Posts Tagged: IHRA definition of antisemitism
How a Hearing in the New Jersey Legislature Turned Into a Hate-Filled Rant Against Jews
After 16 months of delays, Jewish community leaders from across New Jersey traveled to Trenton last week, prepared to testify before the Assembly Community Development...
Only One University Adopts Leading Antisemitism Definition 2023, New Report Says
Only one American higher education institution adopted the world's leading definition of antisemitism in 2023, down from 2022, according to a new report by Combat...
‘Heartening’: Bill Adopting IHRA Definition of Antisemitism Passes South Carolina House
The House of Representatives of the South Carolina General Assembly has approved landmark legislation that would require state officials to refer to the International Holocaust...
Attacks on Jews, Israel, and Israelis Greatly Escalated in February
In February, the BDS movement and its allies aligned themselves further with Palestinian rejectionism and with rallies calling for "intifada" and hailing Palestinian "martyrs." These...
Released Israeli-Arab Terrorist Murderer Received Like a Celebrity by the Palestinian Authority
Following his release from prison, Israeli Arab terrorist murderer Karim Younes was treated by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah as a celebrity. Younes himself...
The Palestinian Authority’s Incitement to Terror and Murder Continues
The incitement of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to murder Israelis takes many forms. In some instances, the incitement is clear and direct, such as when PA...
What a New Middle East Scholars Survey Says About the Campus Climate for Jews
On January 25, 2016, Giulio Regeni, a 28-year-old Italian graduate student conducting dissertation fieldwork on Egypt’s trade unions, was snatched off a street in Cairo....
University of Texas Considers Resolution Banning Kanye West Music From Sports Events
The student government of the University of Texas at Austin (UTSG) has unanimously approved a resolution banning Kanye West's music from sports events on campus,...
New Spanish-Language Handbook Promotes IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
JNS.org - The American Jewish Committee, in cooperation with the Organization of American States, has released a Spanish-language handbook on how to use the International...
BDS Puts Jews and Israel Under Attack
One of the most significant and sinister BDS developments in recent memory occurred in June with the release of the ‘Mapping Project,’ which created a...
Funding for ‘Blatantly Antisemitic’ Speaker Draws Concern From Jewish Students at ASU, Duke
High-dollar honorariums that several university student governments paid to bring a controversial Palestinian activist to campus are being denounced by Jewish student groups, pointing to...
It’s Not the Antisemitism Your Grandparents Warned You About
Hebron, Ramallah, and eastern Jerusalem are tough neighborhoods. I know, because I served there as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). I was...
Why ‘It Could Happen Here’
In the 1930s, as Nazi Germany was gearing up for war against its European neighbors and starting to implement the antisemitic Nuremberg Laws that presaged...
Israeli Ambassador Urges UN to Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
JNS.org - Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations and the United States Gilad Erdan met on Wednesday with UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the UN...
