教育部长露西·鲍威尔因打击学校反犹主义而面临左翼律师的挑战。
Lucy Powell is facing a challenge from Left-wing lawyers over her crackdown on anti-Semitism in schools.
上个月，在政府委托的一项审查揭示犹太学生遭受广泛虐待后，教育部长承诺要从英格兰的学校和大学中“根除”反犹主义。
The Education Secretary pledged to “root out” anti-Semitism from schools and colleges in England last month, after a government-commissioned review exposed widespread abuse suffered by Jewish pupils.
她对该报告的回应之一，是鼓励所有学校和大学采纳国际大屠杀纪念联盟（IHRA）的反犹主义定义。该定义认为，将犹太人对以色列的行为承担集体责任，或将以色列政府政策与纳粹政策相提并论，属于反犹主义。
One of her responses to the report was encouraging all schools and colleges to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, which states that holding Jewish people collectively responsible for the actions of Israel or comparing Israeli government policy to that of the Nazis is anti-Semitic.
法律运动组织“好法律项目”已致信鲍威尔女士，认为该定义“将阻止教师和学生就以色列-巴勒斯坦冲突进行合法表达，从而在学校和大学环境中产生寒蝉效应”。
The Good Law Project, a legal campaign group, has written to Ms Powell arguing that the definition “will deter lawful expression by teachers and pupils on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and so create a chilling effect in the school and college environment”.
该组织威胁称，除非教育部长重新考虑其对IHRA定义的立场，否则将对其提起司法审查。
It has threatened to launch a judicial review against the Education Secretary unless she reconsiders her stance on the IHRA definition.
教育部回应称，该定义“已被47个国家和无数公共机构采纳，可为教师和学生提供一个实用框架”。
The Department for Education responded that the definition had “been adopted by 47 countries and countless public bodies and can provide a practical framework for teachers and pupils”.
英国犹太人代表委员会表示，在英国反犹主义达到创纪录水平之际，试图诋毁IHRA定义的行为“尤其恶劣”。“挑战此类观点的责任”部长们已接受上个月前学校总监大卫·贝尔爵士审查的全部27项建议。该审查显示，五分之三的犹太学生报告称曾遭受虐待。
The Board of Deputies of British Jews said that efforts to discredit the IHRA definition were “particularly egregious” at a time when anti-Semitism is at record levels in Britain. ‘Duty to challenge such views’Ministers have accepted all 27 recommendations of last month’s review by Sir David Bell, the former chief inspector of schools, which revealed that three in five Jewish pupils reported they had been targets of abuse.
除了建议学校采纳IHRA定义外，大卫·贝尔爵士还表示，学校和大学应将反犹主义事件单列为一类，并应为教师开展新培训，以识别和应对反犹主义。
As well as recommending schools adopt the IHRA definition, Sir David said schools and colleges should record anti-Semitic incidents as a separate category and there should be new training for teachers to recognise and respond to anti-Semitism.
鲍威尔女士上个月向议会提交报告时告诉议员，她将向全国所有学校和学院发函，要求其采纳IHRA定义。该定义已获英国和欧洲主流政党以及全国各大学采纳。
Presenting the report to Parliament last month, Ms Powell told MPs she would write to all schools and colleges telling them to adopt the IHRA definition, which has already been adopted by mainstream political parties in the UK and Europe and universities across the country.
“作为议会和政府，我们必须绝对明确：将以色列政府的行为归咎于英国犹太人，就是反犹主义，”她说。
“As a House and a Government, we must be absolutely clear: blaming British Jews for the actions of the Israeli government is anti-Semitism,” she said.
“仅仅因为某人是犹太人，就认为他持有某种特定政治立场，就是反犹主义。出于对巴勒斯坦的关切而针对英国犹太人，也是反犹主义。
“Assuming British Jews have a particular political standpoint just because they’re Jewish is anti-Semitism. Targeting British Jews out of concern for Palestine is anti-Semitism.
“当此类观点和行为在任何学校或学院中表达时，无论是否直接针对犹太人，都属于反犹主义，我们有责任予以挑战。”
“When such views and behaviours are expressed in any school or college, whether or not they are aimed directly at a Jewish person, they are anti-Semitic, and we have a duty to challenge them.”