White House Steps Up Antisemitism Monitoring in New Strategy
- A slate of new actions comes as anti-Jewish episodes increase
- Biden, Emhoff headline a White House event on Thursday
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President Joe Biden directed federal law enforcement agencies to better monitor anti-Jewish and other bias cases, and urged social-media companies and schools to crack down on hate speech, as part of a first-of-its-kind national strategy to combat antisemitism.
The White House on Thursday released a 60-page strategy, which includes more than 100 new actions federal agencies are taking to address a rising number of incidents. The White House said all will be completed within a year.