Showing posts with label Antisemitism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antisemitism. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

EEOC Highlights Its Actions to Protect Employees' Religious Freedom

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The EEOC yesterday issued a lengthy press release  titled  200 Days of EEOC Action to Protect Religious Freedom at Work. The Release says in...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

DOJ Finds GW University Violated Title VI In Failing To Respond To Antisemitism

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In a letter dated Aug. 12 ( full text ), the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice notified George Washington University that D...
Friday, August 01, 2025

Columbia and UCLA Settle Antisemitism Charges

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Last week (July 23), Columbia University announced that it had reached a settlement with the federal government to restore its research fun...
Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Barnard College Settles Lawsuit Charging Antisemitism

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As previously reported , in March 2024 Jewish and Israeli students sued both Columbia University and Barnard College (which is affiliated wi...
Tuesday, July 01, 2025

HHS Office of Civil Rights Charges Harvard with Title VI Violations Because of Indifference to Antisemitic Harassment

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On June 30, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights issued a Notice of Violation ( full text ) to Harvard Univers...
Friday, June 13, 2025

Court Denies TRO In Challenge To Trump's Executive Orders on Antisemitism

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In  McClanahan v. Trump , (WD MO, June 9, 2025), a Missouri federal district court refused to grant a temporary restraining order in a chall...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

DOJ Sues California Coffee House for Discriminating Against Jewish Customers

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On Monday, the Justice Department filed suit in a California federal district court against an Oakland, California coffee house alleging vio...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

NYC Mayor Adams Signs Executive Order on Antisemitism

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On June 8, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed Executive Order No. 52, Defining Antisemitism  ( full text ), which instructs New York City...
Friday, May 16, 2025

NYC Mayor Creates Office to Combat Antisemitism

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Earlier this week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued Executive Order 51  , (May 13, 2025), creating a Mayor's Office to Combat Antis...
Thursday, May 08, 2025

Student's Suit Against University President for Antisemitism Needs Additional Allegations

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In Gerwaski v. State of Nevada ex rel. Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education ,  (D NV, May 5, 2025), a Jewish student at...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Harvard Releases Reports on Antisemitism and Anti-Muslim Bias

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Yesterday, Harvard University released the 311-page Final Report of its  Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

USCIS Is Screening Immigration Applicants for Antisemitic Activity

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Last week (April 9), the Department of Homeland Security announced that it will begin screening the social media of aliens applying for immi...
Friday, April 11, 2025

Trump Selects Antisemitism and International Religious Freedom Ambassadors

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President Trump announced yesterday on Truth Social that he is nominating Yehuda Kaploun as the United States Special Envoy to Monitor and ...
Friday, April 04, 2025

Antisemitism Claims Against UC Berkeley Move Ahead in Part

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In Louis D. Brandeis Center, Inc. v. Regents of the University of California ,  (ND CA, March 31, 2025), plaintiffs allege that UC Berkeley ...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Education Department Threatens Enforcement Actions Against 60 Universities for Antisemitic Activities on Campus

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 In a press release yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education said in part: Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Ri...
Friday, March 07, 2025

Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Antisemitism in America

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On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled  Never To Be Silent: Stemming the Tide of Antisemitism in America.  ...

DOJ Starts Title VII "Pattern or Practice" Investigation of Antisemitism at University of California

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The Department of Justice has launched an employment discrimination investigation of the University of California. A DOJ  press release thi...
Friday, February 14, 2025

New Report on Antisemitism in the U.S. Released

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This week, the American Jewish Committee released  its report on The State of Antisemitism in America 2024 . The report is comprised of a su...
Friday, February 07, 2025

Title VI Does Not Cover Protected Speech, But Antisemitic Actions at Cooper Union Went Beyond Speech

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In Gartenberg v. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art , (SD NY, Feb. 5, 2025), a New York federal district court held tha...

Australia Strengthens Hate Crime Laws In Face of Rising Antisemitism

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Yesterday, Australia's Parliament gave final passage to Amendments to Australia's Hate Crimes Law. ( Full text of law. ) ( Full tex...