Jewish students are protected by the IHRA definition of antisemitism – Discussion of the definition’s adoption by British universities should reflect the lived realities of Jewish students, say 95 leaders, officers and members of university Jewish societies | Letter | the Guardian

The commentariat’s analysis of the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism by British universities (Letters, 7 January) does not resemble the reality we have witnessed on the ground.
Critics of the IHRA definition have sought to depict it as a diktat imposed by the education secretary that would inhibit freedom of speech. Their narrative ignores the reality that it is university Jewish societies across the country and the Union of Jewish Students, which represents 8,500 students, that have long been campaigning in good faith for our universities to adopt this definition.