International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Vance omits mention of Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement

The statement was the latest in a series of comments Vance has made that have triggered concern regarding his hesitancy to call out antisemites in the conservative movement.

US Vice President JD Vance (R) and his wife Usha Vance (L) visit the gravestone with the ashes of an unknown prisoner and the wall with the inscription "Never again" in five languages, during a tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp memorial site in Dachau, southern Germany, on February 13, 2025.
Pope Leo XIV presides over the Ecumenical Vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, on January 25, 2026 in Rome, Italy.

Pope Leo asks God for 'a world with no more antisemitism' on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Harley Lippman at Auschwitz.

Harley Lippman funds headstones for Holocaust victims found in Poland’s killing pits

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

Dropping the IHRA definition sends the wrong signal to the Jewish community - opinion


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.

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.

DEMONSTRATORS IN Paris’s Ilan Halimi square protest antisemitism and racism in February.

UK university rejects IHRA definition of antisemitism, sparking outrage

According to the report, the vote was 671-260, plus 14 abstentions.

City University, John St, Finsbury, London.

A liberal definition of antisemitism that allows for Israel criticism

“Paying disproportionate attention to Israel and treating Israel differently than other countries is not prima facie proof of anti-Semitism."

A man carries a wooden Star of David as people attend a demonstration themed with the slogan "#unteilbar" (indivisible) to protest against antisemitism, racism and nationalism in Berlin, Germany, October 13, 2019.

Erdan pushing for UN adoption of IHRA definition of antisemitism

The IHRA definition is not legally binding, and is meant to be a tool for countries to identify hatred and discrimination against Jews.

Former Israeli Minister Gilad Erdan attends a weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign Ministry, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Jerusalem.

Far-left Jewish groups' opposition of IHRA's antisemitism hurts us

They don’t want universities to use it. They don’t want states and cities to adopt it. And they want the federal government to stop considering it.

Plants in beds spell out the school's name on the roof of the library at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, US, November 27, 2017.

The first step to fighting antisemitism: Why the IHRA definition matters

Antisemitism is a global problem. It was born in the West and peaked during the Holocaust, leading to its temporary repudiation by polite society.

Antisemitism in the United States: Antisemitic graffiti on The Rock landmark at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, blaming Jews for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, September, 2019

Blinken: US 'enthusiastically embraces' IHRA definition of antisemitism

"The United States will continue to be a strong partner in fighting efforts to delegitimize Israel."

Antony J. Blinken, of New York, speaks during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S. January 19, 2021.

Kentucky to become first US state to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism

The IHRA definition is an internationally agreed classification of antisemitism, which also provides examples of how antisemitism too often plays out in all realms of public life.

Kentucky General Assembly

Mayors across the world join forces to combat antisemitism, hate

“Antisemitism is not an abstract threat. It takes place in cities, counties, and towns all around the world. We must confront antisemitism where it takes place," Frankfurt Mayor Uwe Becker said.

The Frankfurt skyline