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Disruptions of pro-Israel events by anti-Israel groups continue to intensify into physical aggression and violence across campuses and even into the community. As a result, Jewish and pro-Israel groups have started to explore the criminal aspects of such incidents.

Kenneth Marcus has been confirmed as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the Department of Education. In that capacity, he will lead the Civil Rights Office, which was scandalized during the Obama administration, particularly on the issue of campus due process.

The Senate approved Kenneth Marcus, the Trump administration’s nomination to head the Department of Education’s civil rights office, after his nomination was delayed for nearly eight months.

Even at a university known for going the extra mile to support Jewish life on campus, the pragmatic concerns of serving several thousand students may sometimes conflict with the needs of a minority, like observant Jewish 

A bipartisan bill to combat anti-Semitism was introduced last week in Congress, following statistical analysis showing that Jews are the most targeted religious group for hate crimes annually.

Data released in February by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) showed an astounding 57% increase in anti-Semitic incidents across the United States in 2017, including physical assaults, vandalism, and attacks on Jewish institutions.

The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB), a Jewish civil- and human-rights group, is urging the U.S. government to confront religious bullying and harassment in schools across the country following an alarming report on the scope of such activity.

Jewish organizations welcome legislation introduced by group of bipartisan lawmakers on Wednesday that seeks to codify a working definition of anti-Semitism into the American education system.

Kenneth Marcus is the nominee to lead the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Education. Marcus is uniquely qualified for the position, we wrote when he was nominated in October 2017:

The Jewish Press The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) on Thursday applauded the introduction of bipartisan legislation to help tackle the rising anti-Semitism plaguing US schools. “The spike in anti-Semitic incidents in schools has forced Jewish students to face prejudice on their campuses, swastikas in their dorms and danger on their school […]

An arbitrator has determined that the Stoughton Public Schools were wrong to take disciplinary measures against one of three teacher who were reprimanded following a report of anti-Semitism at the high school.

StandWith Us has announced its support for Senate confirmation of Kenneth Marcus, an outstanding defender of civil rights for Jews and many other communities, who was recently nominated for assistant secretary for civil rights in the U.S. Department of Education.

A group of New York University alumni are calling on the school’s president to respond to a couple anti-Israel incidents around campus last month.

Schools across the United States have consisted of an alarming number of incidents related to religiously-motivated bullying and similar abuse.

A leading Jewish human rights group called on the federal government on Friday to take action against religiously-motivated bullying in American schools.

Proposals to force colleges and universities to boycott, divest from and sanction (BDS) Israel keep failing in the most left-wing of enclaves, such as the Modern Language Association (MLA). Nevertheless proponents of the measure keep putting forth BDS propositions with increasing stridency.

April was an extremely active month for BDS thanks to the confluence of Passover, ‘Apartheid Week,’ Israel Independence Day, and Israel’s 70th anniversary.

Two members of anti-Zionist groups at New York University were arrested while protesting a celebration of Israel’s Independence Day on Friday.

Late in March, Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Jewish grandmother and Holocaust survivor, was found dead – stabbed to death with her body partially burned – in her Paris apartment.

Two groups that work to support Jewish students on campus called on New York University on Tuesday to take action against 53 student clubs that pledged to boycott their Zionist peers.

A dark shadow is stalking the land. Anti-Semitism is once again showing itself and must be confronted head-on and stamped out wherever it is found. Discrimination against any individuals and groups goes against the values of science, human decency and this journal.