Tagged Title VI

OP-ED Fighting campus anti-Semitism is not just a good idea. It’s the law.

A student waving a Palestinian flag at a demonstration at Hunter College, part of the City University of New York system, Nov. 12, 2015. (Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
September 18, 2016 / Morton A. Klein and Susan B. Tuchman, JTA

  NEW YORK (JTA) — Last week, the chancellor of The City University of New York released a report by CUNY-hired outside counsel investigating allegations of campus anti-Semitism. The investigation was triggered by a 14-page letter from the Zionist Organization of America to CUNY’s leadership, which noted, among other… Read more »

Jewish groups should embrace new legal protection for Jewish students
May 1, 2012 / Morton A. Klein and Susan B. Tuchman, JTA

(JTA) — Imagine if the NAACP responded with skepticism to the passage of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and urged African Americans to exercise their civil rights cautiously under this law. Title VI was landmark legislation when it was passed in 1964 to remedy racial and ethnic… Read more »