President Trump’s order to expand potential anti-Semitism complaints on campuses raises the stakes over how to define discrimination against Jews.
President Trump’s order to expand the scope of potential anti-Semitism complaints on college campuses is raising the stakes of an already tense battle over how to define discrimination against Jews.Wednesday tells the Education Department, when vetting alleged Civil Rights Act violations that can lead to a loss of schools’ federal funding, to consider a definition of anti-Semitism that could include some criticism of Israel.
“But the fact is that when criticism goes into attacks on the state, the Jewish state, that goes over the line.” Those concerned about blunt-force application of the order often point to the president who approved it. Trumpfor echoing anti-Semitic stereotypes, and liberal Jewish Americans say his administration is ill-equipped to enforce a new standard for on-campus anti-Semitism.
On campuses, where pro-Palestinian criticism of Israel can run high, the order’s impact may be felt sooner than later. Riggleman’s letter points to faculty supportive of an international anti-Israel boycott movement that has grown in popularity on campuses. The Trump White House has repeatedly decried the movement as discriminatory, and the House of RepresentativesOrganizers of the boycott campaign say their opposition lies with Israeli policies, not with Jews. But the parallels they draw between Israel and the oppressive apartheid-era South African government have fueled charges of anti-Semitism.
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