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Welcome to the Campus Alert. In each edition, ADL brings you the latest news, analysis and resources that affect students so you can stay informed and make your voice heard. Together, we can support students so they do not face hate alone.
Incident Response: ADL is here to help. If you have experienced an incident of antisemitism on campus or elsewhere,
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report it to ADL. We can offer support and resources.
If you want to subscribe,
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sign up here.
📰 Top Stories
ADL Builds Legal Dream Team to Combat Antisemitism. ADL has launched the ADL Legal Action Network, a
[link removed]
sweeping new initiative to connect victims of antisemitism with pro bono lawyers nationwide. Partnering with powerhouse firm Gibson Dunn and 40+ other firms representing 39,000 attorneys, ADL is supporting its advocacy and education work with direct legal action. AI tools will screen reports of harassment, discrimination, or violence and route qualifying cases to partner firms or ADL’s own legal team. CEO Jonathan Greenblatt calls it a “major expansion of the group’s support for Jewish Americans.” The effort builds on ADL’s
[link removed]
Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL), which has handled nearly 1,000 reports from colleges. Now, the effort extends to workplaces, schools, and public spaces — with the goal of holding perpetrators accountable and offering victims a clear path to justice.
👉 DEEPER:
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Read about ADL Legal Action Network
~~~~~
Georgia. A grim snapshot of America in 2025: a man in a full Nazi uniform allegedly smashes a glass pitcher into a University of Georgia student’s face,
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breaks her nose … and then becomes a neo-Nazi folk hero. That’s what allegedly took place with Kenneth Leland Morgan, who was arrested after video of the assault on 23-year-old Grace Lang went viral. The confrontation began when Morgan appears to have been denied entry to a bar and got into a shouting match with two women, one Jewish. Lang tried to rip off his swastika armband, calling it a “blatant attempt to instill fear,” and ended up with a broken nose, stitches and a black eye. White supremacist Paul Miller later helped bail Morgan out, with donors named “White Power” and “Joseph Goebbels” chipping in.
(Screenshot of Kenneth Leland Morgan | Source: YouTube/@Diaro AS)
~~~~~
American Association of University Professors. Senator Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Education Committee pilloried American Association of University Professors (AAUP) President Todd Wolfson. In a message to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) — AAUP’s parent union — Cassidy accused Wolfson of fomenting “organizational antisemitism” and cited
[link removed]
a letter that ADL and the Academic Engagement Network sent him earlier this year about similar concerns. Not mincing words, Cassidy wrote “In the six months since he received this warning from one of the nation’s leading organizations dedicated to fighting antisemitism [ADL], Dr. Wolfson has not only failed to address these concerns but has exacerbated them.” The senator gave the AFT until November 6th to explain what steps are being taken to address this issue.
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Yale. In a historic first, more than 450 Asian Jewish students from 15 campuses came together at Yale University for the first-ever
[link removed]
Asian Jewish Shabbaton — celebrating the intersection of rich cultures and traditions. Hosted by the Asian Jewish Union at Yale, the event blended food, faith and dialogue, with students unpacking everything from cultural stereotypes to experiences with antisemitism and anti-Asian hate. Friday night’s “challah and chopsticks” Shabbat — the largest student Shabbat in Yale Hillel’s history — set the tone for a weekend filled with food, music and meaningful discussion amongst “natural allies,” as one student put it.
~~~~~
Washington D.C. At Catholic University of America,
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tensions flared at a student-hosted event featuring two former IDF soldiers. The speakers, invited by Students Supporting Israel (SSI), spoke about their service and the importance of “keeping Jewish security in the hands of Jews.” Around 50 protesters disrupted the event, with one student removed for shouting accusations of genocide. Days later, the student senate rejected the IHRA definition of antisemitism and entertained a proposal to ban pro-Israel clubs altogether. SSI president Felipe Avila called the effort “a profound betrayal of our Catholic intellectual tradition,” adding, “Our university is built on the pursuit of truth, not the suppression of it.
More speech, not less, is the answer.”
🏆 Campus Champions
Pomona Protector. When masked agitators tried to disrupt a Oct. 7 commemoration at Pomona College, Jill Stark
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didn’t flinch. The Director of Community Relations at Claremont Hillel immediately joined five other faculty to form a human barrier between the anti-Israel protesters and the students — many of whom had gathered to hear from a survivor of the Hamas massacre. The masked group shouted, “Zionists are not welcome here,” trying to intimidate and provoke. “They would have had to go through us to get further into the room,” Stark said. The protesters, armed with a camera, perhaps hoping for a viral moment, were soon removed. Pomona’s president and dean denounced the disruption as “outrageous and cruel,” vowing disciplinary action.
