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Our guest is author and attorney Ken Stern, director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate. Ken was an important figure in drafting the IHRA definition of antisemitism now taken up by the IHRA, but now denounces its current uses.
Topics include:
Origin of the IHRA definition of antisemitism and how it spread
The dangers and damage of the IHRA definition
Why universities ignored these dangers
The influence of the donor class
The failure of mainstream Jewish organizations to stand up for liberal democracy
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