The student government at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills unanimously passed a resolution on Oct. 22 that adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism. Drafted by Ori Nirpaz, a student senator, the resolution states that Foothill’s “distinct and significant” Jewish community does not have sufficient protections as a minority group on campus.…
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