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Needham Human Rights Committee withdraws March 25 statement from Select Board consideration after debate over naming antisemitism and Islamophobia
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The Human Rights Committee voted to withdraw its March 25 anti‑bigotry statement from consideration by the Town of Needham Select Board after public comment and committee debate about whether the statement should name antisemitism and Islamophobia or use broader language opposing all forms of discrimination.
The Needham Human Rights Committee voted at its meeting to withdraw a March 25 statement from consideration by the Town of Needham Select Board after public comment and extended committee discussion over whether the statement should specifically name antisemitism and Islamophobia.
David Sherman, a Needham resident who identified himself during public comment, urged the committee to add explicit references to antisemitism and Islamophobia. "To exclude antisemitism as something that the Human Rights Committee opposes can only give oxygen to further antisemitism," Sherman said, describing incidents…
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