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6 | APRIL 25 • 2024
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opinion
Elite Universities Fail to Make the Grade
I
n the past several
years, and especially in
the aftermath of Oct.
7, American campuses
generally have become
cesspits of Jew-hatred (often
flimsily disguised as “anti-
Zionism”, but
rank bigotry
nonetheless).
Students,
parents and
donors have
been clamoring
for guidance on
how to respond.
Now we have it.
The Anti-Defamation
League has released its
Antisemitism Campus
Report Card, which provides
a withering assessment of
conditions on America’s
most elite colleges and
universities. Of the 85
campuses surveyed on a
letter-grade basis, only
two, including historically
Jewish Brandeis University,
received an A. Every Ivy
League school except
Dartmouth College
performed abysmally, getting
Ds and Fs (Dartmouth
earned a Gentleschool’s C).
Many other of the nation’s
most elite and selective
institutions, including the
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Stanford
University and my own alma
mater — the University of
Chicago — flunked out.
So, where do we go from
here? The ADL has blazed
the path for us admirably;
now it’s our turn to step up.
One of the many dirty
secrets about college
David
Gemunder
JNS.org
Pillars on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.
MICHAEL WARWICK/SHUTTERSTOCK.
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