Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights — Remarks from Assistant Secretary Catherine E. Lhamon, January 4, 2023 Recognizing the “rise in reports of anti-Semitic incidents,” Assistant Secretary Catherine E. Lhamon emphasized on January 4, 2023, that current Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) guidance “affirms OCR’s commitment to complying with” former President Donald Trump’s “Executive Order 13899 on Combating Anti-Semitism.” As Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus has explained in Newsweek, it is both important and commendable that the Biden administration is drawing public attention to the continuing application of the Executive Order, which incorporates the IHRA Working Definition of Anti-Semitism and its guiding examples relative to Israel, to OCR investigations. As Assistant Secretary Lhamon reminds OCR’s stakeholders, the Order remains an active part of OCR’s current policy guidance. 230104-Catherine-E.-Lhamon-official-OCR-emailDownload