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  • Update February 15, 2024 The substitute Resolution 314 (Miles) on Antisemitism and Resolution 321 on Islamophobia passed unanimously. Resolution 333 Calling for a Ceasefire in Gaza passed with Jeff Weigand […]


  • HR 6578 would build a commission with subpoena authority to force Americans to testify and produce evidence to “investigate the facts and causes of antisemitism in the present day” Lisa […]


  • How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today   How two definitions of antisemitsm differ Masha Gessen, December 9, 2023 “In 1948, […]


  • This article was first published in 2019 Photo: Gili Getz   Peter Beinart, The Forward, February 27, 2019 It’s a bewildering and alarming time to be a Jew, both because […]


  • PETER BEINART, The Beinart Notebook, SEP 26, 2023   Sources Cited in this Video The Palestine Writes Literature Festival, held last weekend. A letter by University of Pennsylvania alums asking […]


  • JUDITH LAITMAN AND TSELA BARR — GUEST COLUMN, JUNE 14, 2023 This year on April 26, millions celebrated the 75th anniversary of Israel’s creation on Israel Independence Day. However, we, […]


  • Proposed resolution targeted Palestinian rights advocacy In January, we sent letters urging the American Bar Association (ABA) to remove its reference to the “International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition […]


  • One of the primary tactics opponents of the movement for Palestinian freedom have used to silence political debate is the branding of all support for Palestinian rights as anti-Jewish. Roughly […]


  • Weaponizing Anti-Semitism to Silence Criticism of Israel   Israeli lobby groups redefine antisemitism to include criticisms of Israel as a means of stifling speech Omar Zahzah, The Electronic Intifada, 21 […]


  • Complaint from Israeli lawfare group prompts investigation over student group challenging Zionism MICHAEL ARRIA, MONDOWEISS, DECEMBER 16, 2022 Members of UC Berkeley’s Students for Justice in Palestine on Sproul Plaza. […]


  • In keeping with the Jewish practice of tokhehah, which could be translated as “calling-in,” we are asking you to recognize and redress the damage that these responses have caused. This […]


  • A mural that was conceived and painted by the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) and Art Forces. The mural was censored by the SFPL and the ACLU claims there […]


  • Introduction The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism Why the oldest hatred needs a new definition Jewish Voice for Peace Statement   Introduction We agree with the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA) […]