During the 2021 Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), anti-Zionist activists organized events on Canadian university campuses in which participants demonized Israel as an oppressive, apartheid regime. These claims are based solely on misinformation, if they are based on anything at all, and simply spread antisemitism and hatred. During an April 6 event sponsored...
Pittsburgh Universities Must Adopt the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
Buried en masse and unmarked throughout Eastern and Western Europe, in Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem and everywhere in between lay the victims of history’s longest and most lethal hatred: antisemitism. The evidence of its wrath on the Jewish people is an exhaustive study leaving an indelible stain on society....
CAMERA On Campus UK Calls on British Universities to Address Ongoing Rise in Antisemitism
London, England – CAMERA on Campus UK wishes to express its disheartenment and concern regarding the series of antisemitic and antizionist incidents that have played out in British universities in recent months. These prejudices have always played out on campus, but it is especially concerning to see so many high-profile...
Student Union at London University Rejects Proposal to Rescind IHRA Definition
Photo: Steve Cadman/Wikimedia Commons A motion at the University College London (UCL) to rescind the school’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of anti-Semitism was rejected last week by UCL’s student union. The student union vote was on a proposal calling for adherence to a report by...
Why we Should Celebrate the Adoption of IHRA
Photo: Ewan Munro/Wikimedia Commons At the close of last term, QMUL and QMSU announced their intention to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. Drafted in 2018, the definition creates a legal framework by which antisemitism can be challenged, and represents an important step in ensuring...
Palestinian Rights and the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
On Nov. 29, The Guardian published a letter titled “Palestinian rights and the IHRA definition of antisemitism.” It was signed by 122 Palestinian and Arab academics, journalists and intellectuals who expressed their concerns about the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. Among the signatories is Sherene Seikaly, an associate professor of...