December 2, 2005

Civil-Rights Panel Hears Complaints of Anti-Semitism on Campuses

By JENNIFER JACOBSON

Representatives of Jewish groups have told the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights that anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias are rampant at colleges and universities across the country, and should be halted by campus officials or, if necessary, through federal and state government intervention.

"Anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism are systemic ideologies in higher education," said Gary A. Tobin, president of the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, a San Francisco-based group, at a

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