A House Committee on Education and Workforce meeting, slated for July 9, will address the role that faculty, funding and ideology play in Jew-hatred within institutions of higher education, the committee said.
Robert Groves, interim president of Georgetown University, is scheduled to testify, as are City University of New York chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez and University of California, Berkeley chancellor Rich Lyons.
“We continue to see antisemitic hatred festering at schools across the country,” stated Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), the committee chair.
“While much of the discussion has focused on the devastating effects of antisemitism, this hearing will focus on the underlying factors instigating antisemitic upheaval and hatred on campus,” Walberg said.
“Until these factors, such as foreign funding and antisemitic student and faculty groups, are addressed, antisemitism will persist on college campuses,” the congressman stated. “Our committee is building on its promise to protect Jewish students and faculty while many university leaders refuse to hold agitators of this bigotry, hatred and discrimination accountable.”
