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This rabbi got Kentucky to adopt an anti-Semitism resolution. But not all Jews are happy.
Rabbi Shlomo Litvin said the resolution may stanch a wave of anti-Semitic incidents in Lexington, Kentucky. Critics worry it could be used to silence free speech by those who criticize Israel.
March 4, 2021
This photo was taken on Dec. 12, 2020, shortly after a man shouting anti-Semitic epithets attacked a participant in a menorah-lighting event outside the Jewish Student Center at the University of Kentucky at Lexington. Photo courtesy of Rabbi Shlomo Litvin
(RNS) Rabbi Shlomo Litvin was hosting a menorah lighting outside the University of Kentucky’s Jewish Student Center on the third night of Hanukkah last year when a driver shouting anti-Semitic slurs pulled up, grabbed one of the participants, dragged him down the block and ran over his leg.
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Illustrative The opening day session of the Kentucky State Legislature in Frankfort, Jan. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
JTA For the first time, a US state has officially adopted a definition of anti-Semitism that has ignited debates worldwide over the extent to which criticism of Israel should be considered anti-Semitic.
Lawmakers in Kentucky voted to adopt the definition developed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Association, known as IHRA, on Wednesday as part of a broad resolution aimed at condemning anti-Semitism.
The hearing and vote, which was unanimous, came as a surprise to the state legislature’s only Jewish member, according to the Louisville Courier Journal. But state Senator Karen Berg quickly signed on as a co-sponsor.