Shared Ancestry News Today

Federal civil rights investigations target campus discrimination as the University of Minnesota faces scrutiny over support for Palestinians, prompting debates. Continue reading to learn more.

The Department of Education released a list of higher education and K-12 institutions that are under investigation for alleged shared ancestry violations Thursday as part of the Biden administration’s effort to address reports of rising discrimination in schools. “Hate has no place in our schools, period. When students are targeted because they are–or are perceived…

Today the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released a new Dear Colleague Letter reminding schools of their legal obligations to provide all students a school environment free from discrimination.

What is antisemitism? Under our anti-harassment law construct, organizations are likely undertaking the wrong analysis if they simply consider it a…

From the blog of Ellen Ginsberg Simon at The Times of Israel

The Biden White House had announced last spring (and even before that), that the Education Departments Office for Civil Rights (OCR) would deliver an important proposed regulation in December 2022.

David french. you wrote about the problem and peril of trumps executive order. i want to cut through people reflectively say its all bad or good, because its trump. what is potential good about it? >> whats good is its pretty clearly connecting with supreme court case law with obama administration policy that says, look, anti-semitism is oost infrequently not motivated by religion, but motivated by shared ancestry. the shared ancestry of the jewel wish people. that fits within the classic defini...