The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce initiated investigations into the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of Illinois. The committee is examining allegations of antisemitic incidents and the institutions’ responses to them.
Jewish organizations, including the ADL, Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, Hillel International, and Jewish Federations of North America, called on universities to “consistently enforce” codes of conduct around protests; appoint a coordinator to address Title VI discrimination complaints; reject academic boycotts of Israel; conduct annual student and faculty surveys in regard to campus antisemitism; crackdown on online harassment; and hold faculty accountable for political coercion and identity-based discrimination.
A 20-year-old Ohio resident, Timur Mamatov, pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime after attacking two Jewish students near Ohio State University in 2023. He asked if the victims were Jewish before assaulting them, breaking one student’s jaw and another’s nose. Mamatov now faces up to 10 years in prison.
The Toronto International Film Festival reversed its decision and will screen a documentary about a rescue mission during the October 7th attacks. Festival organizers had initially pulled the film, saying that they had not received clearance from Hamas to screen footage used in the documentary, but reinstated it following public backlash.
A kosher meal served aboard a JetBlue flight was allegedly defaced with the term “Zionazi.” JetBlue responded, stating it has a zero tolerance for hate and bias and launched an immediate investigation.
A former youth organizer for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Iman Abdul, was arrested after allegedly posting a Google Maps screenshot of a Jewish high school in New York City and encouraging her 25,000 Instagram followers to “attack” it because “…Zionists all attend here.” Abdul is being charged with harassment and making a terrorism-related threat.