Overview

• ADL and WUJS report that 78% of Jewish students hid their Jewish identity and 81% hid their Zionist identity at least once in the past year.
• Safety concerns are widespread, with 34% of respondents knowing Jewish peers who were physically threatened and 19% knowing peers who were attacked.
• Discrimination is driven mainly by classmates (about 29%), compared with 9% from faculty or staff, with Orthodox students facing roughly double the discrimination and women concealing identity more often than men.
• Religious accommodations fall short for many students, with nearly 30% denied or only sometimes granted requests, including a higher denial rate in Europe (44%) versus elsewhere (20%).
• The survey spans 1,727 students across 60 countries during the 2024–25 academic year, and it fuels recommendations for IHRA adoption, dedicated antisemitism coordinators, stronger climate research and accommodations policies, as higher-education leaders convene to respond.