, 2023 and September 24, 2024, ADL noted.

“Since the October 7 attack in Israel, Jewish students have felt increasingly threatened, unwelcome, and unsupported on campus, both by students and faculty,” said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. “It is unacceptable that Jewish students cannot be confident in their university’s ability to address and prevent antisemitic incidents, and that they now live in a world in which they feel compelled to conceal their identity and beliefs.”

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