The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it is sending a federal task force to Boston and three other major U.S. cities “to discuss their responses to incidents of antisemitism at schools and on college campuses in their cities over the last two years.

The Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism notified leaders of four major cities on Thursday that it wanted to meet to discuss their responses to incidents of antisemitism at schools and on college campuses since 2023.

Jason Lee, a senior adviser to Mayor Brandon Johnson, was not surprised at the DOJ initiative. He noted the new Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism is targeting three of the same cities whose mayors were summoned to Washington to defend their sanctuary city status before a