Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-25-2025
Abstract
The post–October 7th period has been a period of redefinition for many Jewish American undergraduates and particularly for those who identify as politically left-of-center and who found themselves encountering anti-Israel and antisemitic attitudes among peers and organizations they had been part of previously. Via in-depth interviews with Jewish American undergraduates and their non-Jewish peers, this study documents undergraduates’ realignments of their Jewish and political identities and examines how those identity changes explain the students’ decisions to engage in, or avoid, discussions with peers about October 7, the war in Gaza and the broader Middle East conflict, and/or rising U.S. antisemitism.
Recommended Citation
Vikki S. Katz, Emma R. Forman & Noel H. McGuire (25 Mar 2025): Unsettled Ground: How Jewish Undergraduates are Negotiating Identity Shifts and (Un)civil Campus Discourse after October 7, Journal of Jewish Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/15244113.2025.2481249
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This article was originally published in Journal of Jewish Education in 2025. https://doi.org/10.1080/15244113.2025.2481249