A task force promoted by leading liberal Jewish leaders released a new working definition of antisemitism on Monday that challenges the one being promoted by Jewish establishment groups. The definition states that most criticism of Israel and Zionism is not antisemitic.
Whether speech or conduct about Zionism and Israel is antisemitic should be based on the standards for speech or conduct that apply to antisemitic behavior in general,” states the definition, which was drafted by a group of scholars and Jewish leaders affiliated with the Knight Program in Media & Religion at the University of Southern California. The work of the group, called the Nexus Task Force, was endorsed by more than 100 prominent Jewish leaders in a September letter to President Joe Biden.