Education
Of 225 pages that the college finally provided, 214 appeared to be publicly available policies, the House Committee on Education and Workforce said.
The state’s largest teachers’ union and a coalition of other advocacy groups, which oppose the legislation, said that it fails to address other forms of bigotry.
“We hope this investigation will force Cal Poly to stop sweeping antisemitism under the rug,” stated Kenneth Marcus, chairman of the Brandeis Center.
“Jewish identity can no longer be left to local choice or personal preference,” said Yoav Kisch.
“These independent schools are failing to support Jewish families,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, the nonprofit’s CEO.
Speakers cautioned that the Education Ministry is steeped in progressivism.
“The government can’t say, ‘We’re going to create this program and we’re going to give out all this money, but don’t even ask for the money if you’re religious,’” Nick Reaves, of Becket, told JNS.
“The Trump administration will vigorously uphold the law and ensure universities are transparent with their foreign gifts and investments,” the department stated.
Instead of the 3.3% reduction in pay for public sector workers, most educators will take a 0.95% hit, and receive an extra day off.
The Knesset passed a law in October making it illegal for the terror-linked agency to operate in the Jewish state.
“The scourge of antisemitism has taken root far beyond the country’s best-known ivory towers,” the committee chair said, opening the hearing.
The Ivy League school “has made a mockery of this country’s higher education system,” Linda McMahon wrote to the Harvard president.
