Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus testified twice in one week about campus anti-Semitism before separate Congressional bodies. On Wednesday, November 8 Chairman Marcus testified before the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing titled “Free Speech on College Campuses.” The hearing examined the current state of the First Amendment on the campuses of American colleges and universities. It also explored the rise in anti-Semitism, anti-Israel sentiment, and violence toward students supporting Israel. On Thursday, November 9 Chairman Marcus testified before a Senate roundtable discussion, examining the rising rates of anti-Semitic harassment and violence on college campuses. The roundtable also reviewed the Biden administration’s legal responsibility to protect Jewish students under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – a policy known as the “Marcus Doctrine.” U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee led the event, and all members of the Senate HELP Committee were invited to participate. To better understand the threats Jewish students face on campus – escalating dramatically since the Hamas massacres of October 7 and the resulting Hamas-Israel war in those atrocities’ aftermath, you’ll want to watch what Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus tells Congress.