Published by Wall Street Journal on 11/17/23; Story by Joseph Pisani. Click here to read the full story.
Story from Jewish Insider’s “Daily Kickoff” for September 22, 2023 Click here to read the full story.
Click here to view PDF. Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education announced it would open an investigation into the University of Pennsylvania and Wellesley College for their failure to address pervasive incidents of campus anti-Semitism. The investigation follows two separate Nov. 9 complaints filed by the Brandeis Center seeking immediate and specific action to address increasing discrimination against and harassment of Jews in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
In recent months, the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), a prestigious Ivy League school, has allowed its campus to become not only a hostile environment for its Jewish students, but a magnet for anti-Semites attending other colleges or just living nearby (the University refers to persons living in the area as the “Penn community”). Read the full letter here.