By Luke Tress
The US Justice Department announces a task force to combat antisemitism aimed at schools and colleges, the latest move by the Trump administration to crack down on anti-Jewish discrimination on campuses.
The task force will include officials from the Justice Department, Department of Education, and Department of Health and Human Services, the Justice Department says in a statement.
The group will be led by Leo Terrell, senior counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights.
“Antisemitism in any environment is repugnant to this nation’s ideals,” Terrell says in a statement. “The department takes seriously our responsibility to eradicate this hatred wherever it is found.”
The task force is the first step in US President Donald Trump’s push to combat antisemitism in schools, announced in an executive order last week,” the announcement says.
Source: The Times of Israel
