Brandeis University Presidential Initiative to Counter Antisemitism in Higher Education

A multi-disciplinary research center that incorporates the latest concepts, theories, and techniques of social science in the study of contemporary Jewish life. Among their research areas is antisemitism and campus life.

February 2024

A three-part series by Eitan Hersh, PhD, Tufts University:

• The Social Costs of Being Jewish and Supporting Israel on Campus: What a Before/After Survey Can tell Us
• A Survey Portrait of Jewish Life on Campus in the Midst of the Israel-Hamas War: 7 Key Findings
• The Complicated Relationship between Ideology and Attitudes about Jews and Israel

• Antisemitic Attitudes Across the Ideological Spectrum, Eitan Hersh and Laura Royden, Political Research Quarterly Volume 76, Issue 2, June 2023
• Antisemitic Attitudes among Young Black and Hispanic Americans, Eitan Hersh and Laura Royden, Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics, Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2023
• The Young American Left and Attitudes About Israel, Laura Royden and Eitan Hersh, Contemporary Jewry, Volume 42, 4 March 2022

ADL Center for Antisemitism Research advances the global field of antisemitism research, seeking answers to the questions foundational to understanding, preventing and reducing antisemitism.

April 26, 2024

February 15, 2024

Article in The Atlantic by Dara Horn, PhD, novelist and author of the essay collection, "People Love Dead Jews".

December 12, 2023

Opinion piece in The Times of Israel by Mark Rotenberg, vice president for university initiatives and general counsel at Hillel International, where he oversees Hillel's Campus Climate Initiative.

November 27, 2023

The First Amendment does not give carte blanche to intimidation and harassment, writes Ilya Shapiro, director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, in The Free Press.

November 15, 2023

Lawrence H. Summers', professor at and past president of Harvard University, opinion piece in The Washington Post (online access by subscription).

November 15, 2023

United States Congressional Testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee by Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, senior vice president for research, Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

November 3, 2023

Meghna Chakrabarti interviews guests Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Julia Steinberg, junior at Stanford University, and Simon Sebag Montefiore, British historian for WBUR's On Point.

Academic Engagement Network, an independently run non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. which mobilizes networks of university faculty and administrators to counter antisemitism.

ADL was founded in 1913 to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), Academic Affairs will expand the leading global Jewish advocacy organization’s engagement with university administrators regarding the conditions for Jewish students. See AJC's interactive Translate Hate glossary for explanations of prevalent antisemitic tropes, words, and symbols.

Louis D. Brandeis Center, Inc., an independent, non-partisan institution for public interest advocacy, research and education. The Center’s mission is to advance the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and to promote justice for all. Many resources, including white papers and best practices, for higher education professionals can be found on their website.

Hillel International’s Campus Climate Initiative (CCI) collaborates with higher education administrators to ensure a positive campus climate in which Jewish students feel comfortable expressing their identity and values, free of antisemitism, harassment, or marginalization.

Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.

Foundation to Combat Antisemitism aims to win the hearts and minds of non-Jews and Jews through powerful positive messaging and partnerships, motivating and equipping them to be defenders of and upstanders for Jews.

• The U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism
• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting discrimination based on race, color or national origin in programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance
• Department of Education - May 2024 Dear Colleague Letter
• Executive Order 13899 Combatting Antisemitism
• Antisemitism Definition: International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition 
• Introduction to the Holocaust and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• "Combating Antisemitism with Human Rights and International Law," by Michal Cotler-Wunsh, the ninth in a pamphlet series published by the Academic Engagement Network (AEN), December 2023.

• Erasive Antisemitism Fact Sheet prepared by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
• Arab Funding of American Universities: Donors, Recipients, and Impact (pdf), by Mitchell P. Bard, PhD, American Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), May 2024 
• Follow the Money: Qatar Funding of Higher Education, a publication series by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP)