Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., announced the dates and times for closed interviews with Yale and University of Michigan presidents regarding antisemitism. (Getty Images)
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said, "The Committee has identified patterns of antisemitism on Yale’s and Michigan’s campuses and a general failure by these universities to protect Jewish students that must be addressed. Presidents Salovey and Ono will be required to appear before the committee for transcribed interviews and answer questions on their records."
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Hundreds of students protest outside the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles on May 1. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
The hearing came only weeks after a high-profile pro-Palestine encampment dispersed at Columbia University and as schools across the country still struggled with their own demonstrations, which also included incidents of antisemitism.
The Michigan and Yale presidents were originally slated to appear at the same hearing.
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Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., Chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, is leading an investigation into campus antisemitism. (Getty Images)
The outbreak of antisemitism on college campuses has correlated with the onset of the war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas in Gaza, which began in October 2023 after the group murdered Israeli civilians and took hostages in a surprise attack.
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Since then, antisemitic incidents across the country have skyrocketed. In the first three months following the Hamas terrorist attack, more antisemitic incidents occurred than during the entirety of each year between 2013 and 2021, with the exception of 2022, according to the Anti-Defamation League's data. The number of incidents in those three months represented a 361% increase from the same period in 2022, during which 712 incidents occurred.
Requests seeking comment from the University of Michigan went unanswered at press time.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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