by Maura Finkelstein | Jun 19, 2026 | Antisemitism, Higher Education, Hillel, Israel, Op-Ed, Palestine, Students, Universities, Zionism
U.S. colleges and universities across the United States are using trainings, programming, and campus rules designed to “combat antisemitism” to directly contribute to a larger Zionist, right-wing trend that normalizes racism, Islamophobia, and the silencing of radical political thought rooted in liberation. The latest example of how this works was seen on June 5, when The Guardian broke the story…
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by Biplob Kumar Das | Jun 6, 2026 | education, Gaza, Genocide, Higher Education, Hillel, Israel, Israeli Military, News, Palestine, The New School
When members of The New School’s Student Senate were faced with a report detailing how Hillel International was providing material and logistical support to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, they voted on May 1 to cut all ties with their campus chapter of the national Jewish college network and to strip its funding. The student leaders hoped the school’s administration would go on to investigate Hillel’…
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by Joseph Mogul | May 12, 2026 | Hillel, Israel, News, Palestine, Student activisim, Students for Justice in Palestine, The New School
Ryder Glickman’s first day as chair of The New School University Student Senate (USS) was an eventful one. His inaugural act was to call a vote on a first-of-its-kind resolution to sanction Hillel at The New School. This vote followed the release of a 38-page report detailing Hillel’s potential violations of international law. The report, conducted by a student committee…
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