For several generations, US Jews have prided themselves on not only going to college but holding degrees from elite universities.
However, the tide may be turning after events in the past 9 months on college campuses, most notably, the anti-Israel encampment at Columbia and other universities.
Ivy League college presidents in December gave convoluted and evasive answers about protecting Jewish students from antisemitism on campus.
Many US students are making the switch from the “ivies” such as Harvard, Columbia and are going to what would have once been considered “safety schools” for their first choice.
The term “safety school” may take on a literal meaning as Jewish students in the US see the Ivy League as hotbeds of antisemitism.
According to the ADL’s Campus Antisemitism Report Card, the following institutions earned a failing grade: Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, University of Michigan, and Tufts University.
These schools barely passed but with a D grade: Columbia, Yale, Cornell, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, Brown, and all University of California campuses.
The elite school that was friendliest to Jews was, not surprisingly, Brandeis, which was named for the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice.
Schools getting a “B” grade from the ADL include: University of Florida, University of Central Florida Orlando, International University, University of Miami, Duke University, University of Texas, Washington University, Missouri, SUNY Binghamton, CUNY Brooklyn College, Ithaca College, Hofstra University, Amherst College, Towson University, and the University of Maryland.
