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On Tuesday, a yeshiva student was assaulted in Brooklyn, the third anti-Semitic attack in that borough in just five days. Five males reportedly surrounded the student and punched him in the face. One of them was heard to yell “Free Palestine” during the assault.

From the blog of Jonathan Jacoby at The Times of Israel

Get email notification for articles from Jonathan Shamir Follow Apr. 18, 2021 7:24 PM Last month, two new definitions of antisemitism – The Nexus Document and the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA) – sought to challenge the widely-accepted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. Both documents focus on the area that is increasingly dividing global Jewry: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its relationship to antisemitism. The IHRA working definition has been adopted by governments and institutions the world over, including the U.S. State...

Weekly roundup of world briefs   UPenn refuses to reschedule commencement ceremony on Shavuot (JNS) — The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia said it will not move the date of its commencement ceremony, which is set to take place during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, despite a petition to reschedule the event to accommodate those who celebrate the Jewish holiday. According to the university’s student-run publication, The Daily Pennsylvanian, nearly 40 seniors who identify as Orthodox Jewish received an email about the decision on March 24. Vice president and university secretar...