DSA condemns Capital Jewish Museum shooting after one of its factions praises the attack
(JTA) — The Democratic Socialists of America condemned the murders of two Israeli embassy employees outside a Jewish museum last week, after one of the far-left party’s factions praised the attack.
“Democratic Socialists of America seek to democratically transform our society and reject vigilante violence,” read the statement, posted to social Wednesday afternoon. The condemnation — published nearly a week after Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were gunned down outside an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee at the Capital Jewish Museum — appears to refer to a post by one of the DSA’s factions, called the Liberation Caucus, endorsing the attack. That faction, which calls itself the DSA’s “Marxist-Leninist-Maoist caucus,” reposted a statement praising the shooting on Tuesday and called to “Free Elias Rodriguez,” the alleged gunman.
‘Expect massive lawsuits’ against University of California system, Leo Terrell says
(JNS) — Having paused, canceled or audited billions of dollars in federal funding at Harvard University and sought to curb the school’s ability to enroll foreign students over its record protecting Jews on campus, the Trump administration is focusing on the University of California system next, Leo Terrell, who leads the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, told Fox News on Tuesday.
“I want everyone to understand this. Unlike the previous administration, expect massive lawsuits against the UC system,” Terrell, senior counsel at the U.S. Justice Department, told Harris Faulkner on her eponymous show. “On the East Coast. The West Coast. The Midwest. Expect hate crime charges filed by the federal government. Expect Title VII lawsuits against those individuals who are not being protective, simply because they are Jewish.”
