Summary
The court decision, Civil Action 24-2044, decided January 6, 2025, in a case involving alleged antisemitism at Haverford College, which Kenneth S. Stern quotes in his 2025 testimony for its treatment of the claim that Zionism is inherent and essential to Jewish identity (Written Testimony of Kenneth S. Stern, PDF p.7).
Details
- The decision called the plaintiffs’ assertion that no religious question was being asked in that claim both disingenuous and likely strategic, seeking to blur the line between Zionism as a political philosophy and Zionism as a component of Jewish identity, and in the process sweep criticism of Israel into the basket of antisemitism (PDF p.7, footnote 23).
- Its quoted footnote text adds the judge’s threshold rejection of the proposition that any anti-Israel speech is intrinsically antisemitic, because reasonable people acting in good faith can challenge decisions of the Israeli government without harbouring antisemitic views (PDF p.7, footnote 23).
Related pages
Written Testimony of Kenneth S. Stern, Zionism, Antisemitism, Kenneth S. Stern