The unexpected outcome of campus antisemitism – Rabbi Yossy Gordon

Antisemitic incidents on college campuses surged from under 300 total in the 2022-23 academic year to 1,854 last year, with the vast majority of incidents following the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. In light of the violence and rhetoric surrounding these events, one might have expected that participation in Jewish campus life would have declined due to fear and anxiety about expressing Judaism publicly. However, we have observed quite the opposite outcome at Chabad on Campus International.