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“International efforts to fight antisemitism can only succeed if reflecting the actual realities faced by Jews today,” B’nai B’rith CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin.
“We can clearly define hate, which is exactly what this bill does,” said Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
The legal group aims to learn more about anti-Zionist student group policies and talk about adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
Amid a lecture tour at U.S. law schools, the former Knesset member discusses attempts to censor her and her message for the next generation of attorneys.
The social-media company “should be very specific about Jew-hatred, calling out Holocaust denial specifically,” said Kenneth Marcus of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law.
Penned by the Alliance of Jewish Progressives, the article uses language that appears to fall under the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
The student chapter attacks Israel during a full week of programming.
Signatories include the U.S. Presbyterian Church, the United Methodist Church, the American Civil Liberties Union, B’Tselem, Human Rights Watch and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.
The legislation sought to codify the IHRA working definition in state law but was met with difficulty in both the state House and Senate.
Opponents of the measure claimed that if passed, it would stifle anti-Israel speech and actions at the school.
Palestinian activists voiced their opposition to its usage, saying that it would shut down their attempts to criticize Israel.
The public university’s new online reporting tool for antisemitism also adopts an ‘all lives matter’ approach, critics say.
