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Leading Jewish scholars say BDS, one-state solution are not antisemitic

JL;DR SUMMARY Leading Jewish scholars have released the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA), offering a new framework that distinguishes between anti-Zionism and 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 MovementPalestinian RightsBoycottJewish StudiesFree SpeechAnti ZionismJerusalem Declaration On AntisemitismIhraOne State Solution

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Jerusalem, Israel
"The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism represents the latest salvo in the debate over how to define anti-Jewish bigotry and is the most permissive of the mainstream definitions when it comes to attacks on Israel."
Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories
"Palestinians walk past a sign painted on a wall in the West Bank biblical town of Bethlehem on June 5, 2015, calling to boycott Israeli products coming from Jewish settlements."
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
"Alon Confino, a Jewish studies professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who helped draft the definition, said the document purposely did not take a position on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement that has been a third-rail issue in Jewish circles for years or on whether a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or the establishment of a single binational state would be preferable."
Spain
"Does it apply, for example, to the Basques in Spain? he asked."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Notable signatories include Naama Rokem, director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Chicago; Dmitry Shumsky, director of the Center for the Study of Zionism, the Yishuv and the State of Israel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and Rabbi Jill Jacobs, director of Truah, the rabbinical human rights organization."

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