Biden announces steps to combat antisemitism, violence on Holocaust Remembrance Day [Video]

President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday, Holocaust Remembrance Day, new actions to counter the “abhorrent rise of antisemitism” in the United States. President Biden made the announcement from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

As part of the new actions, President Biden will direct the Department of Education to send a “Dear Colleague Letter” to every school district and college in the country to provide examples of antisemitic discrimination. The Biden administration will also have the Department of Homeland Security build an online campus safety resources guide and “develop and share best practices for community-based targeted violence and terrorism prevention to reduce these assaults and attacks.”

The announcement comes as several universities, including USC and Columbia, have canceled commencement activities due to unrest caused by pro-Palestinian protesters.

President Biden made “never again” the theme of his address. The president discussed the importance of recounting the crimes of the Holocaust and the …