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Photo Credit: flash 90 Recently a definition of antisemitism called the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism was published. It presents itself as an alternative to the internationally accepted IHRA definition. The birth of the Jerusalem Declaration The seeds of the Jerusalem Declaration were planted in London and Germany. In the UK, there was the government-encouraged adoption of the IHRA by several universities, most notably UCL in London. In Germany, the Government has been restricting BDS a...

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Democratic pro-Israel group exposes rift among liberals over anti-Semitism envoy In a now-deleted tweet, the Democratic Majority for Israel wrote that Nancy Kaufman, the former head of the National Council for Jewish Women, has too often “enabled, rather than battled, anti-Semitism.” Nancy Kaufman, former CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, speaks at womens march in New York at Central Park West in 2018. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock. 405 WORDS (May 6, 2021 / JNS) A Democratic pro...

The IHRA then appended examples as “illustrations”, with which to guide its work. These have never been part of the official IHRA definition. These examples focus largely on the idea that any criticism of Israel is antisemitic. This would make recent publications by Jewish Zionist writers and Israeli human rights organisations “antisemitic”. For example, Peter Beinart, a prominent liberal Zionist, recently published an article in The New York Times titled: “I no longer believe in a J...

Get email notification for articles from Ben Samuels Follow May. 4, 2021 7:10 PM WASHINGTON – Several of the leading organizations in the American-Jewish establishment have begun to fight back against efforts to incorporate new definitions in the U.S. government’s fight against antisemitism, appealing directly to the Democratic lawmakers pushing the move as the Biden administration prepares to appoint a special envoy on antisemitism. While the lawmakers do not explicitly reject the curren...

Freedom to boycott activists in Massachusetts The Massachusetts House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected an amendment to the state budget which would have Massachusetts adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism, a definition that equates criticism of Israel with antisemitism, within its law on religious discrimination. The problem amendment, called “Condemnation of Antisemitism and Adoption of IHRA Definition”, was submitted by Rep. Howitt (R. Seekonk) as amendment #300 to the ...

The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism and its Jewish supporters The Declaration is a political hit piece targeting the Jewish state and should be recognized as such. (May 2, 2021 / Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies) The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism is the latest expression of a continuing wave of criticism of Israel by academics, many of them Jewish, that resurfaces in different guises every couple of months. The new version is a clever piece of public relations. It uses the...

Recent weeks have seen the most severe global spike in antisemitism in recent memory. In the United States, synagogues have... At Michigan State University, an antisemitism resolution was proposed and approved. But supporters were later told that student representatives had not read the resolution and that, without amendments, it would be vetoed. During two Zoom sessions, commentators (who demanded to remain anonymous for fear of “harassment”) excoriated the bill and its supporters. The res...

The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism Is a Very Welcome Initiative For those of us who oppose antisemitism as well as the oppression of Palestinians, the JDA constitutes an extremely valuable resource. A man walks past graves desecrated with swastikas at the Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, near Strasbourg, France, December 4, 2019. Photo: Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann World28/Apr/2021 On March 25, 2021, the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA) was presented by a group of over 200 eminent Jewi...

�� Big Boom: A mysterious explosion at an Israeli air base last week was purportedly caused by a rocket engine test, say analysts. ☢️ Sanctions Demands: Iranian diplomat Abbas Araghchi said that the U.S. must remove sanctions designations from 1,500 people in order to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. ���� Reassurances: Brett McGurk, the National Security Council’s Middle East and North Africa coordinator, told Jewish leaders on Friday that the administration will not lift sanc...