COMBATTING HATE AND ANTISEMITISM

Action: This bill requires the Department of Education to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism when enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws. The IHRA definition underscores that antisemitism includes denying Jewish self-determination to their ancestral homeland of Israel, holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the State of Israel, and applying double standards to Israel.  

Result: Passed the House, 5/1/2024: 320-91.

Action: This resolution denounces the chant “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free” as antisemitic.

Result: Passed the House, April 2024.

Action: This resolution condemns the testimonies of University Presidents on antisemitism at college campuses, including UPenn, Harvard, and MIT.

Result: Passed House

Action: This bill gives the tools necessary for the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to support Holocaust education..

Result: Ordered by House Committee on Education and the Workforce to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 – 0. Includes a version of the HEAL Act.

Date: 6/4/24

Action: This bill directs the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to conduct a study evaluating Holocaust education efforts in public schools nationwide. 

Result: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Version of HEAL folded into the Never Again Education Reauthorization which is likely to pass at least the House this Congress.

Date: 1/27/23

Action: This bill instructs the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum to build a curriculum for students, memorializing the October 7th attack on Israel and the antisemitism that followed the attack on social media, college campuses, and more. 

Result: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Date: 5/6/24

Action: This resolution denounces the rise of antisemitism and Islamophobia across the country and condemns attacks on Americans, who were targeted because of their race, ethnicity, and religion.  

Result: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Date: 4/5/24

Action: This bill combats the harmful and inherently antisemitic boycotting efforts unfortunately present at international governmental organizations around the world. 

Result: Passed House

Action: This resolution condemns the increase in anti-Semitism and antisemitic celebrities and public figures. 

Result: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

Date: 12/15/2022

Action: This bill addresses the uptick of antisemitism in the United States by establishing a commission to investigate the causes of antisemitism, evaluate the evidence and circumstances, and report the findings and recommendations to the President and Congress.

Result: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary

Date: 12/4/23

Action: This bill requires institutions of higher education to report to the Secretary of Education each incident of antisemitism reported on campus.

Result: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Date: 5/14/24

Action: This resolution condemns the attack on the Chabad of Poway Synagogue near San Diego, California, on April 27, 2019. It honors the memory of Lori Gilbert Kaye, who was killed and expresses hope for the recovery of the three individuals who were injured.

Result: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Date: 05/09/2019

Action: This resolution commemorates the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp and honors survivors of the Holocaust, as well as members of the Allied forces who liberated Auschwitz. The resolution also urges the United States to improve efforts to combat anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry and intolerance.

Result: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Date: 01/28/2020

Action: This resolution expresses that: (1) it is an indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holocaust, and (2) to deny that the Holocaust was an effort to eliminate the Jewish people is shameful. This resolution also calls on all executive branch entities, including the White House, to affirm that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in the Holocaust.

Result: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats. 

Date: 2/16/2017

Action: This letter to Meta CEO Zuckerberg asks the company to refuse the oversight board’s recommendation that “from the river to the sea” should not be deemed antisemitic.

Result: Announced

Date: 09/25/2024

Action: This letter expresses disappointment that Columbia University has not yet disbanded the unauthorized and prohibited encampment of anti-Israel, anti-Jewish activists on campus. 

Result: Announced

Date: 04/29/2024

Action: This letter calls on Princeton University to take action in response to their universities’ inclusion of antisemitic, anti-Israel, and hate-filled classroom curriculum and upcoming guest speakers. 

Result: Announced

Date: 9/10//23

Action: This letter calls on the University of Pennsylvania to take action in response to their universities’ inclusion of antisemitic, anti-Israel, and hate-filled classroom curriculum and upcoming guest speakers. 

Result: Announced

Date: 9/10//23

Action: This letter requests an investigation into the data breach at 23andMe, a popular genetic testing service, to determine if compromised data could be used to target the Jewish community.

Result: Announced

Date: 01/11/2024

Action: This letter calls on Rutgers to urgently address the antisemitism and safety concerns raised by Jewish students for months after the administration appeased the demands of violent and hateful agitators.. 

Result: Announced

Date: 05/09/24

Action: This letter urges George Washington University President Ellen Granberg, imploring her to take immediate disciplinary action against those who projected antisemitic messages on campus buildings celebrating Hamas’ brutal murders and kidnappings of innocent civilians, including Americans.

Result: Announced

Date: 10/26/23

Action: This letter urges the U.S. Department of Education to prioritize the rulemaking process for Title VI to ensure students who are or are perceived to be Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, or of another religious group are protected under federal law. 

Result: Announced

Date: 2/7/23

Action: This letter urges the U.S. Department of Education to investigate whether City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law’s antisemitic and anti-Israel commencement speech and the administration’s response violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ensure that Jewish and pro-Israel students are protected under federal law. 

Result: Announced

Date: 6/6/23

Action: This letter expresses strong concerns about a Rutgers-sponsored event on its New Brunswick Campus, entitled “Race, Liberation, and Palestine: A Conversation with Noura Erakat, Nick Estes, and Marc Lamont Hill.” Two of the speakers, Nick Estes and Marc Lamont Hill, are well-known antisemites, and allowing them to present their antisemitic, anti-Israel views would have promoted hate speech and the potential for violence toward Rutgers’ Jewish students.

Result: Announced

Date: 12/4/23

Action: This letter calls for the federal government to investigate the use of the Boston “BDS Map” by violent extremists and terrorists, and boost security for the organizations listed.

Result: Announced

Date: 6/22/2022

Action: This letter calls for the federal government to investigate the use of the Boston “BDS Map” by violent extremists and terrorists, and boost security for the organizations listed.

Result: Announced

Date: 6/22/2022

Action: This letter  calls on the U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to hold schools accountable for creating hostile and unsafe environments for Jewish students by using anti-Semitic “ethnic studies” curricula in their district.