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Education Dept. Takes Stand on Anti-Semitism That Could Draw It Into Free-Speech Fights – Government

In a move being hailed by some Jewish organizations as a major and welcome shift, the U.S. Education Department?s Office for Civil Rights has signaled that it plans to step up its efforts to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism under a federal law that bars colleges from discriminating based on national origin or ethnicity.