Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen co-hosted a roundtable dialogue Thursday morning with U.S. faculty college students about rising antisemitism on faculty campuses, simply forward of the beginning of the varsity yr.
Rosen, a Democrat, and Sen. James Lankford, a Republican from Oklahoma, met in Washington with six college students who shared their experiences of antisemitism through the the 2023-2024 college yr. Rosen and Lankford co-chair the Senate Bipartisan Activity Power for Combating Antisemitism.
“The spike in antisemitic incidents we noticed on faculty and college campuses within the spring is unacceptable,” Rosen mentioned in a information launch.
In response to the Anti-Defamation League, 73 % of Jewish faculty college students skilled or witnessed some type of prejudice for the reason that starting of the varsity yr. These incidents rose following the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on Israel, the group mentioned.
College students have the appropriate to pursue greater training in a secure surroundings, Rosen mentioned. The ADL agreed and mentioned Rosen and Lankford are “deeply engaged” in combating antisemitism.
“With their current roundtable dialogue with faculty college students, Senators Rosen and Lankford exhibit simply how significantly they’re taking the rise in antisemitism on our college campuses,” the ADL mentioned in a press release. “Campuses are supposed to be secure and welcoming areas for all college students — no matter their id or beliefs.”
Luda Isakharov, a current graduate from the College of Oregon, thanked Rosen and Lankford for his or her work on their bipartisan invoice, the Countering Antisemitism Act, in response to the information launch. The laws was launched to Congress earlier this yr and would set up a nationwide coordinator to counter home antisemitism and serve inside the White Home.
“Lower than half of Jewish college students reported feeling bodily secure on their campuses within the fall semester of the previous college yr, in response to the ADL. I’m a type of college students,” Isakharov mentioned within the launch. “I hope you all will work collectively to get this laws to the end line and to ship for Jewish college students who’re nervously anticipating getting into one other difficult tutorial yr this fall.”
The Senate job power was based in 2019. Its goal is to battle antisemitism via training and neighborhood empowerment, in response to its mission assertion.
Rosen additionally served on the Home Bipartisan Activity Power For Combating Antisemitism when she was a member of the Home of Representatives.
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