Posts Tagged: definition of anti-Semitism
Who’s Afraid of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism?
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) includes 34 member states and numerous experts who work together to strengthen, advance, and promote Holocaust education, research, and...
Why You Should Be Highly Alarmed by — and Yet Totally Ignore — the Jerusalem Declaration of Antisemitism
So many academic antisemites’ charters have been published in recent years, that it's tempting simply to ignore the wrongly named Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism -- it...
IHRA Definition of Antisemitism Becomes a BDS Battleground
BDS activities on campus intensified rapidly as colleges and universities began resuming in-person instruction. Demonstrating the opportunistic nature of BDS, was a petition at the...
Only Antisemites Oppose the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
The decision of the Academic Board at University College London (UCL) to demand that the institution rescind its adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism...
Why the IHRA Handbook on Antisemitism — Not Just Its Definition — Is Needed
The year 2020 will be marked as, among other distinctions, a time of unbridled global antisemitism. The phenomenon is growing from three sources -- the...
The Absurd Arab Arguments Against the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
This week, 122 Arab intellectuals wrote a letter to The Guardian opposing the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. Let's look at their arguments: 1. The fight against...
It’s Time to Adopt an International Convention on Antisemitism
JNS.org - Who can blame the international community at large for sidelining the phenomenon of antisemitism when the Jewish world, whether out of a naïve sense...
Why a Florida Village Defined Antisemitism
Last week, the Bal Harbour Village Council took a tremendous step forward in the fight against antisemitism: under the leadership of Mayor Gabriel Groisman, the Council...
In Landmark Move, Florida Village Adopts State Department’s Definition of Antisemitism
JNS.org - Bal Harbour, Florida, is best known as a popular destination for snowbirds. With a population ranging from 2,500-8,000, depending on the time of the...
Why the UC Regents Must Adopt State Department Definition of Antisemitism
Antisemitism is the world’s oldest hatred. Even today, the Uniform Crime Reports show that more than 60 percent of religious hate crimes are directed against Jews. In contrast,...
Why Universities Need a Definition of Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - Does it matter how we define our words? Sometimes it does. The U.S. Department of Education understands this point, as do the Centers for...
A Fighter for Jewish Freedom: In Praise of Ronnie Fraser
I first met Ronnie Fraser, director of Academic Friends of Israel, in 2011 at the Big Tent for Israel conference in Manchester. He attended...
