The spike in threats and violence against Jewish college students, since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, has also prompted a strong outcry from Nevada County’s congressman. Republican Kevin Kiley and a GOP representative from Utah, Burgess Owens, have written a letter to the U.S Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights demanding that more protection measures be taken. The Department has sent out links to Jewish students to file complaints…

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Kiley is also disappointed with the response from leadership at the University of California and California State University campuses, terming it “woefully inadequate”…

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Among other things, the letter asks the Department to do more against faculty who support or incite such activity. Kiley says some professors have abused their authority to amplify anti-semitic and anti-Israel propaganda. It alleges that some faculty have also cancelled classes for anti-Israel rallies and expressed profound hostility. The letter reports that Jewish students characterize campus administrators’ response as a, quote, “callous disregard for their physical safety and emotional well-being”.