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.

|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.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
French flag in France

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.

|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

|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE

Arizona's Holocaust education does not protect Jews - opinion

If antisemitism can happen in our legislature, it can happen in the classroom.

JULY 11, 2021ByPAUL BOYER
ONE OF MORE than 170 Jewish headstones lies toppled following an attack on Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, a suburb of St Louis, Missouri, in 2017.

Texas adopts IHRA definition in establishing antisemitism commission

Lone Star State becomes first in the US to adopt the IHRA definition

JUNE 17, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
Texas State Capitol.

Fight antisemitism: 'Never again' must be backed by actions - opinion

Adoption of the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism is an important step to fighting Jew-hatred and preventing violence

JUNE 10, 2021ByADAM MILSTEIN
Demonstrators take part in an antisemitism protest outside the Labour Party headquarters in central London, Britain April 8, 2018.

Switzerland adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The IHRA working definition describes various forms of antisemitism, including hatred and discrimination against Jews and Holocaust denial.

JUNE 5, 2021ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
A Swiss flag is pictured during the sunrise on the Commercial and Financial District in Geneva, Switzerland, November 23, 2017

Penn State student government adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The vote follows an April 8 resolution by the student government to fight antisemitism on campus.

APRIL 29, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pennsylvania State University.

Over 7 antisemitic incidents per day in Canada in 2020 - B'nai Brith

The 2020 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents found an 18.3% increase in antisemitic incidents compared to 2019, with 44% of the 2,610 incidents reported being COVID-19-related.

APRIL 27, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A woman spray painting a Star of David at Foodbenders, in Toronto, Canada.

War of the words: The conflict between definitions of antisemitism

"We need to first define and identify that which we are trying to defeat, in order to defeat it."

APRIL 22, 2021ByMICHAEL STARR
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

New definitions of antisemitism diminish the role of Israel and Zionism

While it’s clear that the Nexus authors are concerned with antisemitism from the far-Right, they apparently aren’t troubled by bigotry against Jews having to do with Israel or Zionism.

APRIL 20, 2021ByROBERT HORENSTEIN
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, observes a moment of silence during a ceremony commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust in the Hall of Remembrance, Yad Vashem, August 2017

New 'Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism' definition unneeded - opinion

The controversy over the IHRA definition arose after several fringe Jewish groups launched a campaign against IHRA, falsely claiming it “censors” free speech and “silences” Palestinian advocacy.

APRIL 5, 2021ByEMILY SCHRADER
DEMONSTRATORS IN Paris’s Ilan Halimi square protest antisemitism and racism in February.

UK university rejects IHRA definition of antisemitism, sparking outrage

According to the report, the vote was 671-260, plus 14 abstentions.

APRIL 1, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
City University, John St, Finsbury, London.