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Jewish students at DePaul continue to face threats after violent campus attack
Mathilda Heller
December 11, 2025

Jewish students at DePaul continue to face threats after violent campus attack “We know that the university [DePaul] is worried because of this lawsuit because they’re exposed, but it also gives us the ability to work with the other Jewish students to help advance the other things that need to happen to make it a safe space. Such as the idea of the Jewish tax.” The Jewish Tax concept refers to how Jewish clubs or institutions are expected to pay for their own security for events or other, a cost which is not reimbursed, but which many believe should be. “I’ve had students reach out to me and say they went to DePaul seven years ago and that the atmosphere on campus then was also not safe for Jewish students…The university has filed a motion to dismiss Kaminsky and Long’s lawsuit against it, which will be heard tomorrow, on Wednesday. The university is arguing that it did not have a duty to protect Long. READ MORE

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