~~~~~
Scholarly Resistance. While some campuses have become hotbeds for politicization and antisemitism, some, like Dr. Tim Orr, are helping chart a different course,
[link removed]
one grounded in principle, not pressures. Orr, a professor and religious studies scholar, recently wrote about his decision to attend the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) Conference, over the increasingly politicized Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Conference. His move reflects a growing cohort of scholars refusing to let antisemitism and ideological litmus tests define higher ed. “Two years of attending ASMEA have reminded me what scholarship can be when it refuses to bend to politics,” he shared. At a time when honest discourse about Israel is under siege, ASMEA stands out as a space where Jewish and non-Jewish scholars alike can engage
with integrity and without intimidation.
GO DEEPER: Check out ADL’s
[link removed]
Best Practices Guide for Addressing Antisemitism in Associations.
3. 🎒 K-12 CORNER
Violence As a Recruitment Strategy. Two elite Fairfax County high schools are under fire after Muslim Student Association chapters posted Instagram videos that
[link removed]
staged kidnappings and violent scenes to recruit participants. Fairfax County public school system (FCPS) told Jewish Insider that “These videos depict violence, including kidnappings, with victims being hooded and placed in the trunk of a car,” adding any students found in violation “will be held accountable for their actions.” The clips, from Langley High and Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology, were taken down after the outcry. Local leaders are demanding swift, transparent discipline and clearer school controls to prevent official logos and names from being used on unauthorized accounts.
~~~~~
“Never Back Down.” Take boring standardized tests... Check. Write and rewrite a convincing college application essay... Check. Prepare for possible antisemitic experiences on campus… Are you ready for that? Two St. Louis congregations are
[link removed]
reporting success from the national pilot Beren Scholars Program that their high-school students are taking part in before they hit the quad for the first time. Among the guest speakers who talked with the participants was ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt, whose advice to the students was: “Never back down from who you are, no matter how much hate surrounds you. The Jewish community is stronger than the antisemitism around us and can get past it.”
DEEPER: Getting ready to consider colleges? One helpful resource is ADL’s
[link removed]
Campus Antisemitism Report Card, which assesses how 135 schools are (or are not) addressing antisemitism.
~~~~~
The Kids Table Gets Political. In response to a surge of antisemitic incidents in Seattle schools, a new Washington state political action committee called
[link removed]
The Kids Table is backing “pro-Jewish candidates” in local school board races. The PAC — made up of parents, professionals, and community advocates — argues that fighting bias must start “further upstream,” at the K–12 level, where they say antisemitism often goes unchecked. The PAC points to troubling incidents in Seattle Public Schools, such as flag burnings, threats against Jewish students, and a teacher’s dismissal for justifying violence against Israelis. At its core, the PAC’s message is simple: protect Jewish students now to shape a safer, more informed future later.
📣 Info and Action
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Campus Community Advocacy Toolkit — From incident reporting and educational resources to letter-writing campaigns and Know Your Rights factsheets, ADL has clear steps for you to take action and effect change on college campuses.
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[link removed]
University Administration — Guidance and best practices for making campuses safer and more inclusive.
-
[link removed]
Campus Antisemitism Report Card — See the grades of 135 universities, the current state of antisemitism on campus and how colleges and universities are responding.
-
[link removed]
General Campus Resources — ADL Backgrounders, Educational Programming, Research and Analysis and more.
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Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL) (CALL) — College or university students, professors, or employees who want to report campus incidents of antisemitic discrimination, intimidation, harassment, vandalism or violence that may necessitate legal action can report to CALL for legal support.
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K-12 Advocacy Resources — Tools and knowledge to foster and advocate for a safe, inclusive and equitable school environment for all.
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K-12 Advocacy Resources for Independent Schools — Additional resources for members of independent K-12 school communities.
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K-12 Antisemitism Legal Line — Parents and other interested adults in California, Massachusetts and New York can report incidents of antisemitic discrimination, intimidation, harassment, vandalism or violence occurring in K-12 schools to the K-12 Antisemitism Legal Line.
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Report an Antisemitic Incident.
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Welcome to the Campus Alert. In each edition, ADL brings you the latest news, analysis and resources that affect students so you can stay informed and make your voice heard. Together, we can support students so they do not face hate alone.
