We are the National Campus Jewish Alliance.
We are a national network of diverse groups of Jewish higher education workers – led by faculty, PhD students, and staff – united by our commitments to critical inquiry, freedom of expression, and multiracial democracy on our campuses and beyond.
We organize against the misuse of Jewish history, memory, and identity to erode higher education, silence dissent, and advance authoritarian projects locally, nationally, and internationally.
Points of agreement
Points of agreement
We affirm the diversity of Jewish people and reject claims that any one institution, ideology, political project, or organization speaks for all of us.
We fight against escalating antisemitism as well as the use of accusations of antisemitism to advance censorship, repression, and persecution.
We work in solidarity with others to oppose authoritarian and fascist politics, fighting to defend, strengthen, and transform higher education — including meaningful democratic governance within the university and beyond.
We fight for academic freedom, which includes the right to research, teach, and interrogate concepts such as apartheid, genocide, settler colonialism, Zionism, antisemitism, racism, and gender.
We reject institutional censorship and government repression directed at members of our university communities, especially those who are targeted under the pretext of ensuring Jewish safety: international students, scholars, and staff and those engaged in Palestine solidarity work.
We affirm, in keeping with international law, that boycotts are legitimate forms of protest and that critiques of nation-states, including of their foundations, are a legitimate form of academic and political discourse.
We oppose collaboration with organizations and individuals who harass, intimidate, or smear our colleagues and students, or who applaud the persecution of political opponents. We instead engage with a variety of stakeholders to develop policies and programs that can meaningfully address antisemitism alongside all other forms of bigotry.