Berkeley schools chief faces House hearing over parent charges of growing antisemitism

ON FEB. 28, two Jewish civil rights organizations filed a complaint with the federal Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights urging an investigation into the “virulent wave of antisemitism” aimed at Israeli and Jewish students in Berkeley Unified schools. The “bullying and harassment” started after the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas of Israelis and the brutal retaliation by the Israeli army in Gaza.

This week, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and the Anti-Defamation League expanded its 41-page complaint, amplifying its request for an investigation, stating that “the already-hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students” has worsened.