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Featuring: Thomas Kean Jr., Republican | U.S. House, New Jersey, District 7

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‘It’s Time To Act On The Words ‘Never Again’’: Thomas Kean Denounces Antisemitism In Europe

Published | Video Starts at 04:08

Last week three Ivy League presidents testified before Congress and refuse to say that the calling for the genocide of Jews is considered bullying or harassment. It is no wonder that Jewish students feel unsafe and threatened. Academia here in the United States and in Europe has a moral responsibility to make plain that they do not tolerate antisemitism. Unfortunately, what we are witnessing all too frequently is an abject failure of leadership in combating antisemitism at too many institutions. (04:08–04:19)

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Asserts that academic institutions have a duty to clearly oppose antisemitism.

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