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International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

East Palo Alto's City Council meeting on May 5 drew dozens of opponents of a proclamation related to antisemitism. (Courtesy Mark Dinan)
Posted inBay Area

East Palo Alto becomes first local city to adopt contested definition of antisemitism

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 8, 2026May 8, 2026

After years of local governments voting on condemnations of Israel and calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, a small city on the Peninsula passed a proclamation this week that links […]

Rep. Kathy Manning speaks at a Jewish Democratic Council of America event following the White House Hanukkah Party, Dec. 19, 2022. (Photo/JDCA via Flickr CC BY 2.0)
Posted inNews

A bill to create a national antisemitism coordinator is drawing rare bipartisan support in Congress

by Ron Kampeas April 16, 2024
a photo of the antisemitism entry in a dictionary
Posted inOpinion

Nuance is crucial in fighting hate. That’s why I helped write an alternative definition of antisemitism.

Jonathan Jacoby by Jonathan Jacoby June 7, 2023
Shay Cohen speaks in favor of the IHRA resolution, Feb. 15, 2023. (Screenshot)
Posted inNews

Berkeley student senate sinks IHRA antisemitism measure

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 16, 2023
A Palestinian man who works in Israel receives the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at a checkpoint between the West Bank and Israel, March 9, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Amir Levy-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

The winemaker fires back; Palestinians and vaccines; Hate in Alameda; Wrong on ethnic studies; Etc.

by J. Readers April 15, 2021April 15, 2021
A pro-Palestinian demonstration in Lyon, France, before the trial of political activist Olivia Zemor for her call to boycott the Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva, March 16, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Pachoud-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Over 200 scholars create new antisemitism definition that excludes backing Israel boycotts

by Ron Kampeas and JTA March 26, 2021
Demonstrators protest outside Labour headquarters in London after its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, refused to adopt fully the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism in the party's code of conduct, Sept. 4, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Daniel Leal-Olivas-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Thirty-nine words about antisemitism are splitting the Jewish community

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward January 26, 2021
Virtual memorial plaques are projected on the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau for Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Marcin Kozlowski-March of the Living)
Posted inHolocaust Remembrance Day

Why we need to commemorate the Shoah twice every year

Arthur Shostak by Arthur Shostak January 25, 2021
Demonstrators protest outside Labour headquarters in London after its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, refused to adopt fully the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism in the party's code of conduct, Sept. 4, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Daniel Leal-Olivas-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

The IHRA definition of antisemitism and why people are fighting over it, explained

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA January 15, 2021
Berman stands at the front of a room addressing an audience
Posted inOpinion

State ethnic studies curriculum should define ‘antisemitism’

Holly Huffnagle by Holly Huffnagle November 5, 2020

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