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.

JANUARY 5, 2026|BySTEPHEN M. FLATOW

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

Jews should start watching the exits when institutions start treating their safety as optional. And especially after the biggest Jewish city outside of Israel made protecting Jews a political matter.

JANUARY 2, 2026|ByZVIKA KLEIN

France elected to lead International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2027

France will take over the presidency of the IHRA in 2027, following Argentina’s term, as the alliance continues efforts to combat Holocaust denial and rising antisemitism.

DECEMBER 28, 2025|ByMICHAEL STARR

People attend a commemoration ceremony for the victims of Babyn Yar (Babyn Yar), one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust, in Kyiv Ukraine September 29, 2023.

From erasure to remembrance: Natan Sharansky on Babyn Yar and the struggle over historical truth

After the Shoah, antisemitism was illegal. Today, they can take the Shoah and turn it against Jews," said Sharansky

OCTOBER 1, 2025|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE

Israel applies to head International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

The year 2025 will mark the 25th anniversary of IHRA’s establishment and 80 years to the end of World War II.

APRIL 27, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV

International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Kansas becomes 20th US state to endorse IHRA antisemitism definition

Last month, the bipartisan resolution passed through the Kansas State House of Representatives and was unanimously supported 121-0.

MARCH 24, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN

Police at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas (File)

865 entities have adopted or endorsed IHRA definition of antisemitism

The non-legally binding definition, along with its 11 explanatory examples, was adopted unanimously by IHRA’s 31 member states in May 2016.

MARCH 16, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN

PROTESTING OUTSIDE a meeting of the British Labour Party’s National Executive, which was set to discuss the party’s definition of antisemitism, in London in September 2018

How has the fight against antisemitism advanced in the past year?

A new report by TAU highlights positive steps taken in the past year to combat antisemitism.

JANUARY 30, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Holocaust exhibit in the Crossroads Of Civilizations Museum

Commemorating the Holocaust on January 27 is not enough - opinion

Despite the UN's adoption of January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day, full acceptance of Jews is still not the norm in the international community.

JANUARY 29, 2022ByYITZ GREENBERG

JOHN DANFORTH, former US ambassador to the UN, concluded that the Holocaust should be commemorated by all Americans.

10 US states adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism on Holocaust Remembrance Day

"The use of this definition of antisemitism will increase awareness and understanding of...anti-Jewish discrimination in certain circumscribed areas."

JANUARY 27, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS

DEMONSTRATORS RALLY in solidarity with Israel and against antisemitism, in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, in May.

German survivor to address Bundestag on Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day

87-year-old German-born Inge Auerbacher will address the German parliament on January 27, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. She survived three years at Theresienstadt concentration camp.

JANUARY 17, 2022ByAVI KUMAR