A startling new study by the Anti-Defamation League finds that a solid majority of Jewish college faculty members observed antisemitic sentiment or activities not only from students — but also from other staffers and school-endorsed campus groups.
Many of the 209 current or former employees of US colleges or universities who identified as Jewish reported “patterns of hostility, institutional inaction, and personal tolls” as a result of either their faith or their stated or assumed support for Israel in the survey, which the ADL conducted in concert with the Academic Engagement Network.
Among those surveyed, 72.3% reported observing “anti-Jewish activities or statements” from faculty, administrators or staff on campus.
Additionally, 44% said they were aware of an organized chapter of Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP) on campus, of which an overwhelming majority said engaged in “anti-Israel programming” (77.2%); “organized anti-Israel protests and demonstrations (79.4%); and “endorsed anti-Israel divestment campaigns” (84.8%).
“Faculty in my department overwhelmingly signed a remonstrance calling for the firing of the university’s president because she broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration in which students tried to set up encampments…Faculty are not talking to me because they know I’m a Zionist,” a respondent shared in a testimonial.
Another said they were “excluded, ignored, minimized, and belittled on the DEI committee because of my (real and perceived) Zionism, which I do not make a point of expressing.”
One respondent said the chair of their department was “pro-Hamas” and had turned it into an “encampment” full of “river to the sea” slogans and other propaganda.
“When I and a few other Jewish faculty objected, the chair organized about 50 people to verbally attack us, including one who told me that we had all the money and power,” they added. “Consequently, my department is a hostile work environment and I can no longer attend events or participate in departmental life there.”
The Trump administration has made combating campus antisemitism a pillar of its domestic policy, clawing back billions in federal funding from schools like Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern and more, alleging they’ve failed to curtail rowdy anti-Israel protests that have at times gone beyond simply opposing the war with Hamas and veered into expressing support for terror groups.
The funding cuts have led to numerous high-profile resignations, including several university presidents, and hundreds of staff and faculty positions have been axed.
FJP did not respond to a request for comment by The Post.