House to Vote on Antisemitism Bill Amid Campus Unrest

Published on May 1, 2024

The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act is expected to pass the House on May 1. If passed, the legislation would apply Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to Jews. Title VI prohibits entities that receive federal taxpayer dollars from discriminating on the basis of race, national origin, or color. This bill, introduced by Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), would have the U.S. government adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, which was in the December 2019 executive order, signed by President Donald Trump, in applying the definition government-wide as the standard in dealing with antisemitic incidents, especially on college and university campuses. (The State Department adopted the definition on its own in 2016 under President Barack Obama.)...

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