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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect 'Jews killed Jesus' statements
https://forward.com/fast-forward/716347/antisemitism-bill-congress-jews-jesus/(snip)
The added language, which is referred to as a managers amendment and proposed by the committees chair, Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, states that the legislation would not diminish or infringe upon any right protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, including the free exercise of religion.
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The bill would require the Department of Education to use the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism which classifies most anti-Zionism as antisemitic when investigating allegations of discrimination.
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The Democrats who oppose enshrining the IHRA definition object to what they say would be the criminalization of criticism of Israel. Of the 11 examples of antisemitic speech IHRA includes, six have to do with Israel.

Buckeyeblue
(5,878 posts)If you come back to life, you were never really killed. If Jesus doesn't come back to life, you don't have Christianity. A virgin birth at the start and resurrection at the end. The rest is just walking on water.
Ocelot II
(124,512 posts)He was supposed to have suffered and died for our sins (I'm not sure how that really works, but that's what the doctrine says), and he was then resurrected (did God change his mind?).
That said, the bit about the Jews killing him is, of course, false; it was the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, who was responsible; Jesus was executed for sedition against Rome. But if the GOPers are so concerned about anti-Semitism, why are they making an exception for the lie that the Jews killed Jesus, which is the very foundation of anti-Semitism, dating from the Middle Ages? Christians wouldn't have been hating and persecuting Jews since medieval times but for that very lie. If you sincerely want to do something about anti-Semitism in all forms you can't very well object to advocating support for Palestine and/or opposing Zionism on one hand (positions often espoused by leftish college students) while permitting others (some evangelical Christians) to preach the seminal lie that Jews killed Jesus. Seems pretty hypocritical to me.
rickyhall
(5,159 posts)Norrrm
(1,374 posts)malaise
(283,597 posts)That is all
Norrrm
(1,374 posts)To rationalize/justify that your own religion is the correct one, ya have to show that the other religion has major faults.
malaise
(283,597 posts)Eff them all
Beastly Boy
(12,095 posts)Since half of your excerpts have to do with the IHRA definition of antisemitism, specifically the number of supposedly controversial mentions of Israel in it, here are the pertinent mentions from the said definition:
- Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide, than to the interests of their own nations.
- 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.
- Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis.
- Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.
- Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.
Not clear what is controversial about it, but everyone can draw their own conclusions
PlanetBev
(4,307 posts)Im perfectly capable of defending myself. I just use the old Lenny Bruce line on them:
Yeah, we killed Jesus
we killed him because he didnt want to be a doctor.