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The Antisemitism Awareness Act Is Back

JL;DR SUMMARY The Antisemitism Awareness Act (AAA) has been reintroduced by Rep. Mike Lawler, aiming to define antisemitism to aid the Department of Education in investigating discrimination against Jewish students. 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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Department Of EducationJewish StudentsFree SpeechCampus AntisemitismIsrael CriticismUs PoliticsIhra DefinitionMike LawlerAntisemitism Awareness ActBipartisan Legislation

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New York, United States
"Republican Representative Mike Lawler of New York reintroduced the Antisemitism Awareness Act in the House."
Nevada, United States
"(A new Senate version has also been reintroduced by Democrat Jacky Rosen of Nevada and Republican Tim Scott of South Carolina.)"
South Carolina, United States
"(A new Senate version has also been reintroduced by Democrat Jacky Rosen of Nevada and Republican Tim Scott of South Carolina.)"
New Jersey, United States
"Another co-sponsor of the act, Democrat Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, said the AAA would provide state officials and law enforcement a clear framework for identifying and addressing antisemitism to hold harassers accountable."
Georgia, United States
"Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia summed it up on X, tweeting that she opposed the act because it could convict Christians of antisemitism for believing the Gospel that says Jesus was handed over to Herod to be crucified by the Jews."
Columbia University, New York, United States
"Recent arrests and detainment of foreign students who participated in last springs pro-Palestinian campus demonstrations, such as Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University, or otherwise engaged in anti-Israel activism, such as Rumeysa Ozturk from Tufts, raise new concerns."
Tufts, Massachusetts, United States
"Recent arrests and detainment of foreign students who participated in last springs pro-Palestinian campus demonstrations, such as Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University, or otherwise engaged in anti-Israel activism, such as Rumeysa Ozturk from Tufts, raise new concerns."
Brown University, Rhode Island, United States
"Omer Bartov, a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University who has previously written about his opposition to the AAA, believes that using the IHRA as a benchmark of antisemitism could be dangerous."

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