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


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

Why are Jewish groups fighting the IHRA antisemitism definition? - opinion

The attempts by these political groups to advance their agenda by twisting the purpose of the IHRA framework is in fact an attempt to legitimize antisemitism.

THE TECH giants are banning examples of antisemitism one by one, completely missing the point of the IHRA definition.

Gov't calls on social media companies to label antisemitic content

Twitter representative says comments by Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei allowed to remain because of ‘public interest’ in archival, historical record of such comments.

THE TECH giants are banning examples of antisemitism one by one, completely missing the point of the IHRA definition.

Paris adopts the IHRA definition of antisemitism

Criticizing Israel in its essence and existence falls under the definition of antisemitism, it is a new form of antisemitism," Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo said.

Aerial view of Paris, France and the Eiffel Tower

US accepts IHRA's definition of antisemitism, Biden official says

AJC CEO David Harris called McDonald’s remarks “a solid reaffirmation of American leadership in the global fight against antisemitism.”

AJC executive director David Harris 370

Major American Jewish coalition adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

What that means may vary for its members?

Participants in a Jewish solidarity march across New York City's Brooklyn Bridge, Jan. 5, 2020. The march in the city was held in response to a recent rise in anti-Semitic crimes in the New York metropolitan area. (Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)