‘No place for antisemitism’ at Trinity College – university vows to strengthen messaging after bursary withdrawal

Trinity will ‘consider adopting’ IHRA definition of antisemitism after meeting with scholarship founder

Dr Edwin Abrahamson

Niamh Horan

The son of a prominent Jewish man, who withdrew a 10-year bursary for disadvantaged students at Trinity College Dublin after becoming concerned that the university was becoming a “no-go zone for Jews”, has held a private meeting with the provost of the university.

Dr Edwin Abrahamson, a UK-based consultant paediatrician, met with Dr Linda Doyle and Siobán O’Brien Green — respectively the provost and head of equality, diversity and inclusion — to discuss how Trinity will respond to potential future acts of antisemitism on the campus, and by students on social media. Dr Abrahamson described the meeting as “respectful and constructive” and said a number of pledges have been made by Trinity to strengthen its messaging against antisemitism.