Tag: NY Times
What Is Antisemitism? A Columbia Task Force Would Rather Not Say
Definitions of the term are highly contested, so a group monitoring antisemitism on Columbia University’s campus has avoided picking sides. It is still facing criticism. A Columbia University task force set up to combat antisemitism on campus in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks is attempting to avoid one of the most contentious issues in university debates over the war: Its members have refused to settle on what the definition of “antisemitism” is.
Is Anti-Zionism Always Antisemitic? A Fraught Question for the Moment. – New York Times
Jonathan Jacoby said Nexus Task Force had wrestled with the issue for several years now, seeking a definition of antisemitism that captures when anti-Zionism crosses from political belief to bigotry. He warned that shouting down any political action directed against Israel as antisemitic made it harder for Jews to call out actual antisemitism, while stifling honest conversation about Israel’s government and U.S. policy toward it.
Preaching Tolerance Abroad, as Hatred Surges at Home
New York Times reporter Elizabeth Williamson examines the challenges faced at home and abroad by Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the State Department's first Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism.
