This week on The Kibbitz, Melissa and Andrea sit down with Shira Goodman from the Anti-Defamation League. They do a deep dive discussion into the current landscape of Jewish life on college campuses, and some of the stats from the ADL’s Campus Antisemitism Report Card.
The ADL’s Campus Antisemitism Report Card was first launched in April 2024, evaluating 85 U.S. colleges and universities selected largely for their Jewish student populations and national rankings. The ADL used numbers from Hillel International; however, Hillel did not participate in the survey.
Since then, the assessment has expanded, adding 50 schools in 2025 and 15 more in 2026, bringing the total to 150 campuses, with many of the additions informed by reports from ADL’s regional offices tracking antisemitism on the ground.
The schools were graded via a letter system: A (Ahead of the Pack), B (Better than Most), C (Corrections Needed), D (Deficient Approach), F (Failing).
Only three schools in Ohio were graded: Case Western Reserve University, Oberlin College, and The Ohio State University. Case Western received an A, Oberlin a B, and Ohio State a C.
“Universities that have taken a comprehensive approach – reviewing policies, clarifying expectations, and strengthening enforcement – are seeing meaningful progress,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO. “Some of the strongest gains are coming from institutions that have engaged deeply with our recommendations and translated them into lasting institutional practice, rather than symbolic commitments.”
Overall, this year’s grading distribution shows improvement across higher education, with 23 institutions earning A’s, 64 earning B’s, 51 earning C’s, 8 earning D’s, and 4 receiving F grades – signaling what the ADL calls “a continued upward trend alongside meaningful variation in performance.”
“We said all along that keeping students safe on campus was a matter of will, not a matter of money,” said Shira Goodman, the ADL’s vice president of advocacy and head of the Ronald Birnbaum Center to Combat Antisemitism in Education on “The Kibbitz.” “It wasn’t rocket science, and that has been borne out.”
