International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Dropping the IHRA definition sends the wrong signal to the Jewish community - opinion

On his first day, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani revoked the IHRA antisemitism definition, leaving protections for Jewish residents unclear.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pictured during his first day in office, January 1, 2026.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife Rama Duwaji smile as confetti falls after his ceremonial inauguration as mayor at City Hall Thursday in New York, NY. Mamdani has added a “block party” to the official inauguration events to allow thousands of New Yorkers to take part.

Mamdani's choice to cancel IHRA antisemitism definition must alarm New York Jews - comment

French flag in France

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UK's Buckinghamshire New University adopts IHRA antisemitism definition

The announcement comes following efforts made by the British government to push for all higher learning institutions to adopt the IHRA's definition.

International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Human rights and antisemitism: Beyond the partisan divide – opinion

For anyone going beyond the labels and self-declared guardians of morality, the case for labeling these organizations as systematically antisemitic is clear.

US SECRETARY of State Mike Pompeo in Jerusalem last week.

Pompeo expected to announce process for US to label groups, NGOs antisemitic

America wouldn't support the said organizations in any manner, and would urge other governments to do the same • “Targets are not chosen for their actions, but rather for their identity.”

U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo listens during a news conference in Reykjavik

Pace University student gov't adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

Jewish students make up 10% of undergraduates at the New York City-based university, though it isn't free of antisemitic incidents.

Pace University.

Global Imams Council adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

"We live in a time of rising antisemitism and terrorist attacks, which makes our responsibility as faith leaders greater, and even greater as Imams," the NGO said.

Sheikh Zayed Mosque seen from the courtyard with its floral design.

Anti-Israel harassment is antisemitism, too

All social media platforms serve an important and complicated role in free speech, and indeed in democratic elections as well, but they are not the arbiters of truth.

THE TECH giants are banning examples of antisemitism one by one, completely missing the point of the IHRA definition.

US, Bahrain sign historic agreement on fighting antisemitism

Bahrain has made itself the first Arab country in the Middle East to have agreed to join the US in combating “the ancient, recurring human sickness that is antisemitism."

US Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism, Elan Carr, speaks during a news conference in Munich, Germany, October 29, 2019.

Albania first Muslim majority state to adopt IHRA antisemitism definition

Balkan country is first Muslim-majority counties to adopt formally adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism.

Police stand guard during an anti-government protest in front of the Parliament in Tirana, Albania May 25, 2019

UK minister gives universities deadline to adopt IHRA definition

"The repugnant belief that antisemitism is somehow a less serious, or more acceptable, form of racism has taken insidious hold in some parts of British society," said the Minister.

International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Combatting antisemitism: Why the world needs to adopt the IHRA definition

The virus that is antisemitism has mutated into a particular form where antisemitism is employed in discourse around Israel.

Emmanuel Macron looks at a grave defaced with a swastika during a visit to the Jewish cemetery in Quatzenheim on February 19.