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Debate | Should the Biden Administration adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism?

JL;DR SUMMARY The article discusses the debate over whether the Biden administration should adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. 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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Bds MovementBiden AdministrationPalestinian RightsAcademic FreedomAnti ZionismJewish Self DeterminationPolitical DiscourseIhra Definition

Places mentioned

Israel
"On a recent trip to Israel, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. now officially considers the BDS movement to boycott Israel to be antisemitic."
New York, United States
"He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at N.Y.U., and his writing has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Tablet Magazine, The New York Observer, and a range of other publications."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Joel Swanson is a contributing columnist for the Forward and a Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago, studying modern Jewish intellectual history and the philosophy of religions."
South Africa
"The renowned political philosopher Achille Mbembe, currently a professor in South Africa, has been condemned as antisemitic, with real consequences for his academic career."

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