Alyza D. Lewin, BDS, campus antisemitism, First Amendment, Jewish identity, OCR, PFLP, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Robert Jones, Robin Kaler, SJP, Students for Justice in Palestine, Title VI, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Zionsm
Alyza D. Lewin, campus antisemitism, Executive Order 13899, Hillel International, JUF, OCR, Robin Kaler, U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alyza D. Lewin, campus antisemitism, First Amendment, Hillel International, JUF, OCR, SJP, Students for Justice in Palestine, U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Zionism
Alyza D. Lewin, campus antisemitism, First Amendment, Hillel International, Jewish identity, JUF, Mark Rotenberg, OCR U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, Title VI, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alyza D. Lewin, campus antisemitism, Chabad, First Amendment, Hillel International, Jewish identity, Mark Rotenberg, OCR, Title VI, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 16, 2020): The University of Illinois, in coordination with the Jewish community, today announced commitments to address the alarming increase in anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist harassment and discrimination on its campus. Jewish United Fund Chicago, Illini Hillel, Hillel International, Illini Chabad, Arnold & Porter, and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law issued the following joint statement:“We thank UIUC Chancellor Robert Jones for joining with us in issuing this statement today recognizing as ‘unacceptable’ the anti-Semitic harassment Jewish students at UIUC have experienced for years and committing that ‘the university must do more.’ The Chancellor’s validation of these students’ painful experiences is significant. Read the full press release here.
University says it had sought to address concerns in ‘collaborative discussion’. Click here to read the full article.
Jewish students at the University of Illinois filed a formal complaint with the Department of Education alleging “an unrelenting campaign of anti-Semitic harassment” on campus, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. Click here to read the full story.
‘I’ve been called a genocide supporter, a white supremacist, and harassed; all for being publically Jewish,’ student says. Read this full article here.
In a federal civil rights complaint, three notable Jewish organizations are asking the U.S. Department of Education to investigate what they call “an unrelenting campaign of intimidation and harassment” of Jewish and pro-Israel students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Click here to read the full story.