Incident Response: ADL is here to help. If you have experienced an incident of antisemitism on campus or elsewhere,
[link removed]
report it to ADL. We can offer support and resources.
If you want to subscribe,
[link removed]
sign up here.
📰 Top Stories
ADL Builds Legal Dream Team to Combat Antisemitism. ADL has launched the ADL Legal Action Network, a
[link removed]
sweeping new initiative to connect victims of antisemitism with pro bono lawyers nationwide. Partnering with powerhouse firm Gibson Dunn and 40+ other firms representing 39,000 attorneys, ADL is supporting its advocacy and education work with direct legal action. AI tools will screen reports of harassment, discrimination, or violence and route qualifying cases to partner firms or ADL’s own legal team. CEO Jonathan Greenblatt calls it a “major expansion of the group’s support for Jewish Americans.” The effort builds on ADL’s
[link removed]
Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL), which has handled nearly 1,000 reports from colleges. Now, the effort extends to workplaces, schools, and public spaces — with the goal of holding perpetrators accountable and offering victims a clear path to justice.
👉 DEEPER:
[link removed]
Read about ADL Legal Action Network
~~~~~
Georgia. A grim snapshot of America in 2025: a man in a full Nazi uniform allegedly smashes a glass pitcher into a University of Georgia student’s face,
[link removed]
breaks her nose … and then becomes a neo-Nazi folk hero. That’s what allegedly took place with Kenneth Leland Morgan, who was arrested after video of the assault on 23-year-old Grace Lang went viral. The confrontation began when Morgan appears to have been denied entry to a bar and got into a shouting match with two women, one Jewish. Lang tried to rip off his swastika armband, calling it a “blatant attempt to instill fear,” and ended up with a broken nose, stitches and a black eye. White supremacist Paul Miller later helped bail Morgan out, with donors named “White Power” and “Joseph Goebbels” chipping in.
(Screenshot of Kenneth Leland Morgan | Source: YouTube/@Diaro AS)
~~~~~
American Association of University Professors. Senator Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Education Committee pilloried American Association of University Professors (AAUP) President Todd Wolfson. In a message to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) — AAUP’s parent union — Cassidy accused Wolfson of fomenting “organizational antisemitism” and cited
[link removed]
a letter that ADL and the Academic Engagement Network sent him earlier this year about similar concerns. Not mincing words, Cassidy wrote “In the six months since he received this warning from one of the nation’s leading organizations dedicated to fighting antisemitism [ADL], Dr. Wolfson has not only failed to address these concerns but has exacerbated them.” The senator gave the AFT until November 6th to explain what steps are being taken to address this issue.
~~~~~
Yale. In a historic first, more than 450 Asian Jewish students from 15 campuses came together at Yale University for the first-ever
[link removed]
Asian Jewish Shabbaton — celebrating the intersection of rich cultures and traditions. Hosted by the Asian Jewish Union at Yale, the event blended food, faith and dialogue, with students unpacking everything from cultural stereotypes to experiences with antisemitism and anti-Asian hate. Friday night’s “challah and chopsticks” Shabbat — the largest student Shabbat in Yale Hillel’s history — set the tone for a weekend filled with food, music and meaningful discussion amongst “natural allies,” as one student put it.
~~~~~
Washington D.C. At Catholic University of America,
[link removed]
tensions flared at a student-hosted event featuring two former IDF soldiers. The speakers, invited by Students Supporting Israel (SSI), spoke about their service and the importance of “keeping Jewish security in the hands of Jews.” Around 50 protesters disrupted the event, with one student removed for shouting accusations of genocide. Days later, the student senate rejected the IHRA definition of antisemitism and entertained a proposal to ban pro-Israel clubs altogether. SSI president Felipe Avila called the effort “a profound betrayal of our Catholic intellectual tradition,” adding, “Our university is built on the pursuit of truth, not the suppression of it.
More speech, not less, is the answer.”
🏆 Campus Champions
Pomona Protector. When masked agitators tried to disrupt a Oct. 7 commemoration at Pomona College, Jill Stark
[link removed]
didn’t flinch. The Director of Community Relations at Claremont Hillel immediately joined five other faculty to form a human barrier between the anti-Israel protesters and the students — many of whom had gathered to hear from a survivor of the Hamas massacre. The masked group shouted, “Zionists are not welcome here,” trying to intimidate and provoke. “They would have had to go through us to get further into the room,” Stark said. The protesters, armed with a camera, perhaps hoping for a viral moment, were soon removed. Pomona’s president and dean denounced the disruption as “outrageous and cruel,” vowing disciplinary action.
