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This is the first time a state higher education system itself actively adopted the measure rather than doing so through legislative decree or gubernatorial order.
The state is the first state to integrate the IHRA definition into law via executive order and the sixth state overall to incorporate it into law.
Advocacy group StopAntisemitism said on Twitter it was "outraged" at Massie's vote against the resolution.
The state becomes the 27th in the country to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism.
In Executive Order 2022-06D, Governor DeWine encouraged all state agencies, departments, boards and commissions, including all public colleges and universities, to adopt IHRA.
House Bill HB2673 will require each local education agency to adopt a policy that prohibits teaching students’ antisemitic concepts and distribute the policy to each faculty member at the beginning of each school year.
Approximately $2.5 million in U.S. tax dollars has been sent to Amnesty in the past two decades.
The IHRA definition of antisemitism has been adopted now by nearly two dozen states.
The bipartisan resolution passed through the Kansas State House of Representatives and was unanimously supported 121-0.
Colorado’s state pension fund will divest a $42 million investment in Unilever after the company’s Ben and Jerry’s subsidiary took illegal economic action against Israel.
According to Israel, Iron Dome, the world’s most advanced short-range missile interception system, has an interception rate of 90%.
The Iowa Senate passed a bill on Monday to prohibit state funds from being invested in companies that boycott Israel.
Thirty-nine members of the US Congress have urged the Department of Education to issue promised Title VI guidance to protect Jewish students from antisemitism on college campuses.
Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming all issued proclamations while Virginia issued an Executive Order.
The resolution, coauthored by 71 countries including Israel, the United States and Germany, passed without opposition or abstentions on Thursday
New Jersey officials warned Unilever in September that it would divest pension funds from the company in light of Ben & Jerry’s decision.
Four legislators, Representatives Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), and Ritchie Torres (D-NY), wrote to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler about Ben & Jerry’s parent company, Unilever.
Membership in all of Hezbollah, including its political wing, will now be barred, punishable by up to 25 years in prison.
The bill defines symbols of hate as including, but not limited to, symbols of white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in various parts of Israel violated his office’s policy against the boycott, divestment and sanction (BDS) movement.
“Just this week I had to deal with and take down posters labeling Jews 'colonizers,' comparing the Israel-Palestine conflict to the genocide of Native Americans,” said a Jewish student.
The Green party officially supports the antisemitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.
The Assembly demanded that the country’s national parliament adopt legislation precluding any possible grant or public aid to entities that promote antisemitism as defined by the IHRA.
Australian state and territory-first legislation will be presented to parliament during the first half of next year, the state government announced on Thursday.
Holocaust denier David Irving sued Lipstadt for libel in London in 2000; the famous trial resulted in a victory for Lipstadt, who in 2005 wrote her memoir: History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier.
All the parties in Germany’s coalition government have agreed on a ban on the flags of the terrorist group Hamas.
Among the clauses included in the newly passed bill include commitments to take "actionable steps" to inform students and community leaders about antisemitism.
The University of Illinois has created a new Jewish advisory council in order to combat antisemitism and build an inclusive campus environment for Jewish students.
Both bodies of the Kentucky Assembly unanimously passed a state resolution to condemn antisemitism as defined by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), calling on public officials to confront antisemitism and Jew-hatred.
The message came from US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Kara McDonald, who was speaking at an OSCE meeting.
Five leading companies in Germany adopted the leading definition of antisemitism Tuesday, in a joint declaration announced on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
A new website — “Protect The Facts” — was unveiled on Monday by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
The U.S. State Department severed all links with Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) charity over antisemitism charges against the entity.
A Moroccan institution has with official government backing signed an agreement with the U.S. State Department to combat antisemitism and anti-Zionism, the second such agreement in the Arab Middle East.
The Zachor Legal Institute identifies several domestic organizations tied to BDS, among them Jewish Voice for Peace, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, IfNotNow and American Muslims for Palestine.
The Premier League is the latest organization to recognize the working definition, which has been formally adopted by the governments of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Hungary, the United States, the European Parliament and more than 30 other countries.
Jews were more than three times more likely than Muslims or Christians to be targeted, the figures revealed.
"We will immediately take steps to identify organizations that engage in hateful BDS conduct and withdraw U.S. government support for such groups," Pompeo noted.
A University in New York takes a big step towards combating antisemitism and ensuring the safety of their Jewish students.
Sec. Pompeo had been weighing whether to label Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam as antisemitic.
According to the Guardian, a quarter of Jewish students in the United Kingdom fear antisemitic attacks on camus.
