Maybe That's the Problem: After Columbia Adopts IHRA Anti-Semitism Definition, NYT Writer Says 'Close to None' of School's Anti-Semitism Lecturers Support It

Lucian Nemoiu

Anti-Israel journalist Peter Beinart, a New York Times contributor, took aim at Columbia University's decision to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of anti-Semitism, arguing that "close to none" of the school's faculty members "who teach classes on antisemitism" support it. The IHRA defines anti-Semitism as "a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews," and lists examples such as inciting violence against Jews, denying or