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Hillel of San Diego established a security fund to support Jewish students following a break-in at a home shared by UC San Diego AEPi brothers, where vandals spray-painted antisemitic symbols on the walls. Hillel of San Diego CEO Karen Parry committed to raising $15,000 to provide students with home security upgrades, counseling, and other assistance in response to  this antisemitic incident.

A UC San Diego Jewish fraternity house was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti spray-painted on the interior and exterior walls. San Diego police are investigating the incident as a suspected hate crime and vandalism, and are seeking information about the person or people responsible. In a statement, the students’ Alpha Epsilon Pi chapter said, “AEPi will not be silenced or deterred. We remain proud of our Jewish identity and values.” The fraternity also called on the university to bring educational programs to campus focused on combating antisemitism, fostering understanding, and addressing ignorance and hate.

Haverford College reached a settlement with a Jewish group regarding claims of discrimination in the aftermath of October 7th. Under the agreement, the college will implement mandatory antisemitism awareness training, establish an oversight committee, and grant the school’s civil rights director jurisdiction over antisemitism-related bias complaints. The college also reaffirmed its policy prohibiting discrimination against students based on their Jewish, Zionist, or Israeli identity.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened investigations into San Francisco State University and San Jose State University over allegations that the universities failed to address antisemitic harassment on their campuses. Both universities maintain their commitment to campus safety and deny the allegations.

A new report commissioned by the Canadian government found that 95% of Jewish university students surveyed in Canada experienced or witnessed antisemitism on campus over the past year. The report also found that many students changed how openly they expressed their Jewish identity because of their campus experiences.

A new Canadian Heritage report surveyed about 900 Jewish university students across Canada and found that 95.7% had experienced or witnessed antisemitism. The report found that 70% said their universities did not take antisemitism seriously, while one in four students reported experiencing or witnessing physical violence against Jews. Students also reported Holocaust denial or distortion, discriminatory treatment, intimidation, and antisemitic or biased classroom content. In a post on Instagram, Hillel Ontario responded saying “…antisemitism on Canadian campuses is not episodic or peripheral—it is persistent and proliferating, and on some campuses has become a normalized and systemic feature of campus life.”