Tag: Kenneth Marcus
58 Jewish groups gather in New York to mobilize against anti-Semitism
Fifty-eight Jewish organizations gathered in New York City on Wednesday for a “National Consultation on Responses to Antisemitism” to address ever increasing anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, Europe and around the world.
Organized by...
At US Department of Education, Kenneth Marcus tackles anti-Semitism in all its varied forms
Kenneth L. Marcus was confirmed last summer by the U.S. Senate as assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education following a contentious nomination battle by Democrats and left-wing and anti-Israel groups. In...
US Department of Education reopens Rutgers case, considers new definition of anti-Semitism
At the same time that the U.S. Department of Education is reopening a seven-year-old case concerning Rutgers University allowing discrimination against Jewish students, the agency is expected to adopt a new definition of anti-Semitism.
In...
Kenneth Marcus approved by Senate for civil-rights job, despite Democrat opposition
Jewish civil-rights advocate Kenneth Marcus was narrowly approved by the Senate as the next Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education for Civil Rights.
Marcus, who founded the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law,...