International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Argentina assumes presidency of IHRA, commits to fighting antisemitism

This marks the first time in its history that IHRA is crossing the equator; it is also the first time a South American country has taken on this responsibility.

Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks at Yeshiva University in Manhattan, in New York City, US, March 9, 2026.
US Vice President JD Vance (R) and his wife Usha Vance (L) visit the gravestone with the ashes of an unknown prisoner and the wall with the inscription "Never again" in five languages, during a tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp memorial site in Dachau, southern Germany, on February 13, 2025.

Vance omits mention of Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement

Pope Leo XIV presides over the Ecumenical Vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, on January 25, 2026 in Rome, Italy.

Pope Leo asks God for 'a world with no more antisemitism' on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Harley Lippman at Auschwitz.

Harley Lippman funds headstones for Holocaust victims found in Poland’s killing pits


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.

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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.

UK universities must adopt IHRA antisemitism definition, minister says

Among the most notable institutions unwilling to adopt the IHRA definition were Cambridge and Oxford.

Oxford, All Souls College

Arizona State University adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The passing of the resolution makes ASU the second university in the United States to adopt the IHRA definition.

Hayden Library entrance at Arizona State University in Tempe

EU Commission VP: Fighting antisemitism is the essence of European life

"It is clear that to address the issue in all its dimensions, we need a comprehensive approach and increased coordination within and among our Member States."

‘FOR MORE than 1,000 years, antisemitism has been part of European culture.’

Jewish students disappointed over lack of action on 'Israel lobby' comment

The University of Warwick has ruled that a lecturer who taught students that accusations of antisemitism within the Labour Party were perpetrated by the 'Israel lobby' was not being antisemitic.

Warwick University

IAC for Action commends FSU for adopting IHRA definition of antisemitism

The university's president, John Thrasher, said that the staff will now have to partake in an annual training program meant to make the campus "more inclusive for our Jewish students and employees."

Florida State Univeristy's Westcott Building and fountain.

Facebook updates policy on antisemitism, moving closer to IHRA definition

"We’re updating our policies to more specifically account for certain kinds of implicit hate speech or stereotypes about Jewish people controlling the world," Facebook said.

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