THE Brown University Under Investigation by DOE for Anti-Semitism

"From the river to the sea........"

Over the past several years, this site has posted several articles about Brown University, an Ivy League school in Rhode Island. I have often used the moniker, "The Brown University" to draw an analogy with Erlangen University, which was the first German university where Nazis formed a majority in student government prior to Hitler's rise to power in January 1933. In short, like many other universities in the US, Brown has had its share of complaints of anti-Semitism. 

On December 11, in the wake of Hamas' barbaric attack on Israel (October 7), 41 Brown students occupied a building on campus demanding the university divest from Israel and call for a cease-fire. They were removed. and charged with trespassing.

In addition, the University is rejecting complaints about its Choices Program, recommended course reading materials for secondary students that some claim present distorted arguments relative to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and are anti-Semitic. The official campus website is currently running an article defending the materials. Brown also rejects accusations that the nation of Qatar finances the program.

Now the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights has added Brown to the growing list of universities where Jewish students are filing complaints of anti-Semitism on campus. Accordingly, DOE/OCR has opened an investigation. (Hat tip Campus Reform)

I have checked the current issue of the Brown Daily Herald, Brown's campus newspaper. It has yet to report the complaint. It has reported on the arrests of the 41 students. That article is linked above.