Universities hesitate to adopt antisemitism definition

Months after the release of a new definition of antisemitism, a string of Australian universities are yet to adopt it amid concerns it may contravene academic freedom, writes Caitlin Cassidy for The Guardian Australia.

The academic board at the Australian National University (ANU) has declined to adopt the definition, paving the way for the university to become the first to reject the policy, while at least 11 other institutions have not yet made a decision.

Peak Jewish groups last week accused the ANU of allowing an “unsafe and unwelcoming campus” over the board’s decision not to adopt the definition endorsed by Universities Australia in February that closely aligns with the contentious International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition, after a parliamentary inquiry into antisemitism on campuses.
Full report on The Guardian Australia site