At the City University of New York (CUNY), Antisemitism has become synonymous with the university system itself. A report published in March of 2023 by Students and Faculty for Equality at CUNY (SAFE CUNY), a group of concerned students and faculty members, exposes a disturbing pattern of insidious and normalized...
The IHRA Is the Most Coherent and Flexible Guideline Available for Combating Antisemitism
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Why a Definition of Antisemitism Matters on College Campuses
With antisemitism on the rise, the need to adopt a universal definition of antisemitism is more crucial than ever. The IHRA definition of antisemitism has been adopted by 34 countries, various influential organisations such as the European Union’s Parliament, and numerous universities such as Cambridge University. In the United Kingdom...
Anti-Israel Academics Attack the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism in Hate-Filled Webinar
On May 8, 2022, the Institute for Holocaust Studies, Genocide and Remembrance at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, posted a discussion on their official YouTube channel that contained unfounded allegations about the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. Hosted and moderated by Alon Confino, chair of the Institute for Holocaust Studies...
Why the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism Is Important on Campus
Progressive societies on UK university campuses often pride themselves on championing inclusivity and justice for all ethnic minorities. However, there is undoubtedly a different agenda when it comes to Jews and defining antisemitism. What arguably embodies this issue is the ‘debate’ over the IHRA definition of antisemitism, namely the opposition...
The Significance of Adopting the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
This fall, my hometown of Great Neck, New York was one of several Long Island communities that adopted the working IHRA definition of antisemitism. With a concerning rise in antisemitic incidents in cities across the United States and university campuses, the IHRA definition is an incredibly useful tool to help...
The IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism: Were We Asking Too Much?
On Monday 21st January, over 300 students gathered in Logan Hall for what promised to be an historic vote which could transform the lives of the Jewish student contingent at UCL for years to come. It was a motion encouraging the Students’ Union to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism and...
A Case of Anti-Semitism at Rutgers University
Editor’s Note: The US Department of Education recently reopened its investigation into a 2011 incident at Rutgers University in which Jewish students were discriminated against by an anti-Israel group on campus. With a new inquiry into this case, the Department has also adopted a sharper definition of anti-Semitism as adopted by...