by Jerusalem Post Staff in The Jerusalem Post
House Bill 937, which adds new sections to Missouri law to strengthen anti-discrimination protections in education, including adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism in the state’s public schools and universities, was presented to the Missouri House Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee in Jefferson City last Wednesday.
“We have to make sure that our Jewish students can feel safe and comfortable going to school, and they can have their education and not worry about what might happen when they go to class,” the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) quoted State Representative George Hruza (R), who introduced the bill with House Speaker Jonathan Patterson (R), as saying. Hruza is the son of a Holocaust survivor.
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The bill also aims to strengthen broader protections to guard against discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, disability, religion, or marital status in Missouri’s educational system.
CAM, an international network of 850 groups dedicated to combating antisemitism, expressed its support for the bill. CAM founder Adam Beren spoke at the committee hearing where it was presented.
St. Louis’s Rabbi Ze’ev Smason, who represented the Coalition for Jewish Values, along with other members of the Missouri Jewish community, also spoke at the hearing, CAM noted.
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