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


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)

IHRA definition of antisemitism helpful but shouldn't be part of law

The statement also cautions that the IHRA definition’s examples could divert attention from the threat of far-right antisemitism.

An anti-Israeli protest inspired by BDS

Why are people fighting the IHRA definition of antisemitism?

Here’s what the IHRA definition says, why its supporters see it as a key for fighting Jew-hatred and why its critics are fighting it.

Antisemitic graffiti on a Jewish family house in the city center of Lyon in France.

IHRA definition is useful - antisemitism must be fought on all forms

BDS is, by definition, discriminating against Israelis due to their national origin, and antisemitism is discrimination based on religion.

An anti-Israeli protest inspired by BDS

European Commission publishes IHRA antisemitism definition handbook

The European Commission began using the IHRA definition in 2017 and the European Parliament adopted it for use in the same year.

A European Union flag flies outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, December 19, 2019.

European Council condemns antisemitism, stresses need to combat incitement

The condemnation is a "significant step forward to make Europe a better place for Jews,” said WJC president Ronald S. Lauder.

The meeting room where an EU leaders summit will take place is seen especially adapted to keep the social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak, at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium July 16, 2020.