On January 21, for example, students inside Yale University's Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life were reportedly kicked out of their own event during an anti-Israel protest.
Several Jewish students tried to record the protesters who had gathered inside as they sang and chanted under the protection of the facility's staff. Video also shows workers telling students who tried to film that they could not film in that space, and they were escorted away.
The College Fix reports that some students' phones were confiscated and their footage of the incident deleted.
Susan Tuchman, Esq., director of the Zionist Organization of America's (ZOA) Center for Law and Justice, says what occurred at what "is supposed to be a haven for Jewish students, a home for Jewish students" is "deeply troubling."
The staff facilitating the anti-Israel protesters as they made the Jewish center a hostile environment for Jewish students, she adds, is beyond bad.
"It was horrifying to hear that there were Jewish students who felt that they had to hide in a bathroom," Tuchman submits. "Students felt unsafe. They felt that they were betrayed by the staff at the Center for Jewish Life."
As for whether the students were allowed to film in the center, she looked into Yale's policy on recording.
"It looks like the students who were trying to document the conduct had the right to do it, and they were prevented from doing so," Tuchman relays.
Referring back to Hamas' terror attack on Israel October 7, 2023, when innocent men, women, and children were murdered, mutilated, raped, and/or kidnapped, she says one would think that antisemitism would have gone down in this country, that people would feel empathy and compassion for what the Jewish people have been enduring.
Instead, it has surged around the world, especially on U.S. college campuses.
"I myself don't understand it," the attorney admits.
Meanwhile, President Trump continues his sweeping executive orders on a range of topics, including antisemitism. Conditions for Jewish students have been improving as institutions face disciplinary actions for refusing to protect Jews.
