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April 3, 2026 3:00 amApril 3, 2026 3:01 am

Pomona and Pitzer move from ‘F’ to ‘C’ grades in Anti-Defamation League Rankings; Scripps maintains failing grade

By Chloe Kiparsky and Kahani Malhotra 1154 Views ADL, antisemitism, Bethany Slater, Chloe Kiparsky, Claremont Hillel, Eli Chang, Pitzer College, Pomona College, Scripps College, Tali Edelstein, Tricia Milford-Hoyt

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) upgraded Pomona and Pitzer Colleges’ rankings from ‘F’ to ‘C’ grades in their 2026 Campus Antisemitism Report Card released last month, while Scripps College received an ‘F’ grade again and Claremont McKenna and Harvey Mudd Colleges remained unranked.

ADL reached out to both Pomona and Pitzer prior to releasing this year’s rankings and Pomona “shared some general information about Jewish life on campus,” a Pomona College spokesperson wrote in an email to TSL.

While the spokesperson said the college is “encouraged” by the updated ranking, the numerical value is not their only measure of progress.

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October 10, 2025 12:48 am

5C organizations commemorate two years since Oct. 7 attacks

By Madeleine Farr 1911 Views 5C Chabad, Chabad, Claremont Colleges, Claremont Hillel, Claremont SJP, Faculty for Justice in Palestine, Hamas, Hillel, IDF, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Oct 7, Palestine, Students for Justice in Palestine, UN, United Nations

Several groups across the 5Cs hosted events this week to commemorate the two-year anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023.

The Chaplains and a map of McAlister, as printed in a 1985 letter to graduate students from the Honnold Mudd special collections. L to R: Rev. Catharine Grier Calrson, Rabbi Ben Beliak, Fr. M. Francis “Frank” Meskill

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April 11, 2025 12:47 amSeptember 16, 2025 7:27 pm

Pluralism, progress, problems: 50 years of interfaith chaplaincy

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At the intersection of Scripps College, Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College stands the McAlister Center for Religious Activities (also called the McAlister Center for Spiritual Life), an institution many students pass every day. However, according to former Protestant Chaplain Naima Lett, 75% of the community she encountered during the 2021-2022 school year was unaware of the center’s chaplain services, which provide counseling for all students and faculty of the Claremont colleges regardless of religion. Even less known is the chaplaincy system’s fifty years of complex history, representing both the cutting edge of inclusive college campuses and archaic systems no longer relevant to student needs.

Students sit on the Marston Quad in front of Big Bridges Auditorium.

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October 11, 2024 1:27 amOctober 11, 2024 2:43 am

5C Jewish groups mourn lives lost in Oct. 7 attack

By Annabelle Ink 7179 Views 5Cs, Chabad, Claremont Hillel, Israel-Palestine, October 7

This week, various Jewish groups on campus organized mourning activities to commemorate the lives lost on Oct. 7 and in related conflicts.

Two individuals speaking to audience about their experiences

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March 7, 2024 11:54 pmMarch 11, 2024 3:23 pm

Nova Fest survivor and member of IDF speak at Pomona College about personal accounts of Oct. 7 attack

By June Hsu 12131 Views Argue Auditorium, Claremont Hillel, Hamas, Hamas attack, Haverim Claremont, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Israeli, Oct 7, Oct 7 attack, October 7

On Feb. 29, Haverim Claremont and Claremont Hillel hosted a talk by Sagi Gabay and Avigail Olman about their Oct. 7 stories.

A large group of protesters wearing all black and marching towards Alexander Hall.

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November 17, 2023 12:22 amNovember 17, 2023 4:20 pm

7C community members continue to organize, release statements regarding violence in Gaza

By Annabelle Ink 11674 Views Claremont Colleges Hillel, Claremont Hillel, Claremont Jewish Voice for Peace, Gaza, Hamas, Haverim, Hillel, Israel, Israel-Hamas war, Israel-Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestine, palestinian

As tensions surrounding violence in Gaza continue to rise across the nation, community members at the Claremont Colleges speak out.

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November 2, 2018 1:01 amJanuary 18, 2019 12:12 pm

News Bites – Week of Oct. 28

By Olivia Truesdale, Becky Hoving and Jensen Steady 8958 Views 5Cs, Chaplains, Claremont Colleges, Claremont Hillel, Claremont McKenna College, Golden Antlers, Kehillah, News Bites, Pomona College, Scripps College, Shabbat

Claremont Colleges Jewish student groups host solidarity Shabbat 5C Chabad, Claremont Hillel, Kehillah, Nishmat, AEPi, Associated Jewish Groups of the Claremont Colleges, and the Chaplains of The Claremont Colleges are partnering to host a remembrance ceremony and Shabbat dinner at Frank Dining Hall Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. in the

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