Tag: IHRA
Latin American Parliament latest to adopt IHRA antisemitism definition
The Latin American Parliament, which represents 23 Latin American and Caribbean countries, adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s working definition of antisemitism last week. It also urged each member state’s parliament to use the IHRA...
Embrace IHRA antisemitism definition, 160 Jewish groups tell UN
A group of 160 Jewish organizations from 66 countries are urging the United Nations to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s working definition of antisemitism.
“While we are always seeking allies in the fight against antisemitism,...
Brandeis Center sues Berkeley for withholding requested records
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law recently sued the University of California, Berkeley for failing to promptly make documents available.
“It is part of civil rights to be able to get...
Where Holocaust commemoration succeeded and where it failed
In the 1980s, as the generation of Holocaust survivors began to age, the Jewish world found itself pondering some relevant questions: What would happen after the last of the survivors were gone? Who would...
The ‘Jew-Free Zones’ at Berkeley story wasn’t ‘misinformation’
When the news spread in the fall that nine student groups at the University of California’s Berkeley School of Law amended their bylaws to ensure that no Zionist or pro-Israel speakers would ever speak...
Jewish organizations celebrate Los Angeles adopting IHRA anti-Semitism definition
The Los Angeles City Council’s 11-0 vote on Tuesday to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s Working Definition of Antisemitism has drawn widespread praise.
Rabbi Meyer H. May, executive director of the Los Angeles-based...
Canadian province New Brunswick adopts IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
The Canadian province of New Brunswick announced last week that it has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s definition of anti-Semitism.
According to a statement from B’nai Brith Canada, the adoption was undertaken by...
City of Wichita, Kansas adopts IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
The city of Wichita, Kansas has decided to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Anti-Semitism after a number of anti-Semitic flyers were distributed across the city over the summer.
Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple signed a...
StandWithUs kickstarts second letter campaign to fight campus anti-Semitism
The pro-Israel nonprofit StandWithUs kickstarted its second national letter campaign last week, writing to roughly 3,000 universities across the United States about major issues Jewish students face on campus.
“If your administration and offices...
German airline to appoint anti-Semitism manager after keeping Jews from flight
Lufthansa Airlines will hire an anti-Semitism manager and adopt the International Human Rights Commission’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism after an incident that garnered international attention, in which more than 100 identifiably Jewish individuals were barred from a flight on...