1/ #Harvard just adopted the #IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) definition of #antisemitism. https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/harvard-settles-antisemitism-lawsuits If you're new to these definitional difficulties, there are many prominent and non-equivalent definitions […] - ThreadSky

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petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy • 40 days ago

1/ #Harvard just adopted the #IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) definition of #antisemitism.
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/harvard-settles-antisemitism-lawsuits

If you're new to these definitional difficulties, there are many prominent and non-equivalent definitions […]

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petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy•40 days ago

2/ Here are two definitions of antisemitism that are more careful on precisely these issues:

1. The Jerusalem Declaration On Antisemitism (2020)
https://jerusalemdeclaration.org/

Excerpt: Examples of conduct that are NOT antisemitic: "11. Supporting the Palestinian demand for justice and the […]

petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy•34 days ago

Update. I'm not the only #Harvard affiliate of Jewish descent who objects to the #IHRA definition of #antisemitism.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/diversity/religion/2025/01/28/ihra-antisemitism-definition-adopted-harvard-prompts-backlash

petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy•32 days ago

Update. I just learned that a #Trump executive order from his first term (Dec 2019) made the #IHRA definition of #antisemitism the standard for the federal government.
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-combating-anti-semitism/

The #Biden administration […]

zagebo.mas.to.ap.brid.gy•40 days ago

@petersuber militates

Nonya-Bidniss.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy•40 days ago

@petersuber Seems crazy. I have no issues with Jews or their religion. I have LOTS of problems with the behavior of the Israeli government! That's not being antisemitic. That's criticizing a government.

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