de:		Jonah Rubin, JVP <info@jewishvoiceforpeace.org>
responder a:		info@jewishvoiceforpeace.org

Take action: Stop censoring the word "genocide"

Dear Luis,   The right is escalating their attacks on pro-Palestine speech at university campuses across the country.   The latest example: Stockton University just censored any mention of Israel’s genocide in Gaza from the webpage of its Master’s in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program.   This is genocide denial. It cannot stand.   Take action now and tell Stockton University to immediately reverse course and restore reference to Israel’s genocide on their master’s in Holocaust and Genocide Studies webpage. Email now Stockton University removed the reference to Gaza just two days after a donor penned a letter to the President claiming the mere mention of genocide in Gaza would promote “hostility toward Jews and supporters of Israel.”   As Jews, we wholly reject the conflation of Israel and it’s genocide in Gaza with all Jewish people. That is what creates antisemitic hostility.   We know this censorship is part of a broader crackdown on anti-genocide speech in classrooms and on campuses across the country, in which false accusations of antisemitism are weaponized to silence dissent.  The ADL’s initiative to root out ‘antisemitism’ in university classrooms As students head back to school, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) just launched a brand-new initiative focused on college campuses. The “antisemitism” cited by the ADL includes: a Northwestern course about the history of Palestinian film a UC Berkeley literature course assigning a novel written by a Palestinian   If these examples sound ridiculous, it’s because the ADL is grasping at straws. A whistleblower inside Trump’s own administration said investigations into alleged antisemitism on college campuses didn’t find any proof and were intended to extort universities, not protect Jewish students.   But the truth doesn’t matter to Trump, the ADL, or the rest of the right-wing, anti-Palestinian forces pushing for censorship. This is about punishing anyone who speaks out against — or even acknowledges — the ongoing genocide of Palestinians.    Our right to speak out for Palestine is under threat like never before.   Email Stockton University admin now and tell them to immediately restore language about Israel’s genocide to the university’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies webpage.   I’ll hope you’ll join me in taking action,    Jonah Rubin Sr. Manager of Campus Organizing, JVP Jewish Voice for Peace is an independent, nonpartisan, 501(c)(4) national membership organization inspired by Jewish tradition, organizing toward Palestinian liberation and Judaism beyond Zionism. Donate to JVP FACEBOOK •  TWITTER  •  JVPACTION.ORG Contributions to JVP and JVP chapters are not tax-deductible. If you wish to make a tax-deductible contribution, you can do so to our sibling organization, the JVP Leadership & Culture Lab. To view or update your contributions, visit our self-service portal. Become a JVP member today.   Mailing address: 712 H Street NE STE 1363, Washington, DC 20002 Donations: PO Box 589, Berkeley, CA 94701

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