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

The newly formed federal taskforce aims to meet with mayors in a handful of major cities to investigate alleged antisemitism in schools.

The task force said it plans to come to Boston and meet with local leaders to “discuss their responses to incidents of antisemitism at schools and on college campuses in their cities over the last two years.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was told the federal task force is looking into allegations that local schools may have failed to protect Jewish students from unlawful discrimination.

Boston is being targeted by the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, which will investigate incidents and allegations of antisemitism at schools and college campuses. The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday that the task force wants to meet with local leaders in Boston,