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April 1, 2024

Can Taking Universities to Court Make Things Better for Jews on Campus?

A Vermont success story.

Perhaps the area where the fight against anti-Semitism in the U.S. runs fiercest is on college campuses. Some Jews, making use of a variety of federal anti-discrimination laws, have responded to anti-Jewish antagonism at the universities with legal action. Eli Lake examines what these efforts have achieved, looking primarily at the example of the University of Vermont, where, among other egregious incidents, a mob threw stones at the campus Hillel House. The Brandeis Center, a leading advocate for Jewish students on campus, filed a formal complaint with the Department of Education:

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