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Yet ANOTHER Title VI complaint has been lodged by a Jewish student alleging anti-Semitism due to anti-Israel/anti-Zionist speech. One more example of why adopting the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism is a problem for free speech on campus.

standwithus.com/ucla-titlevi-c…
You can read the complaint here. A UCLA student says that she was verbally attacked in class by a guest lecturer for her Zionism, which she insists is a core component of her Jewish identity. To attack Zionism, she argues, is inherently anti-Semitic.

standwithus.com/ucla-titlevi-c…
This is the flip side of what Batya Ungar-Sargon says she experienced at Bard last week. As much as Ungar-Sargon insists (correctly) that being Jewish does not necessitate being a Zionist, many supporters of Israel insist otherwise. And it's infuriating.
Worse still is when educational institutions and governments start defining Judaism in this fashion. That's why the recent move by Canada to adopt the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism is so concerning.

universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-…
Btw we now have another, very different take on what happened at Bard College. Kenneth Stern was there and says that Ungar-Sargon is wrong to allege anti-Semitism.

And you should take Stern seriously. You see, he was the author of the IHRA definition.

forward.com/opinion/letter…
And there’s this as well.

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Republican lawmakers and conservative lobbyists, working in conjunction with ALEC, have launched a multi-state campaign to ban anti-Israeli rhetoric and activism in public schools and universities.

theguardian.com/us-news/2019/o…
The point man in this campaign is Randy Fine, a Florida Republican representative and the man who sponsored HB 741, which banned anti-Israeli speech in Florida's schools last May.

Wait...were you not aware that Florida banned anti-Israeli speech?

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Yeah, Florida added religion to the list of protected characteristics in its ed anti-discrimination law. Good! But in doing so, it uses the IHRA definition anti-Semitism (e.g. "Applying a double standard to Israel", "Delegitimizing Israel").

flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2…
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This piece offers the strongest argument yet that Batya Ungar-Sargon either lied about being deplatformed at Bard or was mistaken about what happened. It joins a similar piece by Kenneth Stern, as well as numerous testimonials by others at the event. forward.com/opinion/letter…
Lying about being deplatformed is (probably) very uncommon, but it does happen. Here’s one likely example. Considering the currency that it can get you in the Campus Free Speech game, no doubt there are others as well.

news-gazette.com/news/updated-c…
But the damage in this case is done. Ungar-Sargon’s account has been widely spread, and the people who are typically quite eager to debunk alleged incidents of campus hate now seem strangely uncurious.
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