December 27, 2024 - The Department of State has used a working definition, along with examples, of antisemitism since 2010. On May 26, 2016, the 31 member states of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), of which the United States is a member, adopted a non-legally binding “working definition” ...

January 29, 2024 - Adopt the following non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism: “Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their ...

Since October 7, there has been a horrifying 388 percent increase in antisemitic incidents in the US. After months of strong advocacy and hard work by Hadassah members, Georgia, South Dakota and Indiana recently advanced laws formally adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance ...

Proclamation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, (February 18, 2022). “Reynolds signs anti-BDS of Israel and antisemitism bills into law,” Iowa Torch, (March 24, 2022). “Iowa And Kansas Become 23rd And 24th States To Adopt Ihra Definition,” Louis D.

August 7, 2024 - – Arizona: Adopted by the state legislature and signed into law by Governor Doug Ducey in April 2022 in a bill ensuring that the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism will be considered by state authorities when investigating incidents of crime or discrimination.

August 9, 2024 - Suffolk County, NY | On June 21, 2021, Steven Bellone, County Executive of Suffolk County, signed an Executive Order directing Suffolk County to use the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism as the county’s definition of antisemitism; and authorizing, empowering, and directing the county’s ...

These 46 national adoptions of ... United States, and Uruguay. · 4 NGOs, corporations, religious organizations, student clubs, political parties, and other groups adopted the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism so far in 2024. The organizations that have done so this year are the Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region, Temple Beth Israel Pomona, the Muslim American Leadership ...

Create a clear definition of antisemitism in New Jersey based on the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition. Call on the State of New Jersey to use this definition of antisemitism to determine whether an alleged act was motivated by antisemitism.

2 weeks ago - In November of that year, the FRA ... FRA stated that the working definition "is not an official EU definition and has not been adopted by FRA". On 26 May 2016, IHRA adopted a non-legally-binding working definition of antisemitism, based on the EUMC's definition....

January 28, 2024 - On March 23, 2022, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed two bills into law to combat anti-Semitism: “Today we express Iowa’s enduring support for the State of Israel and our categorical rejection of anti-Semitism,” said Gov. Reynolds. “Together, these bills send an important message: Iowa ...

May 13, 2025 - Back in his first term, Donald ... the IHRA definition when enforcing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in federally funded programs, cementing this problematic standard. It has been formally adopted in multiple federal and state statutes, in which it is used to equate criticism of Israel or Zionism with antisemitism...

January 17, 2023 - According to the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), this includes 18 U.S. states that adopted the IHRA definition via legislative or executive actions in the course of 2022, bringing the total number to 30. American cities such as Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., El Paso and Wichita have all ...

April 26, 2024 - In 2016, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), comprised of 31 member-states, including the United States, formally adopted the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism (“the IHRA Definition”). The IHRA Definition, initially published by a European Union agency in 2005, ...

April 2, 2024 - A total of 10 entities across the world adopted or endorsed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism in the first quarter of 2024, from January to March, according to data compiled by the Antisemitism Research Center by CAM.

May 29, 2025 - The IHRA definition of antisemitism could give schools more leeway to classify campus incidents as antisemitic.

For purposes of this Act, the term ``definition of antisemitism''-- (1) means the definition of antisemitism adopted on May 26, 2016, by the IHRA, of which the United States is a member, which definition has been adopted by the Department of State; and (2) includes the ``[c]ontemporary examples ...

In the United States, 18 new states in 2022 adopted it via legislation or executive actions, bringing the number of states adopting the definition to 30.

Thanks to Hadassah’s advocacy, five states have advanced legislation to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.

December 4, 2024 - Be it enacted by this legislative chamber: That this state adopts the non-legally binding Working Definition of Anti-Semitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on May 26, 2016, including the contemporary examples of anti-Semitism set forth therein, exclusively ...

April 20, 2023 - Dear UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Under Secretary-General Miguel Ángel Moratinos: Our coalition of 60 civil society organizations is writing to you to voice our strong support for the United Nations’ commitment to combatting antisemitism in line with international human rights ...