On Aug. 18, Rutgers Law School’s Center for Security, Race and Rights released a podcast episode about antisemitism. For anyone familiar with the center’s work, much of the discussion would have sounded all too familiar.

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Antisemitism complaints filed through federal civil rights law are described as “lawfare” designed to suppress political dissent. Concerns about the relationship between anti-Zionism and antisemitism are treated primarily as attempts to restrict criticism of Israel.

The episode, “Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse,” brought together CSRR Executive Director Sahar Aziz, Mitchell Plitnik, and Jewish Voice for Peace board member Jonathan Matz.

What makes the discussion significant is not simply the conclusions its participants reach. It is that the conversation appears under the banner of an academic center at Rutgers Law School, where the expectation should be that difficult political questions are examined rather than resolved in advance.

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