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May 26, 2023 A Plan to Counter Antisemitism Warns Colleges, ‘OCR Is Watching’ (Insider Higher Ed)

Published by Inside Higher Ed on 5/26/23; Story by Katherine Knott . Jewish groups applauded the new federal policy, which they said embraced a controversial definition of antisemitism that includes criticism of Israel. . The Education Department is reminding colleges and universities about their responsibilities under federal civil rights law to protect students from antisemitic […]
May 25, 2023 ‘Unapologetically Jewish’: First Shabbat Observant Student Body President Elected at University of California Santa Barbara (Algemeiner)

Published in the Algemeiner on 5/24/23; Story by Dion J. Pierre . As college students across California prepared to close the book on another academic year, a deluge of antisemitic incidents swept across the state’s campuses in May, with students celebrating the birthday of Adolf Hitler at UC Santa Cruz and graffiting swastikas on the walls of a bathroom […]
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May 25, 2023 Renowned Anti-Semitism Author/Scholar on Biden Anti-Semitism Plan: “Rhetoric Strong, but Substance Doesn’t Measure Up” (press release)

Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 . Washington, D.C. (May 25, 2023): Kenneth L. Marcus, renowned anti-Semitism scholar and legal advocate, author of ‘The Definition of Anti-Semitism’ and ‘Jewish Identity and Civil Rights in America’, founder and chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights for two presidents, and […]
May 22, 2023 Latest draft of White House antisemitism strategy highlights IHRA definition, but also references alternative (Jewish Insider)

Published by Jewish Insider on May 19, 2023 . The latest version of the White House’s forthcoming national antisemitism strategy is expected to highlight the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism promoted by mainstream Jewish groups, but also reference the Nexus definition, an alternative promoted by progressives, individuals with knowledge of the strategy […]
May 18, 2023 Biden’s plan against antisemitism has potential, but it could be a major miss (Washington Examiner)

Op-ed authored by Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus and published in Washington Examiner on May 18, 2023. . White House domestic policy adviser Susan Rice announced that the Biden White House is “aiming to release” its national strategy on antisemitism later this month. Expectations are appropriately high: President Joe Biden has suggested multiple times that antisemitism at the 2017 rally […]
May 12, 2023 Here Are 800 More Reasons to Question the United Nations (Newsweek)

Op-ed authored by Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus and published in Newsweek on 5/14/23. . In just two days this week, Palestinian militants have fired nearly 800 rockets at Israel, some of which have hit populated areas. The Israeli Defense Force has responded with airstrikes against rocket-launching squads and other military sites operated by Islamic Jihad, as well […]
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