Overview

• The Jüdische Studierendenunion presented a demand catalogue to university leadership and to state and federal ministries calling for enforceable measures at higher-education institutions.
• Core proposals include binding action plans for antisemitic occupations or demonstrations on campus, mandatory qualified antisemitism officers at every university, and laws restricting such demonstrations near academic sites.
• Further asks outlined in the coverage include adopting the IHRA definition in university statutes, certifying antisemitism officers through the science ministers’ conference, and enabling sanctions on universities that fail to protect Jewish students.
• JSUD’s survey and first-hand accounts describe a hostile environment since October 7 with insults, threats and safety concerns that have led some students to avoid campus spaces or switch to online seminars.
• Context cited by JSUD includes about 450 antisemitic incidents at universities recorded by RIAS in the past year and the April conviction in Berlin of an attacker in the 2024 assault on student Lahav Shapira, with another related proceeding pending.