International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Save the Children UK decides not to adopt IHRA antisemitism definition despite review’s advice

An independent review commissioned by the charity in 2024 recommended adopting the IHRA definition, but its leadership decided against it, a senior official said.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
'Save The Children' signage is pictured outside a high street branch of a Save the Children charity shop in south London on February 17, 2018.
People attend a rally organised by Campaign Against Antisemitism outside Downing Street in London, Britain, April 30, 2026.

UK government legally challenged over IHRA antisemitism definition being adopted in British schools

The recommendation followed a review of antisemitism in schools and colleges in England which said schools and colleges across England must recognize antisemitism as a distinct category of harm.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Patriots for Europe members meet in Strasbourg, September 16, 2026.

Patriots for Europe group adopts IHRA principles combating antisemitism, express support for Israel

During the conference, participants expressed support for Israel and settlement in Judea and Samaria, while opposing sanctions and boycotts imposed on them.

|ByANNA BARSKY
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.

Global support for IHRA antisemitism definition grew in 2025

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

|ByCOMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT

The mutation of antisemitism back into the mainstream - opinion

BDS has made no secret about its ultimate agenda: demonizing, delegitimizing and singling out Israel, with the ultimate goal of destroying it.

JULY 15, 2022ByMICHAL COTLER-WUNSH
PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS and Israeli delegates argue outside the World Conference Against Racism, in Durban, 2001.

Israel applies to head International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

The year 2025 will mark the 25th anniversary of IHRA’s establishment and 80 years to the end of World War II.

APRIL 27, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Kansas becomes 20th US state to endorse IHRA antisemitism definition

Last month, the bipartisan resolution passed through the Kansas State House of Representatives and was unanimously supported 121-0.

MARCH 24, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Police at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas (File)

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