Sunday embraces IHRA definition of antisemitism, GOP confident it will expand Senate majority, and remembering John Baer. I'm Capitol reporter Stephen Caruso.
This is Access Harrisburg.
Definition Debate
(Commonwealth Media Services)
ATTORNEY GENERAL DAVE SUNDAY HAS PUBLICLY EMBRACED A CONTROVERSIAL DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM AS HIS OFFICE PREPARES TO TRAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT ON IDENTIFYING AND FIGHTING IT.
In an opinion piece published by the Jewish Exponent on Sept. 16, Sunday said it’s important to define antisemitism in order to fight it and endorsed a definition developed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
The intergovernmental organization provides 11 examples of antisemitism, including trafficking in conspiracy theories about Jewish people, denying the Holocaust, and accusing Jewish individuals of “being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide, than to the interests of their own nations.”
“Manifestations might include the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity,” the alliance writes on its website. It provides examples of antisemitism on that theme including:
“Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.”
“Applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation.”
“Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.”
“However, criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic,” the IHRA says.
Subscribe to Access Harrisburg to read the rest.
Scoops, expert analysis, and more from Capitol reporter Stephen Caruso. Exclusive insight into Pa. politics you won’t find anywhere else. All delivered straight to your inbox weekly for just $4/week.
Subscribe