For the first time in the U.S., a state legislature condemned the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The Tennessee General Assembly approved the resolution overwhelmingly, declaring that BDS is “one of the main vehicles for spreading anti-Semitism and advocating the elimination of the Jewish state”. The resolution condemns similarly the BDS activities in Tennessee, undermining “the Jewish people’s right to self-determination, which they are fulfilling in the State of Israel.” The environment of Jewish-hatred promoted by BDS led to hateful crimes in Tennessee, including the recent swastikas drawn on a Jewish fraternity in Vanderbilt. Two days later, the Indiana General Assembly condemned unanimously the BDS movement through the resolution 59, stating that “the Indiana House of Representatives denounces the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement for promoting a climate of hatred, intimidation, intolerance and violence against Jews.” The resolution praised Michael A. McRobbie and Mitch Daniels, Presidents of Indiana University and Purdue University, for their preceding condemnation of the Israeli academic boycott. In both resolutions, the state legislatures reaffirmed their support for the nation of Israel and condemned strongly the academic boycott pursued by BDS, violating the principle of academic freedom. In just a week, already two state legislatures condemned BDS, acknowledging its inherent anti-Semitic nature. Let us hope that many other States will follow them in this process.