The council’s governing board, senior imams committee and advisory committee unanimous voted on Monday to adopt the IHRA definition.
In his remarks before the signing, Carr noted that Bahrain is the first country in the Middle East to “use and embrace” the IHRA definition.
Albania’s parliament unanimously approved on Thursday a resolution to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.
Twitter’s policy appears to apply to other genocides too, which is more expansive than Facebook’s narrow policy that only applies to the Holocaust.
Facebook has announced it will remove all content on its platform that “denies or distorts the Holocaust.”
A bipartisan group of US legislators have announced the formation of the Interparliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism in cooperation with fellow lawmakers from Canada, Israel, Australia and the UK.
"On August 22, 2020, for example, South Florida station Radio Caracol played 16 minutes of programming containing an anti-Black and anti-semitic rant that claimed a victory by candidate Biden would mean that the U.S. would fall into a dictatorship led by 'Jews and Blacks,'" wrote Mucarsel-Powell.
The initiative, led by the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, will include a “diplomatic campaign,” “all available legal and policy tools” and the involvement of other government agencies, including the Commerce Department.
The report stated that coronavirus-related antisemitism was strongest in the US and the Middle East — particularly in Iran, Turkey, and the Palestinian Authority.
The bill would also require the Pentagon to develop a way to track and report supremacist, extremist and criminal gang activity in the armed forces.
The South American country has a history of antisemitic tragedies, such as the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
There are still over 1000 Jews in Serbia today.
“Steve King does not represent the Republican Party and it’s time for him to leave Congress,” RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said in a statement.
Islamist extremist propaganda and white supremacist propaganda not only reflect similar themes and memes in the ways they recruit and incite, but pose the shared danger of reeling in followers and potentially driving them to violent acts.
Stanislav Anatolyevich Vorobyev, Denis Valliullovich Gariev and Nikolay Nikolayevich Trushchalov are the three individuals that the administration is designating as terrorists along with the RIM group.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) published a new report on Thursday detailing a surge of antisemitism tied to the global coronavirus crisis.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has renamed a proposed domestic terrorism law after the late rabbi who was stabbed during an attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Monsey.
Representative Ako Abdul-Samad of Des Moines said the bill needed to be inclusive of all religions, not just one.
Arizona Democratic House Representative Alma Hernandez expressed her disappointment at her party’s leadership for opposing a bipartisan bill she introduced to track antisemitic incidents.
The FBI has elevated its assessment of the threat posed by racially motivated violent extremists in the U.S. to a "national threat priority" for fiscal year 2020.
The conference came under scrutiny “primarily due to a performance by Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar, which was perceived to have anti-Semitic lyrics,” said Duke’s student-run newspaper, The Chronicle.
The adoption was made this Monday, January 27, date of the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill on Friday that allocates $375 million over five years to synagogues and other houses of worship, as well as additional other nonprofits, to help protect themselves against terror attacks.
Bipartisan Bill to Support Holocaust Education Heads to the Senate on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The report reveals extremely disconcerting trends of increased and intensifying antisemitic incidents across the globe in general, and in Western Europe and the United States in particular.
Los Angeles City Councilmember David E. Ryu introduced a resolution on Jan. 22 calling for action against antisemitism. The resolution also called for the FBI to create an antisemitism task force.
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance hopes other clubs follow Chelsea's lead and adopt their definition of anti-Semitism
Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) has introduced new legislation to combat hate speech on social media, following an increased number of hate crimes across the country.
The Italian government decided to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism on Friday; the Foreign Ministry has called for as many countries as possible to use the definition as a guideline for what should be considered antisemitism.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed two bills on Wednesday to counter the rise of antisemitism and hate crimes.
The legislation would establish Congress’ opposition to the antisemitic BDS movement.
The US Department of Education has opened an investigation into the University of California Los Angeles for possible discrimination against Jews as a group for having hosted a national SJP conference in November 2018.
Thousands of demonstrators crossed the Brooklyn Bridge from lower Manhattan on Sunday to express solidarity with the Jewish community in the wake of a wave of antisemitic violence.
The report tracks the history of the organization and highlights how NSJP promotes antisemitic rhetoric and is associated with violence and terror, ideologically and politically.
Two bills moving through the Pennsylvania legislature would establish security grants for religious and community organizations. The legislation was in response to the Tree of Life synagogue shooting.
The claim that “Jews talk too much about the Holocaust” was agreed with by 41 percent of respondents.
