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

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.

Fight antisemitism: 'Never again' must be backed by actions - opinion

Adoption of the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism is an important step to fighting Jew-hatred and preventing violence

JUNE 10, 2021ByADAM MILSTEIN
Demonstrators take part in an antisemitism protest outside the Labour Party headquarters in central London, Britain April 8, 2018.

Switzerland adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The IHRA working definition describes various forms of antisemitism, including hatred and discrimination against Jews and Holocaust denial.

JUNE 5, 2021ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
A Swiss flag is pictured during the sunrise on the Commercial and Financial District in Geneva, Switzerland, November 23, 2017

Penn State student government adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

The vote follows an April 8 resolution by the student government to fight antisemitism on campus.

APRIL 29, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pennsylvania State University.

Over 7 antisemitic incidents per day in Canada in 2020 - B'nai Brith

The 2020 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents found an 18.3% increase in antisemitic incidents compared to 2019, with 44% of the 2,610 incidents reported being COVID-19-related.

APRIL 27, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A woman spray painting a Star of David at Foodbenders, in Toronto, Canada.

War of the words: The conflict between definitions of antisemitism

"We need to first define and identify that which we are trying to defeat, in order to defeat it."

APRIL 22, 2021ByMICHAEL STARR
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

New definitions of antisemitism diminish the role of Israel and Zionism

While it’s clear that the Nexus authors are concerned with antisemitism from the far-Right, they apparently aren’t troubled by bigotry against Jews having to do with Israel or Zionism.

APRIL 20, 2021ByROBERT HORENSTEIN
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, observes a moment of silence during a ceremony commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust in the Hall of Remembrance, Yad Vashem, August 2017

New 'Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism' definition unneeded - opinion

The controversy over the IHRA definition arose after several fringe Jewish groups launched a campaign against IHRA, falsely claiming it “censors” free speech and “silences” Palestinian advocacy.

APRIL 5, 2021ByEMILY SCHRADER
DEMONSTRATORS IN Paris’s Ilan Halimi square protest antisemitism and racism in February.