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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 in opposition to it. What bothers these indignant individuals? Possibly the section of the IHRA defin...

143 shares Activists outside a meeting of the Labour National Executive Committee in London, with signs protesting the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, September 4, 2018. (Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images/ via JTA /SUE) JTA — A group of liberal US Jewish scholars has offered a definition of anti-Semitism that grants more leeway to Israel criticism than the one that Jewish groups are pressing governments to adopt. The key difference between the definition posted Tuesday by the Nexus Task Force, a project of the Knight Program in Media and Religion at the University of Southe...

Raise awareness about sexual violence and “Take Back the Night” April 6 Share March 17, 2021 As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, students, faculty and staff from Rowan University will meet online, speak up and walk about in a show of strength against sexual violence. The University’s annual Take Back the Night program, which this year will be held virtually and in-person April 6 with a traditional walk through part of campus, will send a clear message: sexual violence of any form is never OK, and it’s never tolerated at Rowan. B...

The new definition could serve as an alternative to one from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance that has been promoted by several major American Jewish groups who want Biden to use it to enforce federal anti-discrimination laws, although the group behind the new document said it is not intended to be used in IHRA’s place. “The big mistake people are making about IHRA is that it’s the final word,” said Jonathan Jacoby, who directs the Nexus group, “and there are many words and perspectives.” The IHRA definition has been endorsed by the American Jewish Committee, Jewis...