The 40 Worst Colleges for Jewish Students

The Algemeiner has published its first annual list of the “40 Worst Campuses for Jewish Students” in the United States and Canada. Among the “honorees” cited by the national Jewish newspaper are some of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in both countries.

Grabbing the top spots for ignominy are Columbia University and Vassar College in the United States, followed by the University of Toronto and McGill University in Canada. Rounding out the top five anti-Semitic campuses is the University of Chicago. I guess “Mazel Tov!” is not in order here.

The Algemeiner findings are consistent with a study conducted earlier this year by the anti-Semitism watchdog group AMCHA Initiative, revealing that campuses with anti-Israel activity (often in the form of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement) and where Students for Justice in Palestine chapters are promoting BDS and advocating against the Jewish state, anti-Semitism tends to be a part of life for Jewish students.

And while these are the 40 worst, anti-Semitism in the guise of anti-Zionism can be found on most any campus. So, avoiding an anti-Semitic campus is about as easy as a European Jewish refugee trying to find an open door before or even after World War II.

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