Society / A Statement From US Jews Opposing Trump’s Attacks on Colleges and Students The statement condemns Trump’s “disingenuous” weaponization of antisemitism to target universities and deport campus activists. Donald Trump is introduced at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Annual Leadership Summit at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas on October 28, 2023. The diverse list of signers includes Jewish activists, authors, academics, rabbis, artists and attorneys, as well as Jewish leaders of progressive organizations. That this accusation is being used as a pretext to abrogate students’ rights to free speech, and to deport non-citizen students, should raise the highest level of alarm. We, as Jewish Americans, reaffirm our support for free speech and independent scholarship.