In Case You Missed It, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) wrote an op-ed for the Daily Wire condemning the antisemitism roiling American colleges—and school leaders’ refusal to address it. The op-ed follows the release of the Committee’s report, which found:
University leaders are still failing to show strong, decisive leadership to address antisemitism on college campuses.
Faculty members are legitimizing and amplifying antisemitism on college campuses.
Student groups are acting as ringleaders driving antisemitic harassment and hostility.
American universities operating campuses in the Middle East are failing in critical ways to fulfill their stated goal of promoting American values.
Last week, my home state of Michigan witnessed something truly terrifying: a terrorist attack at a house of worship. The attacker drove a vehicle filled with explosives into a synagogue in West Bloomfield, just a few hours outside of my district
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But this attack isn’t an isolated one. It is part of a broader and deeply troubling rise in antisemitism that has spread across our country since the October 7 massacre.
Nowhere is that more evident than on our college campuses.
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On campuses across the nation—regardless of size or location—student groups are organizing to harass and intimidate Jewish students. Groups like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) are the ringleaders, often with the backing of similar faculty organizations.
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All too often, this chaos leads to violence. The Committee on Education and Workforce—of which I am the Chairman—heard from Michael Kaminsky, a student at DePaul University and a first-generation American who was assaulted by masked attackers for his efforts to promote dialogue about Israel and the Jewish faith. He was left with a fractured wrist and his friend was knocked unconscious.
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These actions are not happening in a vacuum. They are being encouraged—sometimes openly—by faculty.
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And yet, too many university leaders have failed to meet this moment… They hedge, they equivocate, and they fail to enforce even their own rules.
The result is what we see today: antisemitism that is spreading, intensifying, and, in some cases, turning violent.
My Committee has released a report documenting just how serious this problem has become.
The findings are clear: weak leadership, radical faculty, and emboldened student groups have created an environment where antisemitism festers—and Jewish students are paying the price.
