WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno has called on all Ohio’s 14 public universities to establish comprehensive plans to combat campus antisemitism.

“Jewish Americans are under attack in this country.” Moreno declared in a letter to presidents of the universities sent this month. He cited statistics that indicate 2024 saw the highest number of United States antisemitic incidents in almost 50 years.

Comparing recent attacks on Jews to episodes during the run-up to World War II in 1939, Moreno’s wrote that “the violence against Jews must stop,” and suggests that universities consider adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.

The IHRA definition states: “Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as

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