CUNY schools in general have been getting a lot of media attention due to the federal and City Council investigations into reports of antisemitism occurring on our campuses. Organizations like Jewish on Campus and EndJewHatred have been lobbying for Jewish student rights. Recently, an organization has been trying to skew the results of a survey about antisemitism. Baruch Hillel has been through multiple challenges since the outbreak of the war. After Hillel took a delegation of students to an army base in Israel, pro-Palestine and anti-Israel student groups at the college initiated a rally in front of the building that houses Hillel and the Baruch Chabad. While the police arrested nine of the protestors, eight of them were soon released with summons orders.

The Jewish students have been actively supporting each other through our active Hillel, and there is quite a good way to report antisemitic incidents. Honestly, I don't know what happens after you support them. But we have had students suspended for antisemitic rhetoric that they've said. The Jewish community has been banding together as students; we've not hidden; we've done events, and those have been okay.

The school has been responsive, at least in terms of emails and public statements. The president came to our vigil on October 7. They sent out emails before Students for Justice in Palestine came in protest. So in terms of rhetoric, they've been good. In terms of action, they could be a bit better, but it's a very, very tough issue. But they've been sending out emails, and they've been very publicly supportive of our right to assemble and of our right to live proudly and safely as Jews.

The way that WJC has helped me the most is that they've just the resources and the knowledge—you know, the Zoom speakers that we have and meeting people in person—just knowledge and also availability, knowing that if the situation ever does hit the fan, and if ever it does get really bad, that we have people in our corner. I spoke with WJC leaders a while back about a case that was going on on campus, which provided good discourse and direction. Just knowing that the support is there is fantastic, and if the Baruch community ever does need to escalate its protective efforts, knowing that WJC is there to support us and our Jewish students is amazing.