Posts Tagged: Kenneth Marcus
Education Dept. to Probe Whether Rutgers University Tolerates Hostile Environment for Jewish Students
The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is reopening a 2011 case that accused Rutgers University in New Jersey of tolerating a hostile environment...
Kenneth Marcus Confirmed to Education Department’s Top Civil Rights Post
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Kenneth Marcus, a leading advocate against campus antisemitism, to serve as assistant secretary at the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...
Senate Committee Advances Nomination of Kenneth Marcus to Top Civil Rights Post in Education Department
A key Senate committee advanced the nomination of Kenneth Marcus to a top civil rights post in the Department of Education on Thursday, clearing him...
Education Department Nominee Ken Marcus Is Being Treated Incredibly Unfairly
JNS.org - When I was a child -- having been born in the 1950s, under the shadow of the Holocaust -- I naively thought that antisemitism was mostly a thing...
Dozens of Advocacy Groups Endorse Jewish Nominee for Top Education Department Civil Rights Post
Dozens of advocacy groups on Monday called for the confirmation of Kenneth Marcus -- a leading figure in efforts to combat campus antisemitism -- to...
Pro-Palestinian Groups Attack Administration Nominee for Opposing Israeli Boycott
JNS.org - Leaders of major American Jewish organizations are rallying around Kenneth L. Marcus, the nominee for Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights, as pro-Palestinian...
Head of Jewish Human Rights Group Nominated to Top Civil Rights Post at US Education Department
The head of a prominent Jewish human rights group has been chosen for the top civil rights post at the US Department of Education, the...
Legal Expert: Virginia Motion to Recognize Antisemitism as Unlawful Discrimination Aims to ‘Get Ahead’ of Jew-Haters at State-Funded Universities
The head of a legal NGO supporting a Virginia motion to recognize antisemitism as an unlawful form of discrimination explained to The Algemeiner on Wednesday why...
Campus Watchdogs Laud Fordham University’s Decision to Ban Notoriously Anti-Israel Student Group
Watchdogs lauded the recent decision by a New York academic institution to prevent a notoriously anti-Israel group from organizing on its campus. AMCHA Initiative co-founder Tammi Rossman-Benjamin and others...
Expert: ‘Paralyzed’ Education Department Unable to Protect Jews on Campus Due to System’s Lack of Antisemitism Definition
A legal expert last week called the US Department of Education (DoED) “paralyzed” when it comes to protecting Jewish students, due to the absence of a system-wide...
Human Rights Expert Says Unanimous Passage of Senate Antisemitism Bill Will Have ‘Ripple Effect’ on US Campuses
A newly passed US Senate bill advancing the fight against antisemitism will have a “ripple effect” on educational institutions, the head of a Jewish human rights organization told...
Antisemitism Expert: ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ Legitimizing ‘Obvious Bigotry’ Through Alliance With Anti-Israel Jews
A national anti-Israel student organization is spending "much of its energy trying to deny its obvious bigotry," the head of a Jewish rights-focused legal group told The...
Major Jewish Groups Bitterly Rebuke UCLA Over Departure of Student Leader Due to BDS Harassment
The heads of major Jewish groups told The Algemeiner on Friday that they were outraged over the handling by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)...
Antisemitism Expert: WikiLeaks ‘Knew What It Was Doing’ When Invoking Antisemitic Tropes on Twitter (INTERVIEW)
Denials by WikiLeaks that it knowingly posted an antisemitic message on social media should not be believed, an expert told The Algemeiner on Monday. Kenneth...
