64.6 F
San Diego
Monday, November 4, 2024
Home Tags Kenneth Marcus

Tag: Kenneth Marcus

From left: Irwin Cotler, former Canadian justice minister and attorney general; Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League; David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee; and Dan Mariaschin, CEO of B'nai B'rith International. Credit: Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

58 Jewish groups gather in New York to mobilize against anti-Semitism

0
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...
Kenneth L. Marcus. Credit: United States Department of Education.

At US Department of Education, Kenneth Marcus tackles anti-Semitism in all its varied forms

0
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...
Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Kenneth L. Marcus (right) speaks with Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) in Washington at the annual gala for the Endowment for Middle East Truth on June 12, 2018. Photo by Jackson Richman/JNS.

US Department of Education reopens Rutgers case, considers new definition of anti-Semitism

0
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...
Ken Marcus speaks on behalf of the group he founded in 2011, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law. Credit: Facebook.

Kenneth Marcus approved by Senate for civil-rights job, despite Democrat opposition

0
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,...