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Definitions and guidelines tend to be either too vague or too rigid, but they remain useful tools for partisans on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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‘Meet people where they’re at’: How these authors think the left can fight antisemitism
"Safety Through Solidarity" mixes an analysis of the far-right with recommendations for how leftists can better understand antisemitism
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Major Jewish groups want ‘Zionist’ to be a protected class on campus
Hillel International, the American Jewish Committee and Anti-Defamation League released guidelines calling on schools to ban discrimination against Jewish students for supporting Israel
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The real audience for Trump’s comments about antisemitism may not be Jews
“I’ll tell you, the evangelical Christians love Israel more than the Jews in this country,” Trump said in 2021
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How Kamala Harris views antisemitism differently than Biden
Harris 'just has a more expansive understanding of hatred and racism,' said one expert
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Will the Senate quietly approve a controversial antisemitism definition?
After it stalled earlier this year, Sen. Bob Casey hopes to include the Antisemitism Awareness Act in a defense spending bill
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French Jews are caught between ‘les extrêmes’
French voters defeated the far-right, but some Jews worry about an ascendant left-wing leader's checkered history
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How everyone got the Brooklyn Museum story wrong
What was presented as a black-and-white case of antisemitism turned out to be more complicated
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Is it antisemitic to protest Hillel?
No longer a hypothetical question, Baruch College's Hillel found itself targeted by protesters celebrating Hamas
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"There’s something in the current rhetoric that makes people feel like Jews and Jewish institutions are fair game," said Rabbi Lisa Grushcow
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How Kyrie Irving’s antisemitism scandal vanished
The Kyrie Irving saga shows how selective the organized Jewish world can be when it comes to calling out antisemitism
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