The Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism (SCCA) will be tasked with making recommendations on policy to prevent and respond to antisemitism in Massachusetts. It is vitally important to address antisemitism within an antiracist, solidarity framework and ensure that the Commission, whose members include individuals with membership in organizations that have platformed anti-Palestinian discrimination and Islamophobia, does not conflate legally protected free speech criticizing Israel or advocating for or teaching about Palestinian experience with antisemitism.

It is important that leaders in the Commonwealth understand that there is a wide range of perspectives on how to best combat antisemitism within the Jewish community, and that the Commission has been consistently dismissive of viewpoints that differ from many of the appointed Commissioners.

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