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

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

JUDGE ALFREDO Lopez, accused of antisemitism.

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

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


Embracing IHRA antisemitism definition is important - Sharansky to Biden

The White House antisemitism plan said that it acknowledges IHRA as the main definition of antisemitism but also acknowledged the existence of other definitions.

 THEN-JEWISH AGENCY CHAIRMAN Natan Sharansky speaks at a protest held outside the Chief Rabbinate in Jerusalem, in 2016. The signs read ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’ and ‘Judaism without coercion.’

Jewish organizations critique Biden's antisemitism strategy

A number of organizations have said they are worried about the definition of antisemitism as portrayed in the 60-page national strategy plan.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden speaks at the White House, in April 2023.

US, UN must adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism - editorial

If they are serious about combating antisemitism, they should stand firm against pressure to reject or minimize the IHRA definition.

 U.S. President Joe Biden hosts the 2023 Teacher of the Year event at the White House in Washington, US, April 24, 2023.

Only IHRA definition combats antisemitism - opinion

The IHRA definition provides a comprehensive framework that not only identifies the various manifestations of antisemitism but also guides policymakers in formulating strategies to combat it.

 US SECOND Gentleman Douglas Emhoff speaks at a meeting of special envoys and coordinators on combating antisemitism, in Berlin, earlier this year.

Israeli gov't adopts additional sections of IHRA antisemitism definition

The IHRA definition of antisemitism was adopted already in 2017. The additional sections relate to the alliance’s decision on “Holocaust denial and distortion” and anti-Roma discrimination.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 7, 2023.

Musk takes an important step toward combatting antisemitism, hopefully not the last - Opinion

With the announcement this week of Twitter’s new policy of confronting hate, they took an important step toward protecting groups and individuals who have been targeted online.

 “Freedom of Speech, Not Freedom of Reach.” Twitter Owner Elon Musk

Arabs from across Middle East join International March of the Living in Poland

The participants traveled from Morocco. Bahrain, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Algeria and Israel. 

 22 Arab Participants Partake in March of the Living

Yad Vashem to reach five million Shoah victims' name records

According to Yad Vashem expert estimates, in the coming years, some 200,000-300,000 names could be added to the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names.

 SANDRA KRAIL (L) of the Netherlands seen during a ceremony at Yad Vashem honoring her grandparents Johannes and Jantje Keijl-Schoemaler as Righteous Among the Nations.

Georgia passes IHRA bill defining antisemitism, anti-Jewish hate crime

Democrat Esther Panitch, the only Jewish American representative in the state house, submitted and presented the bill with the support of several other members including Republicans.

 A west view of the Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta (Illustrative).

Arkansas governor adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

Over 1000 government entities and NGOs have endorsed the IHRA definition in recent years.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of Arkansas, speaks while delivering the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address in Little Rock, Arkansas, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.