Tag: IHRA
Democrats still wobbly on antisemitism
As the Trump administration takes an aggressive stand against antisemitism by withdrawing $400 million in grants from Columbia University, seeking to deport a pro-Hamas leader of campus protests at Columbia in the United States...
Israel assumes rotating IHRA presidency
Israel assumed the annual, rotating presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on Monday, amid a groundswell of global antisemitism.
The Jewish state's presidency coincides with the 80th anniversary of the end of World War...
Fighting the virus of Jew-hatred
Viruses don’t care about your political persuasion. They don’t care who you voted for in the last election. They aren’t interested in your self-righteousness. If anyone ever doubted that Jew-hatred is a pathological disease,...
Harvard settles lawsuits, adopts IHRA definition of Jew-hatred
Harvard University has resolved two federal lawsuits alleging antisemitic discrimination on campus with the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education.
As part of the agreement,...
‘So important to teach American Jews what it is to be Israeli,’ Elan Carr...
Just as Israelis unified against a common foe after Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack, the hundreds of thousands of Israeli Americans stateside have also mobilized in the past 10 months to fight rising Jew-hatred,...
Mercer Island city council adopts IHRA definition of Jew-hatred
The city council of Mercer Island, Wash., approved by a vote of 6-1 a resolution adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism.
“This puts us in line with over 30 states, 1,200 cities, three different...
Thirty-six states adopt Jew-hatred guidelines amid global resurgence
Thirty-six countries and international bodies led by the United States endorsed the Global Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism in Argentina on Wednesday.
The special envoys and other representatives adopted the 12 nonbinding guidelines at a time when the...
Antisemitism in Europe is worsening, here’s what needs to change
Now it’s official and we have the data to prove it: to be a Jew in Europe today you must hide your Jewish identity.
In its latest survey of Jews’ experiences and perceptions of antisemitism,...
South Dakota, North Carolina implement bills defining antisemitism
Measures utilizing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism to guide government workers in assessing Jew-hate have become law in North Carolina and South Dakota.
“I am very proud of this historic legislation that will...
SC governor sends ‘clear, unified message’ signing Jew-hatred bill into law
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed H. 4042, a bill that codifies the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, into state law on Thursday.
“Following the brutal terrorist attacks on Israel, we have seen...