New Jersey High School Will Axe College Visits From Schools That Haven’t Promised To Protect Jewish Students

 A Jewish high school in New Jersey has said that they will prohibit college visits from schools that have not declared in writing that their leadership will defend Jewish students on campus.

New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz shared a copy of the letter in an X post: “Statement from a Jewish High School in NJ on allowing certain colleges to pitch their students.”

The letter, from Torah Academy of Bergen County, said that colleges would be required to provide a written plan of action detailing how they intended to ensure the safety and security of Jewish students on campus in case of continued or escalating unrest before they would be allowed on campus to recruit students.

Citing the terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas against Israeli civilians — and the subsequent rise in anti-Semitic threats and actions around the world and, particularly, on college campuses — the letter went on to stress the importance of college leadership standing up to protect Jewish students.

“While antisemitic hate crimes have been steadily increasing in recent years, they have become alarmingly brazen in recent weeks,” the letter read. “The conditions for Jewish students on many college campuses are intolerable. We are carefully monitoring the statements that universities have (or have not) issued, scrutinizing actions that college administrators have taken and hearing directly from our alumni about the discrimination they are currently experiencing. We applaud the leaders who have written to university presidents to express their shock and disappointment for their dereliction of duty to ensure the safety of their Jewish students.”

TABC took things a step further, however, saying that prior to scheduling campus visits for recruitment purposes, interested colleges would need to take steps to assure Jewish students that they would be safe on campus.

“Before college representatives can enter our building, they must bring a statement from their university leadership detailing their plans to protect and maintain the safety and security of our graduates on their campuses as Jews,” the letter continued. “We will continue to communicate to each college our serious concerns about the hostile environment permitted on their campuses based on the trends and incidents we are so closely tracking.”

The letter concluded by saying that any school that was unwilling to meet the demands as outlined would “not be welcome” at TABC.

TABC’s Rabbi Josh Kahn offered his thanks to those who continued to spread the school’s letter across social media – with many calling on other schools to do the same: “Thank you for your support and for spreading this!”