In May the benign-sounding Anti-Semitism Awareness Act appeared before the U.S Congress “to provide for consideration a definition of anti-Semitism for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities.” Sheldon Richman writes that if the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act passes and is signed into law, it would threaten free speech in the academy and beyond.
The US Immigration Act of 1924 limited acceptance of European refugees, and caused many Jews fleeing oppression to go to Palestine, thus fostering the establishment of Israel. If the US had not barred refugees, we might have saved a lot of trouble in the Middle East, something Donald Trump should consider today.