Weaponizing antisemitism makes students 'less safe,' says drafter of definition
6 days, 12 hours ago

Weaponizing antisemitism makes students 'less safe,' says drafter of definition

NPR  

Weaponizing antisemitism makes students 'less safe,' says drafter of definition toggle caption Stefan Jeremiah/AP The Trump administration is taking a hardline approach to what it alleges is a failure to protect students from antisemitism on college campuses. Kenneth Stern, director of the Center for the Study of Hate at Bard College and the lead drafter of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism, said the administration's approach is making Jewish students feel less safe. Stern acknowledges the existence of antisemitism on campuses but believes that the Trump administration's approach could create a much worse situation. Sponsor Message Interview highlights Leila Fadel: Now the Trump administration has repeatedly said it is going to root out antisemitism specifically on college campuses.

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President’s move to target campus antisemitism may or may not be genuine, but the costs are too high
5 days, 12 hours ago

President’s move to target campus antisemitism may or may not be genuine, but the costs are too high

LA Times  

To the editor: To anyone who believes the Trump administration is interested in eradicating antisemitism on college campuses, remember this: After the white supremacists protesting in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017 chanted, “Jews will not replace us,” President Trump remarked that there are “some very fine people on both sides.” This so-called effort to combat antisemitism is a smokescreen. To the …

Trump’s Department of Education is making it harder for me to teach Jewish Studies.
1 week ago

Trump’s Department of Education is making it harder for me to teach Jewish Studies.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Last week, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to 60 institutions of higher education across the United States, warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not address what the department calls “the relentless antisemitic eruptions …

The GOP Says It's Fighting Antisemitism In Colleges. Some Students Call BS.
2 weeks, 6 days ago

The GOP Says It's Fighting Antisemitism In Colleges. Some Students Call BS.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Students and activists from multiple faiths are sounding the alarm over the Trump administration and lawmakers’ efforts to silence dissent on college campuses over issues like Palestinian rights — accusing officials of using allegations of antisemitism as a pretext to crush free speech and exert control over the country’s higher education system. At Wednesday’s hearing, Sen. Josh …

Opinion: Trump’s antisemitism executive order mistakes dissent for bigotry
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Trump’s antisemitism executive order mistakes dissent for bigotry

LA Times  

A Jan. 29 White House executive order on antisemitism is intended to combat one of the longest, most lethal and societally entrenched forms of group-based hatred in the world. It calls for the mobilization of “all available and appropriate legal tools” to confront “an unprecedented wave of vile anti-Semitic discrimination, vandalism, and violence against our citizens, especially in our schools …

Trump executive order on antisemitism: College protesters aren’t the only ones threatened by this.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump executive order on antisemitism: College protesters aren’t the only ones threatened by this.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. A White House fact sheet, obtained by reporters ahead of the order, proclaimed that “Immediate action will be taken by the Department of Justice to protect law and order, quell pro-Hamas vandalism and intimidation, and investigate and punish anti-Jewish …

Trump pledges to deport ‘Hamas sympathisers’ on college campuses
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump pledges to deport ‘Hamas sympathisers’ on college campuses

Al Jazeera  

United States President Donald Trump has pledged to deport foreign university students involved in pro-Palestinian protests as part of a crackdown on alleged anti-Semitism, prompting an outcry from free speech and Muslim advocacy organisations. In an executive order signed on Wednesday, Trump said the federal government would use “all available and appropriate legal tools” to prosecute and remove perpetrators of …

Letters to the Editor: When do campus protests on Israel cross the line into antisemitism?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: When do campus protests on Israel cross the line into antisemitism?

LA Times  

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate at an encampment on the UCLA campus on April 26. To the editor: The report by UCLA’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias underlines the urgency of developing effective strategies for countering antisemitism on college campuses in the wake of the horrific Hamas attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and its aftermath. The Nexus …

Opinion: Can legitimate campus protest be distinguished from antisemitism? This guide aims to help
6 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Can legitimate campus protest be distinguished from antisemitism? This guide aims to help

LA Times  

After one of the most tumultuous years in the modern history of the university, this new academic year brings a sense of trepidation and even dread for students, staff, faculty and administrators. Some students and faculty members at colleges across the country expressed support for the attack or refused to condemn it, leaving many Jews on campus feeling deeply vulnerable. …

Editorial: House antisemitism bill would stymie free speech and wouldn’t make students safer
10 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: House antisemitism bill would stymie free speech and wouldn’t make students safer

LA Times  

President Biden speaks at the U.S. Not appropriate — in fact, arguably unconstitutional — is a bill overwhelmingly approved by the House that would have the Education Department use an expansive definition of antisemitism that could chill political speech. The problem with the Antisemitism Awareness Act is that it directs the Education Department to “take into consideration” the working definition …

K-12 school leaders reject allegations that they let antisemitism run rampant
10 months, 2 weeks ago

K-12 school leaders reject allegations that they let antisemitism run rampant

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Leaders of three large public school systems strongly denied allegations that they let antisemitism run rampant in their schools, telling a congressional panel Wednesday that they are fighting it with education and, when necessary, discipline. “Let me be clear — we do not shy away from imposing consequences for hateful behavior, including antisemitism,” said Karla Silvestre, the board …

Campus protests on Israel: The Anti-Defamation League’s antisemitism definition leaves some Jews out.
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Campus protests on Israel: The Anti-Defamation League’s antisemitism definition leaves some Jews out.

