‘I’ve been called a genocide supporter, a white supremacist, and harassed; all for being publically Jewish,’ student says. Read this full article here.
Jewish students at the University of Illinois filed a formal complaint with the Department of Education alleging “an unrelenting campaign of anti-Semitic harassment” on campus, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. Read this article in full here.
Jewish students and their supporters announced Friday the filing of a federal complaint alleging an “unrelenting campaign of anti-Semitic harassment” at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read this article in full here.
The University of Illinois, in coordination with the Jewish community, today announced commitments to address the alarming increase in anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist harassment and discrimination on its campus. Jewish United Fund Chicago, Illini Hillel, Hillel International, Illini Chabad, Arnold & Porter, and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law issued the following joint statement: “We thank UIUC Chancellor Robert Jones for joining with us in issuing this statement today recognizing as ‘unacceptable’ the anti-Semitic harassment Jewish students at UIUC have experienced for years and committing that ‘the university must do more.’ The Chancellor’s validation of these students’ painful experiences is significant. We particularly appreciate the Chancellor’s acknowledgement of certain key points, e.g. Read this full press release here.
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced it opened a formal investigation into a complaint alleging Jewish students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have faced an unrelenting campaign of anti-Semitic harassment. Read this press release in full here.
University of Illinois Jewish students file complaint with U.S Department of Education alleging anti-Semitic hostile environment. Read this full press release here.
Over the past five years, the Jewish and pro-Israel students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (“UIUC”) have been subjected to a hostile environment of anti-Semitism. The anti-Semitism comes from both ends of the political spectrum: Jewish and pro-Israel students are peppered with swastikas by white supremacists on the extreme right while being labeled white supremacists by the extreme left. The situation has deteriorated to such an extent that in December 2019, the UIUC student body president circulated a university-wide email condemning the “epidemic of antisemitism on this campus.” This poisonous atmosphere has hindered the ability of Jewish and pro-Israel students to participate in UIUC’s classes and activities. Read this full complaint here.
Alyza D. Lewin, campus antisemitism, Executive Order 13899, First Amendment, Hillel Interntional, JUF, SJP, Students for Justice in Palestine, Title VI, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alyza D. Lewin, campus antisemitism, Hillel International, JUF, OCR, U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign