(Yonat Shimron. Religion News Service).
The professors say the antisemitism bill’s main thrust is to silence criticism of Israel.
Some 1,200 Jewish university professors have signed a strongly worded statement rejecting a controversial antisemitism definition that the U.S. Senate is considering codifying in federal law.
The Statement from Concerned Jewish Faculty Against Antisemitism was delivered to key congressional leaders on Tuesday (May 14), including Senate Democrats, members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce as well as Biden’s White House Liaison to the American Jewish community.