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Trying to discredit Jewish critics of the IHRA definition, JNS’s Jonathan Tobin mischaracterizes their arguments while doubling down on the kind of tribal, chauvinist, & racist thinking that is at the root of many Jews’ objections. https://www.jns.org/opinion/why-are-jews-trying-to-undermine-the-fight-against-jew-hatred/
Read Tobin’s screed for yourself. Then take the time to read the thoughtful, nuanced takes from APN & NIF:
APN: https://peacenow.org/entry.php?id=37124#.X87RNtt7l24
APN: https://peacenow.org/entry.php?id=37124#.X87RNtt7l24
NIF: https://forward.com/opinion/459654/yes-palestinians-have-the-right-to-speak-about-antisemitism/
And from David Feldman — director of the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism at Birkbeck, University of London https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/02/the-government-should-not-impose-a-faulty-definition-of-antisemitism-on-universities
Or the joint letter of 56 scholars to Facebook: Don't adopt the “IHRA definition of antisemitism” https://www.dropbox.com/s/czj7y5cahe4ombq/Joint%20letter%20of%2056%20scholars%20to%20Facebook%20-%20Don't%20adopt%20IHRA%20definition%20of%20antisemitism.pdf?dl=0
Or Columbia professor Rebecca Ruth Gould: The IHRA Definition of Antisemitism: Defining
Antisemitism by Erasing Palestinians
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-923X.12883
Antisemitism by Erasing Palestinians
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-923X.12883
Or this: "I drafted the definition of antisemitism. Rightwing Jews are weaponizing it” - by Kenneth Stern https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/13/antisemitism-executive-order-trump-chilling-effect
Or Prof Amos Goldberg (Dept of Jewish History & Contemporary Jewry at Hebrew University) & Dr. Raz Segal (Asst Prof of Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Stockton University, NJ): Distorting the definition of antisemitism to shield Israel from all criticism https://www.972mag.com/antisemitism-israel-jews-ihra/
Or this: First-ever: 40+ Jewish groups worldwide oppose equating antisemitism with criticism of Israel https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/first-ever-40-jewish-groups-worldwide-oppose-equating-antisemitism-with-criticism-of-israel/
