University Presidents Defend Record Amid Anti-Semitism on Campus

Published on May 24, 2024

WASHINGTON—The presidents of Northwestern University, Rutgers University, and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles (UCLA), defended their record dealing with anti-Semitism on their campus amid the war between Israel and Hamas. These universities had anti-Semitic, pro-Palestinian encampments on their campuses that have since been removed. The hearing, hosted by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, began with the committee’s chair, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), scolding Northwestern President Michael Schill, Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway, and UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. “Each of you should be ashamed of your decisions that allowed anti-Semitic encampments to endanger Jewish students,” she said in her opening statement....

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