More than half of all Jewish students are hiding their faith or avoiding classes altogether to avoid antisemitism on campus, a damning report has found.
Jewish university students are hiding their faith, removing religious clothing and avoiding class to escape antisemitic harassment on campuses nationwide.
A shocking new report into antisemitism at Australian universities has revealed more than half of Jewish students have hidden their identity and one in five have avoided campus altogether to evade antisemitism, prompting calls for urgent action from the Albanese government.
The online survey of 563 students, by the Zionist Federation of Australia, found 56 per cent had experienced antisemitism at university, while 28 per cent reported their teachers had ignored or engaged in antisemitic behaviour.
Sixty-six per cent of respondents who attended Melbourne University reported experiences of antisemitism, compared to 57 per cent from Monash and 48 per cent from Deakin.
Monash University Arts-Law student Paris Enten said antisemitism on campus was “inescapable”.
On her first day on campus, the 21-year-old said she was surrounded by a group of anti-Israel activists who began “marching up and down and chanting ‘We won’t stop until people like you are kicked off campus’,” after she revealed she was Jewish.
“They had no idea of my opinions on Israel. All they knew was that I was Jewish,” she said.
Read the article by Carly Douglas in the Herald Sun.