WATCH LIVE: House Education Committee holds hearing on campus antisemitism

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Attendees clap hands as they listen during “Teach-In On Gaza” lecture organized by The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and The Sawyer Seminar “Afterlives of Liberation” at Rutgers University on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, in New Brunswick, N.J. For many of the university chaplains and faith leaders caring for students angered and shaken by the Israel-Hamas war, the needs are acute, the days intense. The bloodshed has roiled campuses in the United States, sparking rival rallies and competing demands.(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) Andres Kudacki/AP

WATCH LIVE: House Education Committee holds hearing on campus antisemitism

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The House Education Committee’s Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development is holding a hearing on antisemitism on college campuses.

The hearing, titled “Confronting the Scourge of Antisemitism on Campus,” is slated to begin at 10 a.m. The hearing is likely to focus on pro-Palestinian protests and a spike in antisemitic threats following the beginning of the war in Gaza last month.

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Among those testifying will be Rabbi Moshe Hauer, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, and other antisemitism experts.

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Tensions have skyrocketed on college campuses as the casualty count rises in Gaza and large groups of students express support for the Palestinian cause. Critics argue that expressions of support for Palestinians are equivalent to support for Hamas, the militant group that rules the Gaza Strip and has been declared a terrorist organization by the United States.

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