Posts Tagged: US House of Representatives
‘Fine Scholar’: UC Berkeley Chancellor Praises Professor Who Expressed Solidarity With Oct. 7 Attacks
The chancellor of University of California, Berkeley described a professor who cheered the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre across southern Israel as a "fine scholar" during...
Jewish Civil Rights Scholar Urges US Congress to Respond to Antisemitism Crisis
Civil rights scholar Kenneth Marcus on Tuesday implored US lawmakers to recognize rising antisemitic violence as the civil rights issue of this era and enact...
Harvard University Pauses West Bank Program With Birzeit University
Harvard University has paused a partnership with a higher education institution located in the West Bank, an area administered by Mahmoud Abbas' Palestinian Authority (PA). According...
US House Committee Demands Harvard University Hand Over Documents in Campus Antisemitism Probe
Harvard University has been given two weeks to hand over documents requested by the US House of Representatives' Committee on Education and the Workforce for...
Rashida Tlaib Named ‘Antisemite of the Year’ for 2023 by Watchdog Group
Leading antisemitism watchdog group StopAntisemitism has named US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) as 2023's "Antisemite of the Year," a damning assessment of her public remarks...
Defund Universities That Allow, Ignore Antisemitism, US Senator Says
US Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Tuesday called for defunding colleges and universities that refuse to take significant steps to condemn and combat antisemitism on...
US House Approves Resolution Calling for Harvard, MIT Presidents to Resign Over Antisemitism Testimony
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday evening approved a resolution condemning testimony from the presidents of three elite universities who last week refused to...
Jewish Students Sue University of Pennsylvania, Allege Civil Rights Violations Amid Rampant Campus Antisemitism
Two Jewish students have sued the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), alleging that the school violated their civil rights by "selectively" enforcing rules that would punish...
‘Anti-Jewish Double Standard’: University Responses to Hamas Massacre Far Less Robust Than to Other Crimes, Study Finds
US universities have demonstrated an "anti-Jewish double standard" by responding to Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel and the ensuing surge in campus antisemitism...
US Lawmakers Grill Elite University Presidents on Raging Campus Antisemitism
US lawmakers on Tuesday held a highly anticipated hearing on surging antisemitism at American universities, with members of both political parties directing sharp questions at...
US Congress Members Denounce Colleague’s Anti-Israel Rhetoric
Leading Democratic members of the US House of Representatives on Sunday denounced a colleague's comments in which she described Israel as a "racist state" and...
Inconsistency Governs When Antisemitism Requires ‘And Other Forms of Bigotry’ as Chaperone
JNS.org - This article was written in collaboration with Menachem Wecker, US Bureau News Editor of Jewish News Syndicate. When the US House of Representatives condemned...
US Lawmakers Ask Antony Blinken to Update Congress on State Department Antisemitism Investigation
Seventy-five members of the US Congress on Thursday issued a letter asking Secretary of State Antony Blinken to update the body on an investigation of...
All 25 Jewish Congressional Democrats Decry Amnesty Director’s ‘Disturbing’ Remarks That Israel ‘Shouldn’t Exist as Jewish State’
All 25 Democratic Jewish members of the US House of Representatives condemned the head of Amnesty International’s US branch on Monday, for arguing at an...
