‘Trying to make Christianity a crime’: Conservatives say controversial House bill on anti-Semitism makes the Bible illegal

The House of Representatives has passed bipartisan legislation requiring the Department of Education to use a controversial definition of anti-Semitism that conservatives claim makes the Bible illegal. Critics say the definition, which was adopted from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), would essentially make blaming Jews for the death of Jesus Christ, among other things, on par with a hate crime.

Conservatives are pointing to verses in the Bible that refer to the...