Hotspots of Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Sentiment on US Campuses | Page 23

Hotspots of antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment on US campuses thirds of the schools less than 10% heard “frequently” or “all the time” that “Israelis behave like Nazis.” This was the statement that students were the most likely to report hearing at all schools. A small number of schools emerge as being the settings for students’ frequent exposure to these antisemitic statements: UCLA, BU, Rutgers, NYU, CUNY-Brooklyn, and the Cal State schools.4 This set of schools has a significant overlap with the schools identified as having a high level of perceived hostility to Jews. The highest levels of perceived hostility toward Jews were at UCLA, CUNY-Brooklyn, Illinois, UCSB, and the other UC schools. Figure 7 presents the proportion of students at each of these campuses who reported having heard one or more of seven antisemitic 17 statements on their campus. It is clear that the content of antisemitic rhetoric students are exposed to differs by school. At CUNY-Brooklyn, and the various UC campuses, where respondents tended to perceive a hostile environment toward both Jews and Israel, close to 20% reported having heard that “Israelis behave like Nazis.” At Illinois, where perceived hostility to Israel was much lower, only 7% reported hearing this statement. Almost 20% of respondents at UCLA reported having heard that Jews have too much power, but this statement was only rarely heard elsewhere. Fewer than 10% of respondents at any of these schools reported hearing others deny the Holocaust or claim that Jews can’t be American. Figure 7: Exposure to antisemitic remarks on campus 100% 80% 60% 40% Other UC schools UCSB Illinois CUNY-Brooklyn UCLA 20% 0% Jews have too much power Jews Deny the Israelis Jews can't exploit Holocaust behave be the like Nazis American Holocaust Jews are different from other Americans Jews are more loyal to Israel Note: “Since coming to {school}, how often, if at all, have you PERSONALLY heard anyone on campus suggest that...?”