IHRA definition of antisemitism

US antisemitism envoy tells 'Post' people should understand Zionism, ‘not be ignorant about it’

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun's comments follow a UK Green Party conference on Sunday, where the party declared Zionism to be a form of racism. 

US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Ambassador Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun.
A poster against antisemitism is seen on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Markham, Ontario, Canada on March 22, 2025.

Teachers in Ontario file human rights applications against school boards, unions for antisemitism

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pictured during his first day in office, January 1, 2026.

Zohran Mamdani’s antisemitism plan is political warfare, not protection of Jews - opinion

Hacker in a hood

ADL launches research, resource hub for online pathways to youth violence, extremism


Confronting antisemitism in Canada requires more than polite acknowledgment - opinion

Carney's speech largely avoided the fundamental questions now confronting Canada: why antisemitism has surged, how it has mutated, who is fueling it, and what actions will be taken to deal with it.

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) walks down the Hall of Honour with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Parliament Hill in Ottawa March 2, 2012.

First hearings for Australia commission end after Jews share stories of antisemitism

The first block of hearings began on May 4, providing those impacted by rising antisemitism in the country an opportunity to share their insight and testimonies in the wake of the October 7 Massacre.

SHEINA GUTNICK, whose father was killed in a mass shooting at Bondi Beach, speaks to the media after the first hearing block of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in Sydney on May 4, 2026.

Threatened with bombs, almost pushed down stairs: UK Jewish students testify about antisemitism

The testimonies were compiled by StandWithUs UK in its second-ever Voice of Students report.

 Protesters from a number of London universities attend a pro-Palestine demonstration on October 7, 2025 in London, England.

British Greens battle antisemitism scandal as Jewish leader Zack Polanski targets local elections

If Zack Polanski delivers the gains to the Green Party’s local leadership that polls have indicated are possible, he will instantly become one of the highest-profile Jewish progressives in the world.

A SIGN supporting the Green Party political party is displayed in a residential street on the eve of local and mayoral elections in England and devolved parliamentary elections in Wales and Scotland on May 7, in London, Britain, May 6, 2026.

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.

Missouri's Capitol Building in Jefferson City.

Mamdani office has no definition of antisemitism after dropping IHRA, czar confirms

When asked how the Mamdani administration defines antisemitism, MOCA executive director Phylisa Wisdom said: “Across city government, there is not a definition codified for any form of hate at all.”

Phylisa Wisdom.

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).

JUDGE ALFREDO Lopez, accused of antisemitism.

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

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

When Jewish ambulances burn, no one is safe - opinion

Burning a Jewish ambulance is not protest. It is permission. Permission for the next target, the next escalation, the next line erased.

Multiple ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer ambulance service on fire in the Golders Green area of London, March 23 2026.

Germany: 'Respectable antisemitism'

Even as Germany strengthened its institutional response to antisemitism, it became the central European battleground over the legitimacy of the IHRA definition itself.

GRAVES DESECRATED by vandals with Nazi swastikas and antisemitic slogans are seen in the Jewish cemetery of Weyhers, Germany, near the city of Ebersburg, Aug. 2005.