New Jersey Lawmakers Advance Bill Defining Antisemitism After Hours of Testimony

New Jersey lawmakers advance bill defining antisemitism after hours of testimony

A New Jersey Assembly panel advanced a controversial bill defining antisemitism after more than seven hours of heated testimony from supporters and opponents.

NJ lawmakers advance bill defining antisemitism after hours of testimony • New Jersey Monitor

Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Passaic) is the prime sponsor of a bill that would create a state definition of antisemitism. He and four other Assembly members testified in support of the bill during an Assembly committee meeting on Thursday, July 24, 2025, at the Statehouse in Trenton. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor)An Assembly panel advanced a controversial bill that would create a state definition of antisemitism Thursday after more than se…

Heated debate over bill to establish state definition of antisemitism

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Chris Hedges - Address to the N.J. State Assembly on Dangerous Antisemitism Bill - Brave New Europe

The bill would accept the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, which conflates criticism of the state of Israel and Zionism with antisemitism Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief for the paper. He previously worked overseas for The Dal…