Poll Show That Jewish University Students Overwhelmingly Feel Chabad On Campus Supports Them

by CrownHeights.info

Being a Jewish student on a University Campus these days is hard, but a poll by Shabbos Kestenbaum shows that students feel Chabad on Campus’s support.

“Over the last 10 days, I asked 116 Jewish students across America to name Jewish non profits that have been helpful in any way pertaining to combatting antisemitism on college campuses,” Shabbos Kestenbaum posted on X. “These are not just any students, but those who’ve testified to Congress, regularly appear on national media, filed lawsuits, etc. They are on the frontlines and doing more than anyone else to secure the Jewish future.”

To get on the list, Kestenbaum required that a non profit simply needed more than one student to agree.

“The results are pretty shocking,” he wrote. “Certain organizations that raise hundreds of millions of dollars annually couldn’t even get more than 1 student to consider them helpful.”

According to Kestenbaum, many students expressed anger at being used by Jewish non profits for fundraising flyers sent to donors, but never receiving funding for events, being ignored, and more.

“If you are a Jewish non profit and your name didn’t even make it, I encourage you to ask why, and then immediately reach out so you can speak directly with those on the frontline and ask how you can help,” Kestenbaum wrote. “One thing is clear: Jewish students on college campuses are not tomorrow’s leaders, they are today’s leaders. Amplify them. Listen to them. Thank them.”

With the exception of Chabad topping the list, the named non-profits below are listed in random order, according to Kestenbaum. Asterisk denotes most students disagreed with the choice, but it nevertheless received more than one vote.

Chabad on Campus (By Far)
Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC)
Zionist Organziation of America (ZOA)
EndJewHatred
Maccabee Task Force
LovingMoms
JewHate Database
StopAntisemitism
Canary Mission
Z3
Students Supporting Israel (SSI)
AIPAC on Campus*
StandWithUs*

Kestenbaum noted that this was essentially a straw poll and that the poll is neither scientific nor unanimous.