Resources for countering antisemitism and its instrumentalization
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“Jewish faculty reject the weaponization of antisemitism,” Columbia/Barnard, April 10, 2024 (short version).
“Letter from Jewish faculty on academic freedom, attacks on the University, and the weaponization of antisemitism”, Columbia/Barnard, April 5, 2024 (full version).
“Harvard’s new antisemitism policy hurts Jews, helps Trump,” Jonathan Feingold, The Hill, February 13, 2025.
“Antisemitic.”Keywords Now. Michael Drexler et al. June 2025.
“The chilling effect of Title VI investigations: the professors accused of antisemitism.” Alice Speri, The Guardian, September 11, 2025.
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Diaspora Alliance IHRA FAQs, May 2023.
Diaspora Alliance IHRA explainer, (with many links, talking points, etc), November 2023.
“Statement from Concerned Jewish Faculty Against Antisemitism,” national letter against legislating IHRA via the Antisemitism Awareness Act, May 2024.
“The Antisemitism Awareness Act bars the teaching of modern Jewish history,” Benjamin Balthaser, The Hill, May 16, 2024.
“Call to Senior University Administrators to Refuse the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism.” Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network, June 2025.
“IHRA 101 For Administrators: Why official definitions of any bigotry don’t belong on campus.” Kenneth Stern, August, 2025.
No IHRA. Institutional and municipal rejections of IHRA from May 2017-February 2024. Independent Jewish Voices Canada. February 2024.
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Talking Points on Campus Protest from May 1, 2024 by Diaspora Alliance.
“An Open Letter to the UCLA Community from UCLA Jewish Faculty and Staff,” UCLA, April/May 2024 (scroll down for text).
“A Statement From Jewish Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni Regarding IU’sTreatment of Student Protesters,” University of Indiana, May 1, 2024.
“Letter to the Editor: Faculty denounce class disruption and hate speech at recent protest,” Columbia/Barnard, January 22, 2025.
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“Columbia Jewish Faculty Response to Task Force Report 2,” Columbia/Barnard, September 5, 2024.
“Letter to the Editor: Task Force on Antisemitism co-chairs misrepresented Jewish colleagues’ concerns about latest report” September 17, 2024.
“U. of Washington Jewish Community Response to Campus Antisemitism Task Force Report,” University of Washington, October 2024.
“The Perils of Universities’ Unscholarly Antisemitism Reports,” Peter Beinart, Jewish Currents, February 14, 2025.
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Higher Ed Labor United Vision Platforms, HELU.
“Higher education is in crisis — business as usual won’t save it,” United Faculty for the Common Good, 2024.
“The Dangers of Donor Revolt,” Lila Corwin Berman and Benjamin Soskis, November 13, 2023.