International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Global support for IHRA antisemitism definition grew in 2025

Combat Antisemitism Movement data shows that it has surpassed 1,300 adoptions

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In the decades after the Holocaust, the shame of images of Auschwitz played a significant role in the easing of direct threats on Jews, including acts of violence.
Missouri's Capitol Building in Jefferson City.

Missouri adopts IHRA’s antisemitism definition, boosts student protections

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signs a bill adopting the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism, strengthening protections against harassment in schools for Jewish students.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
JUDGE ALFREDO Lopez, accused of antisemitism.

Argentinian judge to be tried for antisemitism after calling Jews 'rats' and 'vipers'

On Wednesday, the plenary of the National Council of the Judiciary unanimously voted to begin removal proceedings against Judge Alfredo Lopez of Federal Court No. 4 of Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires).

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Banners and Palestinian flags are displayed as people attend an anti-Israel protest amid the Israel-Hamas war, in Paris, France July 31, 2025.

Proposed antisemitism laws in France, Italy stir free speech debate

Critics of the laws, including academics and left-wing politicians, allege that they will censor pro-Palestine activism and contribute to conflating Jews with the state of Israel

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865 entities have adopted or endorsed IHRA definition of antisemitism

The non-legally binding definition, along with its 11 explanatory examples, was adopted unanimously by IHRA’s 31 member states in May 2016.

MARCH 16, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
PROTESTING OUTSIDE a meeting of the British Labour Party’s National Executive, which was set to discuss the party’s definition of antisemitism, in London in September 2018

How has the fight against antisemitism advanced in the past year?

A new report by TAU highlights positive steps taken in the past year to combat antisemitism.

JANUARY 30, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Holocaust exhibit in the Crossroads Of Civilizations Museum

Commemorating the Holocaust on January 27 is not enough - opinion

Despite the UN's adoption of January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day, full acceptance of Jews is still not the norm in the international community.

JANUARY 29, 2022ByYITZ GREENBERG
JOHN DANFORTH, former US ambassador to the UN, concluded that the Holocaust should be commemorated by all Americans.

10 US states adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism on Holocaust Remembrance Day

"The use of this definition of antisemitism will increase awareness and understanding of...anti-Jewish discrimination in certain circumscribed areas."

JANUARY 27, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
DEMONSTRATORS RALLY in solidarity with Israel and against antisemitism, in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, in May.

German survivor to address Bundestag on Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day

87-year-old German-born Inge Auerbacher will address the German parliament on January 27, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. She survived three years at Theresienstadt concentration camp.

JANUARY 17, 2022ByAVI KUMAR
Inge Auerbacher

Australia endorses IHRA definition of antisemitism

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Australia will become the 30th country to formally endorse or adopt the IHRA definition.

OCTOBER 14, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism in Malmo

Madrid adopts IHRA antisemitism definition

The IHRA definition has been adopted by 29 countries, the European Union, and numerous local governments and institutions around the world.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
PROTESTING OUTSIDE a meeting of the British Labour Party’s National Executive, which was set to discuss the party’s definition of antisemitism, in London in September 2018

UK minister asks social media giants to adopt IHRA antisemitism definition

Request made against background of severe spike in online antisemitism.

JULY 13, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
‘FACEBOOK, GOOGLE and Twitter remove some things, but usually society is not disturbed by defamation.’

Arizona's Holocaust education does not protect Jews - opinion

If antisemitism can happen in our legislature, it can happen in the classroom.

JULY 11, 2021ByPAUL BOYER
ONE OF MORE than 170 Jewish headstones lies toppled following an attack on Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, a suburb of St Louis, Missouri, in 2017.

Texas adopts IHRA definition in establishing antisemitism commission

Lone Star State becomes first in the US to adopt the IHRA definition

JUNE 17, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
Texas State Capitol.