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PENNSYLVANIA STATE HOUSE REPUBLICANS PROPOSE ANTISEMITISM EDUCATION LEGISLATION

By Danny Freeman, CNN
Published 7:27 PM EST, Tue December 12, 2023
Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg/Getty Images
The University of Pennsylvania main campus in Philadelphia
CNN  — 

In the aftermath of the University of Pennsylvania’s president quitting after
critiques of her handling of antisemitism on campus, a group of Republican state
representatives announced a legislation package promoting education about
antisemitism in the commonwealth’s schools.

“I can’t believe I have to stand here at a podium in 2023 to tell people this,”
Republican state Rep. Aaron Kaufer said at a news conference Monday about the
preliminary proposal.

“But antisemitism is wrong. Calling for genocide of the Jews or any group for
that matter is wrong, it’s hateful,” said Kaufer.

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The first bill would require universities that receive state funding to
acknowledge antisemitism as harassment and/or bullying.

From University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Penn announced Larry Jameson, Dean of the Perelman School of Medicine, as its
new interim president, replacing Liz Magill.

UPenn names J. Larry Jameson as its interim president, replacing Liz Magill

That was one issue former UPenn President Liz Magill faced steep criticism over
after testifying last week before Congress, which was looking at a rise in
antisemitism at UPenn and other college campuses after the October 7 Hamas
attacks on Israel and the ensuing war.

Magill – who stepped down over the weekend – struggled to answer questions about
whether calls for genocide against Jews would violate UPenn’s code of conduct.
She and presidents of MIT and Harvard failed to explicitly say calls for
genocide of Jewish people constituted bullying and harassment on their campuses.

“Calls for genocide on campus are unacceptable and the fact that the leadership
of these elite universities could not see it at such and declare that it was
simply contrary to their codes of conduct was a failure of leadership,” said GOP
state Rep. Rob Mercuri.

According to the House co-sponsorship memoranda, there would be two additional
bills in the package.

The second would introduce “holocaust instruction transparency” in public
schools, requiring them to post curriculum guidelines when teaching about the
Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations.

Ken Cedeno/Reuters
Harvard University President Claudine Gay attends a House Education and The
Workforce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on December 5.

Harvard Alumni Association ‘unanimously and unequivocally’ supports Claudine Gay

The third bill would make November 9 “Antisemitism Awareness and Education Day”
in Pennsylvania.

“Hate has no place here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – whether
antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism, homophobia – it has no place here, and we
must stand against it together,” said Manuel Bonder, a spokesperson for Gov.
Josh Shapiro, a Democrat.

“The Governor appreciates the bipartisan condemnation of antisemitism, and we
look forward to reviewing any proposals to help root out hate as they move
through the legislative process,” the statement continued.

Democrats, who control the state House, did not immediately respond Tuesday to
CNN’s request for comment.

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