It seemed for a time that 2023 could be the year the Georgia Legislature passed a bill defining antisemitism in state law, but familiar fault lines prevented the effort from crossing the finish line.
“This session has ended and this fight continues….into the next one,” the bill’s sponsor, Marietta Republican John Carson, said in a tweet. “We made great progress with this bill this year. Next year, we’ll bring it in for the win!”
Lawmakers united in support of the state’s Jewish population in February after a string of strange and hateful antisemitic flyers showed up in Jewish metro Atlanta neighborhoods. Similar leaflets have since rattled residents in other parts of the state.
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