U Of M Community Comes Together For Menorah Lighting

By Kirsten Mitchell, CBS Minnesota

December 11, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Antisemitism and Islamophobia have surged on college campuses following the Hamas attack on Israel and Israel's airstrikes on Gaza.

This weekend, two leaders at the University of Pennsylvania stepped down amid backlash over the school's response to antisemitism on campus. The House Education and Workforce Committee is opening an investigation into Penn, along with MIT, Harvard, and other universities, to look at their response to antisemitism on campus.

Sunday evening at the University of Minnesota, regents joined students, faculty and community members for a Menorah lighting.

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