With large majority, Chamber of Deputies condemns all manifestations of anti-Semitism, calls on government not to finance groups that promote boycotts of Israel
An annual study by Tel Aviv University revealed that antisemitic attacks rose worldwide by 13% in 2018 from the previous year, the highest number of incidents being reported in the US.
“I am also concerned about the increasing expressions of antisemitism emanating from sources in the political left” - Ahmed Shaheed
The letter came a week after a neo-Nazi gunman killed two people outside a German synagogue.
The complaint alleges that UCLA University is in violation of its obligations under Title VI due to the administration's inaction in response to antisemitism experienced by UCLA Jewish students.
“The international community must declare war on anti-Semitism and act firmly to end hatred of the Jewish people around the world.”- Danny Danon.
“As members of the Jewish community gather Tuesday evening to begin the observance of Yom Kippur, I am directing the State Police to increase patrols around Synagogues and religious centers to ensure this sacred day is not disturbed by anyone seeking to spread division or fear,” Cuomo said.
Interior minister Aryeh Deri has asked immigration official to remove the BDS supporter's status in the country.
ASCSU President Ben Amundson authored a resolution calling for the student body to take a stand against antisemitic words and actions; this resolution passed with a unanimous 41-0-0 roll call vote.
In one example, Jenny Tonge, a lawmaker in the upper chamber of the British parliament, asked on Facebook whether the wounding of 27 Palestinians, including a baby, in clashes with Israeli troops was “all to celebrate the Passover?”
The report also recommends that all member states adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of anti-Semitism.
The event “Conflict Over Gaza: People, Politics and Possibilities” reportedly used $5,000 of federal taxpayer funds from the U.S. Education Department.
Many Jews in Latin American countries who sometimes find symbols and characteristics that at first glance seem completely harmless, but behind them there are clear antisemitic insinuations, hidden images, legends or combinations of these.
“He’s correct to say there are threats that come from the right wing. There are also threats that come from the left,” said Deborah Lauter.
Kentucky becomes the 27th State to ban boycotting laws against Israel.
Israel will not allow US Congresswomen Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) into the country because of their vocal BDS advocacy, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.
Officials in Nassau County have announced a new effort to stop the spread of hate. They are proposing a new law that would require all students in New York State to be taught exactly why the swastika and the noose are symbols of hate and intimidation.
A controversial resolution promoting an academic boycott of Israel was narrowly voted down at a prestigious social science academic association over the weekend.
Outrage in Jewish, pro-Israel community after anti-Israel activists hijack curriculum
According to the ministry, there were a total of 1799 anti-Semitic offenses in 2018.
“The deep AMP/IfNotNow relationship revealed in this campaign is all the more unbelievable since AMP’s activists have spread such intense hatred of Jews.”
Jeremy Corbyn is under fire after the Labour Party was accused of spending nearly half a million Pounds on legal advice over the anti-Semitism crisis.
The New York congresswoman was also one of only 17 members to vote against last week’s House resolution condemning BDS.
“As a nation, we cannot allow a return to the hateful actions that led to the Holocaust,” said co-sponsor Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.).
House Resolution 246, sponsored by Rep. Bradley Schneider (D-Illinois-10), opposes the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Data released by Statistics Canada today has revealed that Canadian Jews were the most targeted group for hate crimes in 2018, a trend continuing from the previous two years.
Despite Omar’s and Tliab’s pro-BDS views, “out of respect for the U.S. Congress, and the great alliance between Israel and America, we would not deny entry to any member of Congress into Israel.”
Since entering Congress in January, Omar has made multiple anti-Semitic and anti-Israel remarks.
The Bill would require anti-Semitic discrimination to be treated the same way as other factors outlined in the state's discrimination law.
I was born in Somalia and grew up amid pervasive Muslim anti-Semitism. Hate is hard to unlearn without coming to terms with how you learned it.
SB 652 bars landlords and condo associations from prohibiting “the display of religious items” of a certain size on doors and door frames.
“We are at a dangerous moment in time. Anti-Semitism is on the rise around the world and here at home, and the memory of the Holocaust is fading for far too many Americans,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.). “We can combat this by making sure we teach our students, tomorrow’s leaders, about the horrors of the Holocaust.”
Member of the British Parliament and former general secretary of the Labour party Lord David Triesman resigned from the party on Tuesday due to "institutional antisemitism,". Soon after, former Labour Health Minister Lord Ara Darzi and Former President of the Royal College of Physicians and Labour Peer Lord Leslie Arnold Turnberg confirmed that they too were resigning from the party.
