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As Schumer presses ahead with Antisemitism Awareness Act, concerns about free speech resurface

JL;DR SUMMARY Senator Chuck Schumer is pushing forward the Antisemitism Awareness Act (AAA), aiming to codify a controversial definition of antisemitism under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which could lead to corrective actions in educational institutions for discrimination. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Free SpeechTitle ViIsrael CriticismCivil Rights ActEducation DiscriminationPolitical ControversyIhra DefinitionBipartisan SupportChuck SchumerAntisemitism Awareness Act

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New York, United States
"The New York Jewish Democrat announced Friday that he hopes to attach the text of the Antisemitism Awareness Act, passed overwhelmingly in the U.S. House of Representatives, to a must-pass defense appropriations bill."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"WASHINGTON One of Sen. Chuck Schumers last actions as the outgoing Senate majority leader is an attempt to codify a controversial definition of antisemitism in the face of claims from the left and the right that it impinges on free speech."
New Jersey, United States
"Mike Lawler, the New York Republican who with New Jersey Democrat Josh Gottheimer, who is Jewish, led the bill to its 320-91 passage in the U.S. House of Representatives in May."
Florida, United States
"Among the 91 who voted against it in the House were 21 Republicans, including Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who just quit Congress following President-elect Donald Trumps nomination to be attorney-general."
North Carolina, United States
"Rep. Kathy Manning, a Jewish North Carolina Democrat, said in an interview she hoped Schumer would include in the amendment components of her Confronting Antisemitism Act, which would create a domestic antisemitism coordinator for an all of government approach."
Minnesota, United States
"Ethan Roberts, the deputy executive director of the Jewish Community relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, said Jewish advocates were frustrated by the pace of the Biden administrations action on campus antisemitism."

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