Yoav Segev, a Jewish Harvard student, filed a lawsuit against the school for failing to protect him after he was attacked on campus during an anti-Israel “die-in”, and later rewarding the assailants with honors. Segev had previously tried to join lawsuits against Harvard anonymously, but his information ended up being leaked, including by the student paper, the Harvard Crimson.

Hillel International’s just-released 2024-2025 antisemitic incident report saw an increase in the overall number of antisemitic incidents, but a sharp decline in antisemitic vandalism, assaults, and encampments on campus. While physical antisemitic incidents declined, Jewish students faced an increase in online bullying and harassment as hateful incidents multiplied on digital and social media.

In an effort to regain the $400 million in federal funding that it lost earlier this year, Columbia University announced that it will: require its Office of Institutional Equity to use the IHRA definition of antisemitism, appoint a Title VI coordinator, mandate antisemitism training for students, staff, and faculty, and refuse to recognize or meet with the Columbia University Apartheid Divest coalition, which is banned by Instagram due to promotion of violent material. Brian Cohen, executive director of Columbia Barnard Hillel, said these steps are welcome as their implementation shows an acknowledgement of the antisemitism spike on campus.

UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons appeared in front of the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee in the latest hearing focused on antisemitism on college campuses. Lyons testified that UC Berkeley has “more work to do” when it comes to antisemitism, but also defended free speech on campus, saying that pro-Palestinian views are not necessarily antisemitic. 

Inside Higher Ed reports that the recent surge in antisemitism on college campuses has led to dozens of universities creating dedicated Title VI coordinator roles to oversee investigations, processes, and policies in compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 related to discrimination based on ethnicity or national origin — including antisemitism. The increase in Title VI support mirrors the opening of Title IX offices in the 2010s.

A recent Anti-Defamation League (ADL) survey of 1,000 U.S. adults reveals that while 60% of Americans view antisemitism as a serious problem, approximately 25% believe recent violent attacks on Jewish Americans were “understandable.” The recent violent incidents include the arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s house, the deadly shooting of two Israeli embassy workers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C., and the firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado. The same percentage also believed that these attacks were staged to gain sympathy for Israel.