"Early #research from the #University of British Columbia suggests that when #Jewish #students experience increases in #antisemitism-related #stress—even week to week—their #depressive #symptoms also rise. The same pattern holds for stress tied to the #Israel–#Palestine conflict itself.

The study, led by former #UBC student Talia Morstead and #psychology #professor Anita DeLongis, followed 253 #Jewishstudents at 108 institutions through weekly surveys from January to mid-May 2024. It found that students who coped by withdrawing—avoiding conversations, avoiding news, avoiding #campus spaces—recorded significantly worse #mentalhealth outcomes than those who sought support, talked to others, or made concrete plans in response to #discrimination. The #researchers warn that institutional climates that downplay antisemitism can unintentionally encourage avoidance coping, which their data links to higher #depression."

https://thecjn.ca/news/hillels-expand-mental-health-supports-as-jewish-students-retreat-from-campus-life-amid-rising-antisemitism/

Jewish students walk out after MIT commencement speaker accuses university of aiding Israel’s ‘genocide’: https://newscats.org/jewish-students-walk-out-after-mit-commencement-speaker-accuses-university-of-aiding-israels-genocide

#MITCommencement,
#IsraelGaza,#Israel-Hamas,
#DivestFromIsrael,
#StandWithPalestine,
#JewishStudents,
#AntisemitismOnCampus,
#CampusProtests,
#StudentActivism,
#FreeSpeech,#MeghaVemuri
#AcademicFreedom, #Genocide

What Jewish life looks like for teens from Iceland to Beijing, where the Jewish communities are small and antisemitism is high, By Jacob Gurvis June 13, 2024

"...“People have to seek out to find a group of Jewish people,” Yang said, “Not like the U.S., where I think it’s easier to find Jewish people around you, so people think it’s normal to see someone who’s Jewish..."

It's funny in a way - teens from small towns in foreign lands must think all of the US is like NY or LA. Kids here in flyover country often feel like these kids from small Jewish communities in Europe or Asia - isolated and surrounded by actual or potential hostility.

https://www.jta.org/2024/06/13/global/what-jewish-life-looks-like-for-teens-from-iceland-to-beijing-where-the-jewish-communities-are-small-and-antisemitism-is-high

#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JFedi #JewishStudents #Antisemitism

#UniversityOfDenver set up an ongoing #GazaSolidarity #encampment demanding DU #divests from #Israel.

#Students with DU chapter of #JewishVoiceForPeace speak on DU’s “failure to consider the entire student body, only prioritizing the voices of the #Zionist sect of #Judaism on campus” & how #JewishStudents who support the encampment are “continually being overlooked & misrepresented by upper administration & peers,” according to the encampment’s media representatives.

https://www.youtube.com/live/D2uzyttH6QA?si=pV73CYG6C0RrrXsL

These #proHamas agitators aren't even trying to hide their brazen #antisemitism. They sent Jewish students a letter threatening them, their freedom, and their safety if they don't singlehandedly liberate the #Palestinians and destroy #Israel. It's time for these #IslamistTerrorists to stop harassing and committing violence against innocent #JewishStudents, and go find something else to do with their time. Their #lawlessness is getting really tired.

#IsrealPalestineWar

https://freebeacon.com/campus/columbia-law-school-students-send-menacing-email-to-jewish-classmates-you-threaten-everyones-safety/

#GazaProtests #JewishStudents

"We cannot ignore Jewish students supporting the Columbia encampment | Quotable" [ < 1 min]
by aljazeeraenglish

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_xsC2UPkjtM

With the lack of safety that Jews are experiencing on US college and university campuses, I thought it might be a good time to bring back up this amazing podcast series called Gatecrashers, about the Ivy League and their treatment of Jews.

https://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/gatecrashers

#Jews #IvyLeague #antisemitism #University #college #JewishStudents #History

#Jewish #students hear #FromTheRiverToTheSea as an open call for the #eradication of #Israel, a haunting proposition given the legacy of the #Holocaust that led to Israel’s creation. The phrase has been printed on fliers & projected onto the facade of a bldg at #GWU George Washington Univ. It has been accompanied by other boilerplate like “Glory to our martyrs,” in which #JewishStudents see praise for killing Jewish #civilians, as #Hamas did earlier this month.

#antisemitism #RacistOpportunists

The solemn & peaceable candlelight vigils from earlier this month preceded uglier confrontations, leaving #Jewish college #students feeling anxious, afraid & #unsafe.

Amid what the #Biden admin described as an “alarming rise” of #antisemitism on #college #campuses, some #JewishStudents say they feel more vulnerable than ever before.

#Jews #HateCrimes #racism #WhiteChristianNationalism #ViolentExtremists #RacistOpportunists #NationalSecurity #Israel #Hamas #war

Recent days have witnessed what #JewishStudents & watchdog groups describe as a raft of #antisemitic incidents on #college #campuses.

#Jews #Jewish #antisemitism #HateCrimes #WhiteChristianNationalism #racism #ViolentExtremists #RacistOpportunists #NationalSecurity #Israel #Hamas #war
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/10/31/antisemitism-college-campuses-jewish-hamas-gaza/