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Owens to Hold Hearing on Combatting Antisemitism on College Campuses

New Start Time at 10:00 a.m.

Tomorrow, November 14, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled "Confronting the Scourge of Antisemitism on Campus."
 
"A wave of unabashed antisemitism at colleges and universities is leading to harassment and violence against the Jewish community, and it must be met with swift condemnation," said Chairman Owens"This hearing is part of our commitment to take action and ensure that students are afforded a safe learning environment. We must reclaim our nation's crumbling postsecondary education system from the illiberalism and radical ideologies that are destroying it from within." 

What:
Subcommittee hearing titled "Confronting the Scourge of Antisemitism on Campus"
 
When:
10:15 a.m.  10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 14, 2023
 
Where:
2175 Rayburn House Office Building

Witnesses:

  • Rabbi Moshe Hauer, Executive Vice President, Orthodox Union 
  • Mr. Kenneth L. Marcus, Esq., Founder and Chairman, Brandeis Center
  • Ms. Stacy Burdett, Independent Consultant in Antisemitism Prevention and Response
  • Ms. Sahar Tartak, Student, Yale University

Press:
Credentialed media planning to cover the hearing need to RSVP to Nick.Barely@mail.house.gov. The hearing will be live-streamed on the Committee's YouTube page. 

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