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“The voices of victims and survivors demand that we honor their legacy by standing firm against Holocaust denial, distortion and hatred,” Dani Dayan stated.
“LB 538 takes a firm and necessary stand against discrimination,” said state senator Brian Hardin, who introduced the legislation.
“I would call this a Trump effect,” Kenneth L. Marcus, chair of the Brandeis Center, told JNS.
“We want to go forward to have a safe place for Jews in Tennessee,” Mark Pody, a Republican in the state Senate, told JNS.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is the lone Israeli university to have adopted the IHRA definition to date.
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the ADL, hopes “this resolution will lead to other college administrators implementing these or similar measures.”
“We’re taking a strong stance to educate, prevent and combat hate within our community,” the county executive stated.
“Canada is the first single country to produce a government handbook on the IHRA working definition,” Canadian special envoy Deborah Lyons told JNS.
“The court finds the incorporation of this specific definition of antisemitism is viewpoint discrimination,” a federal district court judge ruled.
Twenty-five have adopted or endorsed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism.
A report offered a 13-point plan endorsed by the governor.
“Antisemitic hate has risen to a level never seen before around the globe,” stated Rep. Chris Smith.
