As a new academic year begins, antisemitism remains a major reason for concern, but growing interest in courses on Israel provides some necessary hopeEran Eldar03:25 PM • August 31 2026 IDTThis week, university gates across the United States will open once again. The familiar excitement of returning students, new courses, and fresh intellectual energy is already in the air. Yet alongside this sense of renewal, unease is growing.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel educationCampus protestsAntisemitismanti-Israel CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesIran-U.S.E1 West BankBritish AcitivistEl-Sayed NetanyahuNBC CrewRoger WatersPollHaQuizHaaretz PodcastWhat I Learned by Teaching American University Students About IsraelEast Jerusalem Palestinian State Schools to Expand Access to Israeli CurriculumIDF: 16 Male Soldiers to Be Jailed for Refusing to Work With Female SoldierGefilte Fish Has Never Been Hotter: This Tiny Tel Aviv Eatery Is a Groyse MetsieSpain's Sanchez: Israel Amplified Disinformation Over Ceuta Migrant CrisisRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With Israel'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old CityPoll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below ThresholdJewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'Ben-Gvir's Ambush Shook Netanyahu – and Unleashed a War for Right-wing Votes