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House Passes Bill to Expand Definition of Antisemitism
(AP-Washington Post) Farnoush Amiri - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws, the latest response from lawmakers to a nationwide student protest movement over the Israel-Hamas war. The proposal, which passed 320-91, would codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal anti-discrimination law that bars discrimination based on shared ancestry, ethnic characteristics or national origin. It now goes to the Senate. The expanded definition of antisemitism was first adopted in 2016 by the IHRA, a group that includes the U.S. and EU states, and has been embraced by the State Department under the past three administrations, including Joe Biden's.