Posts Tagged: US House of Representatives
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...
US House Approves $1 Billion Funding for Israel’s Iron Dome
i24 News - Israel's defense and foreign ministers on Thursday thanked the US House of Representatives for approving a $1 billion package to fund interceptor...
US House Overrides Trump’s Veto of Key Defense Bill
The Democratic-led US House of Representatives voted on Monday to override President Donald Trump's veto of a $740 billion defense policy bill, a rebuke that...
As Pandemic Lingers, US House Looking ‘Very Closely’ at Remote Voting
The US House of Representatives is now looking "very closely" at how its members could vote from outside the Capitol as a coronavirus-forced recess looks...
