In a Union Council meeting held in the evening of 18th November, Union Councillors for uea(su) have provisionally voted in favour of adopting the JDA definition of anti-Semitism, replacing the currently-used IHRA definition. Proposed by Sustainability Society Council Rep Sophie Ciurlik Rittenbaum and seconded by People of Colour Student Officer Serene Shibli Sexton, the motion suggested the SU should “adopt the Jerusalem Declaration on Anti-Semitism (JDA) definition of anti-Semitism in order to prevent and categorise anti-Semitism against Jewish students and staff”. In an email sent to 82 Union Councillors before the meeting, student Jasmine San stated she was “writing on...