NEW YORK (Press Release) — As the new academic year begins, a global survey by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and WUJS (the World Union of Jewish Students) reveals that more than three-quarters of Jewish university students worldwide conceal their religious identity (78%) and their Zionist identity (81%). This survey marks the first comprehensive global study of its kind examining Jewish student experiences worldwide. Conducted over the 2024-2025 academic year, it engaged 1,727 Jewish students from over 60 countries across six continents, complementing ADL’s robust US-based research with critical international perspectives. “When over three-quarters of Jewish students feel they must conceal their religious and Zionist identity for their own safety, the situation is nothing short of dire. For a moment, I felt like it was the 1930s, and Jewish students were being chased from their universities.”