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TODAY IS 9/11
On September 11, 2001, the world was forever changed. Members of Al-Qaeda perpetrated the deadliest act of terror in U.S. history.
Our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of the nearly 3,000 people who were killed 24 years ago today. May their memories forever be a blessing.
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SURVEY: 38% of Jewish Faculty Have Hidden Jewish or Zionist Identity on Campus
According to a new survey just released by ADL and the Academic Engagement Network, some of the key drivers of the antisemitism faced by Jewish faculty on U.S. college campuses are their fellow faculty, university staff and administrators. In these situations, Jewish-identifying faculty report being targeted by peers and colleagues in boycott, smear and doxxing campaigns.
As one faculty member said: “This is as bad as it gets. This has been a multi-prong attack on me because I stood up regularly against antisemitism on campus.” Significantly, 38 percent reported feeling a need to hide their Jewish and/or Zionist identity on campus. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called for more support for these embattled educators: “Universities must recognize that academic excellence cannot thrive when faculty members are marginalized based on their identity.”
+READ: In a companion backgrounder, the ADL Center on Extremism reports on Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine,
a growing network of more than 130 affiliated anti-Zionist and anti-Israel university faculty and staff groups that organize anti-Israel activities on campus, boost local SJP chapters, advance BDS and challenge institutional ties to Israel.
👉 TAKE ACTION: Your voice carries weight. Join ADL in calling on the schools you care about to make their campuses safe from hate. Click here to use our advocacy tool to write to a school’s leadership and urge them to take action in support of students and faculty.
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Calls for Violence Punctuate Second Annual People’s Conference for Palestine:
The second annual People’s Conference for Palestine highlighted growing extremism within the anti-Israel movement, marked by direct calls for violence and aggressive rhetoric. In a new report from the ADL Center on Extremism, find out more about the gathering and how worrisome trends and tactics that gained traction in the wake of 10/7 have become normalized. The speaker roster included convicted terrorists; elected U.S. officials; university professors and student organizers; activist group leaders and others.
Read more about this anti-Israel assembly.
Hill Hearings on Antisemitism in Education:
The U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee hosted hearings titled “From Playground to Classroom: The Spread of Antisemitism in K-12 Schools” and “Unmasking Union Antisemitism.” ADL appreciates the Committee’s focus on the growing crisis of antisemitism in education that undermines the safety and integrity of our schools. There must be more support for Holocaust education to teach about the importance of confronting antisemitism and hate; adequate funds for the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights; resources and training for administrators and educators to ensure they promptly respond to incidents of antisemitic harassment; and
mechanisms to hold educators and unions accountable if their actions normalize antisemitism or delegitimize Jewish identity. You can see the letter ADL sent to the House Education & Workforce’s Subcommittee about K-12 concerns.
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Taking Stock of Our Impact on Corporations:
Following the launch of its Jewish advocacy ETF (exchange-traded fund), ADL-affiliated JLens conducted an impactful first proxy season — the period from April to June when most large U.S. public companies hold their annual meetings and investors can have their say on a company’s behavior, policy and leadership. Our voices were heard loud and clear:
- On behalf of Jewish institutional and individual investors, JLens cast proxy votes on over 4,700 proposals on more than 360 company ballots.
- JLens filed a proposal on Meta’s ballot, supporting stronger protections against antisemitism and hate across its social media platforms. It was the top-performing human rights-related proposal of the 2025 proxy season, receiving the support of 46.8% of independent shareholders and signaling to the company that its investors care about this issue.
- JLens also successfully campaigned against anti-Israel shareholder proposals filed at Intel, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Alphabet that sought to deprive Israel of defense and technology tools. All proposals received low shareholder support of less than 10%.
Read more about JLens’ impactful work here.
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