Syracuse University students introduce bill to adopt anti-Semitism definition
Syracuse University students introduce bill to adopt anti-Semitism definition
A number of colleges have already adopted the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, including Arizona State University, the University of Georgia and Florida State University.
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(February 16, 2021 / JNS) Syracuse University’s Student Association introduced a resolution on Monday to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism.
SA assembly member Noah Wagner introduced the bill, saying the association’s goal is to have the university adopt the IHRA definition “to have a stronger sense against anti-Semitism and to treat it similarly to how other hate crimes are treated on campus and across the country,” he told the university’s student-run publication
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JNS.org – Syracuse University’s Student Association tabled a resolution on Monday to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism after several members expressed concern regarding the definition’s language.
SA president Justine Hastings, along with others, said antisemitism should not be equated with anti-Zionism and worried about how the IHRA definition affects Palestinian rights.
“Due to the widespread critique and the wording used by the IHRA and its implications on limiting academic freedom, and potentially doing harm to Palestinians and questions of Palestinian human rights, I personally did not feel it was SA’s place to endorse this definition,” Hastings said after the meeting, according to the university’s student-run publication
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