Stay updated with breaking news from Jjewish Declaration. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Kenyon Students for Justice in Palestine hosted Pranav Jani, an associate professor of English at The Ohio State University, for a Monday lecture titled “Key Words for Palestine: Turning Knowledge Into Action.”
Zionism resulted in a Jewish state after holocaust to combat antisemitism but drove Palestinians out of their homeland, creating new hatred that birthed Hamas.
Hundreds of artists signed a Strike Germany call that demands refusal to show at institutions with 'McCarthyist' polices on Palestine.
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 current definition based on the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition, which was...
ATLANTA: More than 200 Jewish-studies scholars and academics have endorsed a definition of anti-Semitism that accepts criticism of Israel. The Jewish Declaration on Anti-Semitism (JDA) challenges the definition proposed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and adopted by the US government. The IHRA’s definition treats criticism of Israel, including calls to boycott the country or its products, as anti-Semitic. The JDA, however, considers valid criticism of Israel and Zionism as a legitimate form of protected speech, and does not consider the Boycott, Divestment and Sa...