Staff Reports
The Biden administration’s lackluster response to the wave of antisemitism on college campuses in 2024 was a national disgrace. As Jewish students faced violence and vile harassment, Biden’s White House threw its hands up, feigning helplessness while the Ivy League and other liberal bastions of higher education preened and did absolutely nothing. Democrats love to talk about tolerance, but when it comes to standing up for Jewish students, their spinelessness is astonishing.
It's Amazing What a Little White House Browbeating of Schools Will Do to Address Antisemitism https://t.co/UH0V4HaTlw
— Lois Levine Fishman (@FishmanLevine) April 24, 2025
In 2025, with Trump back in office, we see a different story. Suddenly, it’s not so trendy to support pro-terrorist activities on campuses. Mere hours after yet another attempt to occupy part of Yale, a pro-Palestinian group learned the hard way that universities are no longer going to tolerate their intimidation tactics. No student group should ever feel emboldened to terrorize others simply because they feel untouchable, but the truth is, that’s what it had come to under liberal leadership. And if congress hadn’t forced those Ivy League leaders to answer for their failings, who knows how bad it would’ve gotten.
Why has there been such a sudden change? Because Trump didn’t play around with toothless condemnations or feeble attempts at appeasement. His administration made it clear: protect Jewish students or face the consequences. Threatening to cut off the endless stream of federal aid certainly got university administrators to sit up and pay attention. One wonders why these institutions only listen when their bottom line is at stake.
While a reduction in outward acts of antisemitism is a good start, the problem hasn’t been swept under the rug. Jewish students still worry about facing backlash in their social circles on campus, simply for existing. The cultural disease hasn’t been eradicated, and anyone who thinks otherwise is living in a liberal fantasy land.
Colleges have slapped on a band-aid solution, but how long they uphold it remains to be seen. The ball is in their court, and you can bet Trump and Congress will be watching them like hawks. Will they let the madness return, or will they continue to clamp down on these radicals masquerading as students? You better believe the American people will remember which universities stood up against hate when it mattered most.
