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A series of stories over the past few weeks have highlighted the end of the Jewish communities in various Muslim... As its name suggests, the Jerusalem Declaration is largely focused on the appropriate language to use when discussing Israel and “Palestine.” It mentions Palestine or Palestinians nine times, but doesn’t include a single mention of hate crime. Ten of its 15 “guidelines” are devoted to Israel and Palestine, despite criticizing the IHRA definition for placing “undue emph...

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As the 2016 Internal Holocaust Remembrance Association’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism continues to be adopted by organizations and universities who find it useful as a way of identifying instances of anti-Semitism—and especially the “new anti-Semitism” which couches itself as criticism of Israel—predictably, though unsurprisingly, groups that wish to continue to slander and libel the Jewish state have come out in opposition to it. What bothers these indign...

“I have had a foot in the mainstream Jewish world and in the progressive Jewish world and I think I have credibility in both worlds,” Kaufman said in an interview. Kaufman helmed NCJW for seven years, stepping down in 2019 as the organization relocated from New York to Washington, D.C. Prior to that position, she led the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston for 20 years. Kaufman was named to the Forward 50 in 2012 for injecting “energy and purpose” into NCJW and “using...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, I am personally grateful to the 200 plus signatories of the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism. The publication of their idiosyncratic (non) definition of antisemitism has offered opportuniti...

Preamble In light of the fact that April has begun and there has yet to be authored a new definition of antisemitism, we offer this working definition from a caucus of “AsAJew” Jewish public intellectuals, upon consultation with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the California Ethnic Studies Initiative, and at least one school bus driver. We have kept it concise because we expect it to be superseded by another definition of antisemitism within a week or so. What Is Antisemitism It is antisem...

Sorry professors, but BDS and double standards for Israel are anti-Semitism Sorry professors, but BDS and double standards for Israel are anti-Semitism Where are their voices for freedom of speech when their pro-Israel students and their speakers are screamed down in the name of racism, apartheid and colonialism? (April 1, 2021 / JNS) The growing acceptance of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism by scores of nations, including the European Union, ...

Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. As the 2016 Internal Holocaust Remembrance Association’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism continues to be adopted by organizations and universities who find it useful as a way of identifying instances of anti-Semitism—and especially the “new anti-Semitism” which couches itself as criticism of Israel—predictably, though unsurprisingly, groups that wish to continue to slander and libel the Jewish state have come out i...

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? Confronted with the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA), published on March 25, 2021, it is tempting—especially for Jews at this time of year—to ask: Why is this definition of anti-Semitism di...

Published date: 1 April 2021 13:58 UTC | Last update: 3 days 16 hours ago While marking an important step away from the problematic IHRA definition, the JDA still contributes to the policing of Palestinian resistance An Israeli flag flies in Jerusalem on 27 January 2020 (AFP) Last week, a group of scholars in the fields of Holocaust history, Jewish studies and Middle East studies published the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA). It has more th...