Tag: Antisemitism

House antisemitism bill not an attack on Christian Scriptures, scholars say

Some lawmakers voted against a House bill that instructs the Education Department to consider a recognized definition of antisemitism when probing anti-Jewish discrimination at schools, colleges and universities as effectively outlawing the Bible’s New Testament. However, experts in the Bible and evangelism pushed back Thursday at the claims made by several Republican House members and […]

Reps. Mike Lawler, Jared Moskowitz chide Marjorie Taylor Greene over vote against antisemitism bill

Reps. Mike Lawler, a Republican, and Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat, slammed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for voting against the antisemitism legislation they introduced. The lawmakers talked Wednesday about their bill, the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023, with CNN’s Jake Tapper after Ms. Greene, Georgia Republican, had posted on X that she wouldn’t support it. “So, […]

House passes bill bolstering ‘antisemitism’ definition amid alarm over campus protests

The House passed legislation to strengthen the definition of antisemitism in federal civil-rights law over the objections of a strange-bedfellows contingent of left-wing Democrats and right-wing Republicans. The Antisemitism Awareness Act, which would require the Education Department to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism in enforcing anti-discrimination law, was approved 320-91 on […]

Spread of campus ‘Gaza solidarity encampments’ fuels arrests, antisemitism concerns

Anti-Israel demonstrations and encampments grew Tuesday despite college administrators’ efforts to turn down the temperature, spurring more arrests as pressure mounted to restore order and protect Jewish students. “Gaza solidarity encampments” have sprung up at about a dozen universities, including Columbia, Yale, Tufts and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, stoking security concerns on campuses already […]