Slate  

Over the past six months, Jonathan Greenblatt, head of the Anti-Defamation League, has stressed repeatedly that he is concerned about rising antisemitism. Some observers thinking that he privileges support for Israel over civil rights is not new; a Jewish Currents story from 2021 revealed that former ADL employees felt Greenblatt was choosing defense of Israel over protecting civil liberties, one …

There’s a wave of new bills to define antisemitism. In these 3 states, they could become law
1 year, 1 month ago

There’s a wave of new bills to define antisemitism. In these 3 states, they could become law

LA Times  

Georgia lawmakers bump fists after state House Bill 30, an antisemitism measure, was passed unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 22 in Atlanta. “For anybody that didn’t think that anti-Zionism could cross into antisemitism, the rest of the world could see that it had,” said Democratic Rep. Esther Panitch, the only Jewish member of Georgia’s Legislature and one …

There’s a wave of new bills to define antisemitism. In these 3 states, they could become law
1 year, 1 month ago

There’s a wave of new bills to define antisemitism. In these 3 states, they could become law

Associated Press  

Lawmakers in more than a half-dozen U.S. states are pushing laws to define antisemitism, triggering debates about free speech and bringing complicated world politics into statehouses. “For anybody that didn’t think that anti-Zionism could cross into antisemitism, the rest of the world could see that it had,” said Democratic Rep. Esther Panitch, the only Jewish member of Georgia’s Legislature and …

How antisemitism came roaring back into American life
1 year, 3 months ago

How antisemitism came roaring back into American life

LA Times  

Like a plague that long lay dormant, antisemitism has sprung back to virulence in the U.S., deeply unsettling American Jews, many of whom had viewed it as a relic of past generations, destined to fade away. “I think it’s important to recognize in this moment how vulnerable and fearful many Jews feel,” UCLA political science professor Dov Waxman said in …

The Biden administration says colleges must fight ‘alarming rise’ in antisemitism and Islamophobia
1 year, 4 months ago

The Biden administration says colleges must fight ‘alarming rise’ in antisemitism and Islamophobia

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is warning U.S. schools and colleges that they must take immediate action to stop antisemitism and Islamophobia on their campuses, citing an “alarming rise” in threats and harassment. In a Tuesday letter, the Education Department said there’s “renewed urgency” to fight discrimination against students during the Israel-Hamas war. It says schools must intervene to stop …

Columbia faculty is at war over antisemitism: Hundreds of professors sign new letter slamming 'appalling' colleagues who defended students for supporting Hamas as they demand university protects Jewis
1 year, 4 months ago

Columbia faculty is at war over antisemitism: Hundreds of professors sign new letter slamming 'appalling' colleagues who defended students for supporting Hamas as they demand university protects Jewis

Daily Mail  

Almost 300 staff at Columbia University on Tuesday signed a letter condemning their colleagues for defending students who said Hamas' terror attack of October 7 was justified. Pro-Palestine students are seen protesting at Columbia University in New York City on October 12 Columbus University's campus has been roiled by protest The Anti-Defamation League has urged colleges to investigate campus chapters …

Opinion: Nothing has prepared me for the antisemitism I see on college campuses now
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: Nothing has prepared me for the antisemitism I see on college campuses now

LA Times  

I am a 70-year-old Jewish man, but never in my life have I seen or felt the antisemitism of the last few weeks. On Friday, someone in my school posted on Instagram a picture of me with the caption, “Erwin Chemerinsky has taken an indefinite sabbatical from Berkeley Law to join the I.D.F.” Two weeks ago, at a town hall, …

As antisemitism grows, so does its dangers to everyone. Here’s how you can fight against it
2 years, 4 months ago

As antisemitism grows, so does its dangers to everyone. Here’s how you can fight against it

CNN  

CNN — In the wake of the war between Israel and Hamas, antisemitic incidents in the US are on the rise. It leads to contempt for knowledge, learning, expertise.” Former US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power described it as the “canary in the coal mine.” Here are a few things that everyone can do to help fight antisemitism. Tennessee …

Editorial: We must condemn the surge in antisemitic attacks
3 years, 10 months ago

Editorial: We must condemn the surge in antisemitic attacks

LA Times  

The recent military confrontation between Israel and Gaza-based Hamas militants spawned a regrettable yet predictable response: a surge in antisemitic attacks. Over the last several weeks, vandals have struck synagogues around the country; a mob beat a Jewish man in New York City near dueling protests by pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups, while other Jews have suffered random attacks; epithets have …

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