LA Jews for Peace published its statement today opposing reopening the 2011 case against Rutgers University claiming that Jewish students encountered anti-Semitism there and has used the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definitions of anti-semitism in his re-examination
LA Jews for Peace asks Assistant Secretary of Education Marcus Not to Harm Free Speech on Campuses
LA
Jews for Peace consider that using the IHRA definitions to
limit or to end
criticisms of the state of Israel harms free speech and
open debate on campuses,
the cornerstones of any democracy.
The statement is attached as an
MS Word file and as a PDF file. It is posted on the LA
Jews for Peace website at
http://lajewsforpeace.org/Essays/2018-Rutgers.pdf
and on both LA Jews for Peace FaceBook pages.
It will be distributed to local
Congressmen/women.
For additional information, contact Julia Stein at jul...@earthlink.net.