A Columbia University task force on antisemitism won't provide a definition of antisemitism.
was created to address “the harmful impact of rising antisemitism on Columbia’s Jewish community and to ensure that protection, respect, and belonging extends to everyone” in the wake of Hamas’s attack onbeing discussed is what the State Department prefers and what supporters of Israel refer to, which says targeting Israel could be seen as antisemitic.
Left-wing Jews often support the second definition, or the Jerusalem Declaration, which is more tolerant of criticism of Israel. Similar task forces at Harvard and Stanford have facedThe task force chose three Jewish professors for their expertise among the 15-member force. However, some members said it’s not their job to define antisemitism.
“Our job is not to define antisemitism,” said Nicholas Lemann, former dean of the journalism school. “Our job is to listen to , make them feel that somebody at Columbia cares about them, and to try to figure out what is causing this great discomfort and distress, and whether anything can be done to ameliorate it that’s consistent with the values of the university.”. It called for a limit on protests and better enforcement of existing rules on campus about where protests can be held.
However, the report said phrases commonly used in protests, such as “Death to the Zionist State,” that some see as discriminatory should be handled by lawyers to determine if they are discriminatory.
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