Biden Department of Education gives schools new guidance on campus antisemitism

on Tuesday, coinciding with Biden’s address during the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s annual Days of Remembrance and the pro-during the past couple of weeks. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, no person should “be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination” as part of any federally funded program or activity on the basis of

“This guidance is meant to ensure that colleges and universities do a better job of protecting both Jewish students and all of their students,” the An example in the guidance is of “widespread incidents of harassment in one semester,” including “anti-war” protest signs that “list specific Jewish students by name and use epithets that stereotype all Jewish people as racist murderers.

The House last week passed a bipartisan proposal that would expand the Title VI definition of antisemitism to the “targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity,” though critics contend it could have a chilling effect onColumbia University this week canceled its universitywide commencement ceremony on May 15 and will, instead, hold smaller, school-based events after police last week were called to respond to protest encampments on campus.

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