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US Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights says antisemitism in America is 'national crisis'

According to Dhillon, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is working to ensure that every American, including Israeli-Americans, can 'live, learn, pray, and work without fear.'

Harmeet K. Dhillon speaks at the IAC National Summit 2026 at The Diplomat Beach Resort on January 17, 2026 in Hollywood, Florida; illustrative
Student protesters stand watch along the perimeter of an encampment supporting Palestinians at the Columbia University campus, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 25, 2024

American campuses are being bought by foreign actors - opinion

The pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA was erected after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks in Israel.

Trump administration again sues UCLA over antisemitism, alleging ‘hostile educational environment’

Former hostage Omer Shem Tov speaks, as people celebrate at the "Hostages square", after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 9, 2025.

Jewish students deserve more than conditional empathy - opinion


UCLA, student president distance themselves from student gov't that condemned former Gaza hostage

USAC had argued that the Nazarian Center's sponsorship of the April 14 event reflected a disregard for Palestinian life and made the university complicit in amplifying one sided narratives.

A man walks through the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, US, August 11, 2025.

Women hit far harder than men by October 7 war media overload - study

Researchers looked at what happens when people absorb trauma indirectly, through constant exposure to disturbing images, videos, and stories. They call it “secondary trauma.”

A WOMAN lies in bed, looking at her phone.

Federal prosecutors resign over Trump DOJ handling of UC antisemitism probe

“I am highly skeptical of whether this administration actually cares about Jewish people or antisemitism,” said Dena Robinson, a Jewish and Black former senior trial attorney.

The UCLA campus seen Nov. 19, 2025.

Trump can’t levy antisemitism fines against the University of California, judge rules

University staffers and academic groups had sued the administration, saying that Trump’s actions were already having a punishing effect on their First Amendment concerns.

 Signs in support of Palestinians in Gaza are set up along with reinforcements to block the doorway of a building at an encampment after protesters were asked to leave by UCLA campus police at the University of California, Los Angeles, California, US, May 2, 2024.

We must fight antisemitism to save our universities themselves - opinion

Today, American universities occupy the top position that German universities held 100 years ago. Decades after the end of World War II, they have not regained their past global preeminence.

Nazis bar Jews from a university in Vienna in 1938.

Judge orders Trump administration to restore part of UCLA's suspended funding

UCLA said last week the government froze $584 million in funding over campus protests on the Israel-Hamas War.

 PROTESTERS SUPPORTING Palestinians in Gaza gather at UCLA in May.

UCLA holds emergency meeting after Trump demands $1b. antisemitism settlement

UC President James Milliken said that the Justice Department had made the proposal to UCLA on Friday, on the heels of the university system’s offer to engage “in good faith dialogue."

 PROTESTERS SUPPORTING Palestinians in Gaza gather at UCLA in May.

UCLA says Trump administration froze $584 million of its federal funding

The Trump administration has threatened to cut federal funds for universities over pro-Palestinian protests against the Israel-Hamas War.

 PROTESTERS SUPPORTING Palestinians in Gaza gather at UCLA in May.

UCLA settles for $6.5m with Jewish students, professor over failure to prevent antisemitism

UCLA will pay nearly $6.5 million to the Jewish defendants and $320,000 to the UCLA Initiative to Combat Antisemitism.

 Signs in support of Palestinians in Gaza are set up along with reinforcements to block the doorway of a building at an encampment after protesters were asked to leave by UCLA campus police at the University of California, Los Angeles, California, US, May 2, 2024.

UCLA violated federal civil rights law for failing to protect Jewish, Israeli students, DOJ says

The US Justice Department alleged that UCLA failed to prevent a hostile environment for its Jewish and Israeli students since the start of October 2023.

 Law enforcement officers carry a protester at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), during a pro-Palestinian protest, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 2, 2024.