Good day and welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. This is Tuesday, November the 7th,

2023. I'm Chris Elkins narrating today's article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO,

Dr. Jim Denison. A month ago today, Hamas launched a barbaric attack on civilians in Israel.

When the news broke, who would have guessed that such horrific atrocities would provoke rising animosity,

not against the perpetrators, but against the people they seek to eradicate?

Cornell University canceled all classes recently after a student was arrested for allegedly threatening violent attacks against Jewish students at the college.

There has been an increasing police presence on campus since the threats were made.

After Harvard alumnus and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman met with students and faculty last week,

he described anti-Semitism on campus as much worse

than he realized and said, Jewish students are being bullied, physically intimidated, spat on,

and in several widely disseminated videos of one such incident, physically assaulted. He called on

Harvard's president to take immediate steps to reduce

anti-Semitism on campus. The Anti-Defamation League has documented a nearly 400% rise in

anti-Semitic incidents across the U.S. since October the 7th. As part of this escalation,

it reports 54 anti-Semitic incidents at American universities. What explains

this surge in anti-Semitism on our college campuses? Protest against Israel at America's

universities are nothing new. For example, a movement to, quote-unquote, boycott, divest from,

and sanctioned Israel, has been popular on college campuses since it was

launched in 2005. Opposition to Israel escalated after Hamas' invasion on October the 7th, even before

Israel began a military response. In the week since, such opposition has become deafening.

In response, I wrote a website white paper yesterday

explaining in detail two factors involved in this complex issue. Find a link to it in today's

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