Task Force On Antisemitism News Today

House Republicans accuse student protesters of vicious anti-Semitism, but it is administrators who are courting violence. 

During congressional testimony, Columbia administrators also said they are investigating pro-Israel and pro-Palestine professors.

The protesters, who are demanding that Columbia divest from Israel, have relocated and rebuilt their encampment.

Columbia University officials answered lawmaker questions about antisemitism on campus. But Wednesday's hearing played out very differently from the 2023 hearing that grabbed so many headlines.

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As the task force shuts down dissent, Columbia students and faculty fear loose definitions of antisemitism will be used to stifle pro-Palestine speech.

(JTA) — A congressional committee is subpoenaing Harvard University leaders to demand documents related to the university’s handling of antisemitism.

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., sent a final warning on Wednesday for Harvard University to produce documents relevant to Congress' investigation into rampant antisemitism on campus, threatening to issue a subpoena if the Ivy League school does not comply by a Valentine's Day deadline. In the letter to Harvard Corporation

Rep. Virginia Foxx threatened Harvard with a subpoena to plow through the school "obstructing" its investigation into antisemitism.

House Education and the Workforce Chair Virginia Foxx said Harvard must produce priority documents in Congress' antisemitism probe by Feb. 14 or face a subpoena.