Tag: International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
The historical problem with Poland
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) launched a new website last month titled “Protect the Facts” for the purpose of addressing Holocaust “distortion.”
“Distortion” is not quite the same thing as “denial.” The claim that...
It’s not enough to just remember the Holocaust
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is meant to serve two purposes: to memorialize the victims of the Nazi genocide and help prevent future genocides. Last week, on Jan. 27, the day designated by the U.N....
Biden administration ‘embraces’ international definition of anti-Semitism
The Biden administration has said it will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism, a key tool in fighting anti-Semitism at home and abroad.
While addressing the Organization for Security and...
Reform’s dangerous mixed message on defining anti-Semitism
After a year when it seemed as if a civil war between conservative and liberal groups would tear it apart, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations managed to unite and take a...
Progressive Jewish groups seek to undermine adoption of universal anti-Semitism definition
As the Biden administration prepares to take on major international issues of the day, a debate has emerged within the American Jewish community over whether the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism...
New attacks on Israel and Zionism may fuel campus anti-Semitism
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from the 2020 election, anti-Semitism continued to morph and grow during 2020.
While the school year for many students consisted of online or hybrid learning, anti-Semitic and...
Jewish groups welcome European handbook on anti-Semitism
European Jewish groups welcomed the publication of a handbook for the practical use of the Working Definition of Antisemitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) as a tool to fight against Jewish hatred...
Palestinians pen letter distorting IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
A group of 122 Palestinian journalists and intellectuals has written a letter to the British Observer newspaper outlining their objection to the definition of anti-Semitism given by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). They claim it has been “increasingly...
Canadian Jewish groups ‘disappointed’ mayor nixes anti-Semitism definition
Two major Jewish organizations in Canada expressed dismay on Tuesday after Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante chose not to support a motion to have the city adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of...
Italy adopts universal definition of anti-Semitism
The Italian government adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism on Friday.
Italy also appointed Milena Santerini as the country’s national coordinator of the fight against anti-Semitism.
The IHRA definition says: “Anti-Semitism is a certain...