Lawmakers Unite to Combat Antisemitism on College Campuses

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is supporting the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which aims to address and combat antisemitism on college campuses. The bill would require the Department of Education to consider antisemitism while enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws and use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism. The legislation comes in response to recent antisemitic demonstrations at universities and the rise of antisemitism in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks against Israel. The bill has support from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, who believe that hate crimes involving antisemitism should be treated as vigorously as other forms of discrimination. The Anti-Defamation League has recorded over a hundred antisemitic incidents across the U.S. since the October 7 attack by Hamas.