~~~~~
Scholarly Resistance. While some campuses have become hotbeds for politicization and antisemitism, some, like Dr. Tim Orr, are helping chart a different course,
[link removed]
one grounded in principle, not pressures. Orr, a professor and religious studies scholar, recently wrote about his decision to attend the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) Conference, over the increasingly politicized Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Conference. His move reflects a growing cohort of scholars refusing to let antisemitism and ideological litmus tests define higher ed. “Two years of attending ASMEA have reminded me what scholarship can be when it refuses to bend to politics,” he shared. At a time when honest discourse about Israel is under siege, ASMEA stands out as a space where Jewish and non-Jewish scholars alike can engage
with integrity and without intimidation.
GO DEEPER: Check out ADL’s
[link removed]
Best Practices Guide for Addressing Antisemitism in Associations.
3. 🎒 K-12 CORNER
Violence As a Recruitment Strategy. Two elite Fairfax County high schools are under fire after Muslim Student Association chapters posted Instagram videos that
[link removed]
staged kidnappings and violent scenes to recruit participants. Fairfax County public school system (FCPS) told Jewish Insider that “These videos depict violence, including kidnappings, with victims being hooded and placed in the trunk of a car,” adding any students found in violation “will be held accountable for their actions.” The clips, from Langley High and Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology, were taken down after the outcry. Local leaders are demanding swift, transparent discipline and clearer school controls to prevent official logos and names from being used on unauthorized accounts.
~~~~~
“Never Back Down.” Take boring standardized tests... Check. Write and rewrite a convincing college application essay... Check. Prepare for possible antisemitic experiences on campus… Are you ready for that? Two St. Louis congregations are
[link removed]
reporting success from the national pilot Beren Scholars Program that their high-school students are taking part in before they hit the quad for the first time. Among the guest speakers who talked with the participants was ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt, whose advice to the students was: “Never back down from who you are, no matter how much hate surrounds you. The Jewish community is stronger than the antisemitism around us and can get past it.”
DEEPER: Getting ready to consider colleges? One helpful resource is ADL’s
[link removed]
Campus Antisemitism Report Card, which assesses how 135 schools are (or are not) addressing antisemitism.
~~~~~
The Kids Table Gets Political. In response to a surge of antisemitic incidents in Seattle schools, a new Washington state political action committee called
[link removed]
The Kids Table is backing “pro-Jewish candidates” in local school board races. The PAC — made up of parents, professionals, and community advocates — argues that fighting bias must start “further upstream,” at the K–12 level, where they say antisemitism often goes unchecked. The PAC points to troubling incidents in Seattle Public Schools, such as flag burnings, threats against Jewish students, and a teacher’s dismissal for justifying violence against Israelis. At its core, the PAC’s message is simple: protect Jewish students now to shape a safer, more informed future later.
📣 Info and Action
-
[link removed]
Campus Community Advocacy Toolkit — From incident reporting and educational resources to letter-writing campaigns and Know Your Rights factsheets, ADL has clear steps for you to take action and effect change on college campuses.
-
[link removed]
University Administration — Guidance and best practices for making campuses safer and more inclusive.
-
[link removed]
Campus Antisemitism Report Card — See the grades of 135 universities, the current state of antisemitism on campus and how colleges and universities are responding.
-
[link removed]
General Campus Resources — ADL Backgrounders, Educational Programming, Research and Analysis and more.
-
[link removed]
Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL) (CALL) — College or university students, professors, or employees who want to report campus incidents of antisemitic discrimination, intimidation, harassment, vandalism or violence that may necessitate legal action can report to CALL for legal support.
-
[link removed]
K-12 Advocacy Resources — Tools and knowledge to foster and advocate for a safe, inclusive and equitable school environment for all.
-
[link removed]
K-12 Advocacy Resources for Independent Schools — Additional resources for members of independent K-12 school communities.
-
[link removed]
K-12 Antisemitism Legal Line — Parents and other interested adults in California, Massachusetts and New York can report incidents of antisemitic discrimination, intimidation, harassment, vandalism or violence occurring in K-12 schools to the K-12 Antisemitism Legal Line.
-
[link removed]
Report an Antisemitic Incident.
Do you have something to share with us? Please email us at
mailto:[email protected]
[email protected] with any suggestions, questions, photos or videos.
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Support Our Work
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Read Our Blog and Follow Us
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