The leaders of three large public school systems will appear before Congress on Wednesday to answer questions about how they have handled incidents of antisemitism on their school campuses.

The witnesses scheduled to testify before a House Education and Workforce subcommittee represent New York City Public Schools, the Berkeley Unified School District in California and the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland.

The hearing comes amid a series of inquiries by the Republican-led committee into how universities have responded to pro-Palestinian student protests on campuses.

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    4 months ago

    They are using Netanyahu’s definition.

    The Louis D Brandeis Center was founded in 2012, by a former Bush administration official.

    LDB was founded to conduct lawfare at the behest of the Israeli Government.

    They’ve been trying for years to change the legal definition of anti-semitism to include anti-zionism.

    They focus mainly on suing student groups that they feel are too critical of Israel.

    Check out their wikipedia for their long history of trying to prevent free speech.