[BACK ON THE SCHEDULE] April 30, 2025, 10:00 AM EDT: The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold an “Executive Session” (originally scheduled for 4/9/25) to consider S. 558, Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025, and S. 163, Protecting Students on Campus Act of 2025. Click here to watch live - starts at 10:00 AM

Also see: Senate HELP committee to vote on Antisemitism Awareness Act next Wednesday (Jewish Insider 4/23/25)

As a reminder,

• S. 558 seeks to codify into law, and enforce, the IHRA definition of antisemitism, including its “contemporary examples” that explicitly conflate criticism of Israel, Israeli policies/actions, and Zionism with antisemitism [with the targeting of such criticism the clear objective of the legislation].

• S. 163 seeks to encourage and make it easier for students to file complaints regarding alleged antisemitism on campus — an initiative that, when coupled with S. 558, would quite literally encourage, enable, and arguably require the wholesale suppression and punishment of virtually all free speech/protest on campus related to Israel or Zionism.

April 30, 2025 (3:30 PM EDT): The Senate Committee on the Aging joins the “FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM IS THE TOP PRIORITY OF THIS CONGRESS — REALLY AND TRULY BUT TO BE CLEAR WE ONLY MEAN ONE KIND OF ANTISEMITISM AND THAT’S THE ONE THAT’S ALL ABOUT ISRAEL, DON’T EVEN MENTION PEOPLE WITH POWER THROWING NAZI SALUTES ETC…” club, with a hearing entitled, “Never Again: Addressing the Rise of Antisemitism and Supporting Older Americans.” (link includes the livestream) Witnesses will be: David Schaecter, Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach; Rabbi Mark Rosenberg, Senior Advisor & Chief Chaplain to the Miami-Dade Sheriff and more; Ted Deutch, American Jewish Committee; and Rebecca Federman, Community Security Initiative.