“We just cannot do it like that anymore. We live in a world where it no longer can be assumed that things are safe, as unsettling as it might be. We have to run services in the world in which we’re living and praying.”
“I strongly support this resolution and firmly oppose the BDS movement targeting Israel. S.Res.120 is led by Senator Cardin and Senator Portman, and I proudly join the bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives pushing for its passage,” - Schumer.
“On the one hand is the jihadi threat, which manifests in terrorist attacks but is rooted in the ideological incitement of preachers in the mosques.”
The messages range from veiled language to explicitly racist images and words that attack minority groups, including Jews, blacks, Muslims, non-white immigrants and the LGBTQ community.
“In far too many places around the world Jews are becoming more vulnerable…They are paying a shockingly high price to keep themselves safe.”
The government of Canada announced on June 25 that it will formally adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism as part of its anti-racism strategy.
An employee of the Museum, Dr. Becky Erbelding, stated “The parallels to the 1930s-1940s refugee crisis are so obvious. Why can’t we learn?”
(RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel spoke out “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez demeans Holocaust victims,” tweeted McDaniel. “Ilhan Omar & Rashida Tlaib demand a boycott of the Jewish people. Several Democrats embraced Louis Farrakhan, who calls Hitler a ‘great man.’ Will Nancy Pelosi ever take a stand against the growing anti-Semitism in her ranks?”
NFL team owner and philanthropist accepts Genesis Prize in Jerusalem, laments ‘disconcerting times’ for Israel in announcing new initiative.
The move took place three months after the U.S. House of Representatives was criticized for watering down and passing a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
Women’s March co-leader Linda Sarsour has come out swinging against the newly formed Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus, citing the involvement of a Jewish GOP congressman. Ms. Sarsour, a Palestinian-American progressive activist, called the caucus a “joke” over the role of co-founder Rep. Lee Zeldin, New York Republican, whom she blasted as a “notorious anti-Arab, anti-Palestinian, anti-Muslim bigot.”
If enacted, it would require the U.S. Department of Education to adopt the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism in evaluating incidents on college campuses and at other educational institutions.
The NYT has decided to end its use of any and all political cartoons, more than a month after it was embroiled in controversy over an antisemitic drawing in its international daily edition.
The office of Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar revealed Thursday she will be joining the House’s newly formed Black-Jewish Caucus.
Public schools in Oregon will be required to teach students about the Holocaust and the concept of genocide, born from a meeting between two unlikely partners.
This new rebranded form of anti-Semitism is exceptionally dangerous. Like a mutating virus, the bigots have learned and adapted. They know they must tap into acceptable streams of thought, on both the right and left, in order to infect their political hosts.
The Progressive Zionists of California, whose members have come under anti-Semitic verbal attacks, noted that six resolutions “demonize Israel”.
An Arkansas law prohibiting the state from contracting with entities that boycott Israel does not violate the First Amendment.
“As a sign of solidarity, at this time of crisis for the Jewish people, I’m going to be doing another trip to Israel as a trip in solidarity”
Until 1968, deed restrictions kept Jews and blacks from owning property in the seaside village of Bal Harbour, about a 45-minute drive north of Miami.
Florida now has some sharper teeth to address anti-Semitism in public schools. Governor Ron DeSantis signed the anti-Semitism bill, Wednesday, during his trade mission trip in Israel. The new law was effective immediately.
Antisemitism, the late historian Robert Wistrich observed, “Is a highly mutable mental virus that infects cultures, movements, ideologies and religions.”
NYPD statistics reveal that hate crimes have increased by a whopping 83% — and the City Council's speaker minced no words in lamenting the epidemic presently afflicting the city with the nation's largest Jewish population as "an anti-Semitism crisis."
The number of hate crimes -- including crimes motivated by race, religion, ethnicity and more -- reported to the state increased by almost 10 percent to a 10-year high in 2017.
The College Fix reported NYU Senior Adela Cojab filed a complaint with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights last month, accusing the university of failing to take action against SJP and its members for their "anti-Semitic vandalism, verbal attacks, and outright violence."
Germany is the first country in the European Union to rule that the BDS movement is antisemitic.
A conservative watch group, Judicial Watch, has joined Zachor Legal Institute in its attempt to discover where Texas A&M receives its funding on Monday.
Pennsylvania lawmakers are introducing a new packet of hate crime legislation, inspired by the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue.
My experience in Israel confirmed my belief that the Jewish people need a state to call home, a sanctuary from the irrational hatred that is anti-Semitism.