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The City of Warsaw adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism on Friday. Warsaw adopting the definition adds the Polish city to a growing number of capital cities to do the same. Warsaw now joins Washington, London, Berlin, Paris, and others.
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The Republic of Panama became the 42nd country to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. The decision, announced on July 25, drew praise from Jewish leaders. “Panama’s adopting the IHRA definition is yet another important endorsement for…
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A bipartisan group of 84 lawmakers wrote to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona pressing for information on the Department of Education’s plans to resolve a backlog of investigations into campus antisemitism and improve protections for Jewish students, Jewish Insider has learned. The lawmakers, led by…
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Abstract As anti-Semitism rates reach historic levels, both in the United States and worldwide, more attention has been paid to methods of counteracting it through law and public policy. The most important legal approach has involved the use of the…
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Scottish ministers have sought to block a U.K.-wide bill that seeks to impose fines for boycotting Israel. The legislators say the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, which would bar councils and universities from banning Israel, threatens their authority. However,…
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Pro-Palestinian protesters injured a university employee while demonstrating against a lecture speaker who heads the Brazilian chapter of a pro-Israel advocacy group. Andre Lajst, the director of StandWithUs Brazil, was speaking about ways that Israeli technologies could help develop the…
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This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. Two off-campus University of Michigan fraternity houses were vandalized with homophobic and antisemitic symbols. The Ann Arbor Police Department believes the event occurred sometime on the…
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The far-left Socialist Workers Party’s annual Marxism 2023 festival, at which Jeremy Corbyn and film director Ken Loach were amongst the guest speakers, was littered with calls for the “destruction” of the state of Israel, and demands for “100 per support…
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Israel is the most maligned country in the world on social media according to a new study, outpacing authoritarian regimes like Russia, North Korea and Iran. The Jewish state is mentioned approximately 10 times more than any other country in…
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The Republic of Panama has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, drawing praise from Jewish leaders and groups in the US. The Panamanian government held a ceremony commemorating the decision on Tuesday at its Ministry of Foreign…
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