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The House is set to vote Wednesday on an antisemitism bill as pro-Palestinian protests roil colleges throughout the country.. The bill, titled the Antisemitism Awareness Act, would mandate that ...
Many Jews and Jewish and Israeli organizations oppose the antisemitism definition in House Bill 1002.
The bill has bipartisan support and bipartisan opposition.
If passed by the Senate and signed into law, the bill would broaden the legal definition of antisemitism to include the “targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity." Critics say the move would have a chilling effect on free speech throughout college campuses.
The House passed legislation Wednesday that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws, the latest response from ...
The House passed by a large margin a bill by Rep. Mike Lawler of Rockland County that would set one definition of antisemitism for colleges to police. The House passed by a large margin a bill by ...
[5] [6] Less than one month later, on January 2, 2024, Harvard University's president Claudine Gay resigned from the office, following the hearing on antisemitism and allegations of plagiarism. [7] MIT president Sally Kornbluth received a statement of support from the institute's board of trustees and continued to serve as the institute's ...
These acts were controversial at their times of introduction in Congress, prompting the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to write a letter opposing the initial bill from 2018. In the letter, the ACLU argued that the definition of antisemitism used in the bill extended to criticism of Israel and Zionism, thus limiting free speech. [7]