Antisemitism

Professors continue their legal battle against New York union The battle by six City University of New York professors to stop their union from collecting dues took a step forward recently as oral arguments began in front of the United…

Scottish communal leaders have reacted angrily after Aberdeen University rejected adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism in favour of an alternative version. After a two-year consultation, the university has adopted the Jerusalem Declaration of Antisemitism (JDA) instead of  International Holocaust…

Members of Australia’s National Tertiary Education Union on strike, May 12, 2022. While engaged in a two-day strike over wages at Sydney University, Australia’s NTEU, the 27,000-member strong National Tertiary Education Union for all higher education and university employees––the only…

In recent years, anti-Semitism in the U.S. educational system has been primarily associated with the demonization of Israel at institutions of higher education. Activism that targets Jews and a rise in support for the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)…

On Thursday, German airline Lufthansa officially adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism. The announcement took place at a special event that Lufthansa hosted in Washington. The decision to adopt the Working Definition of Antisemitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance – an intergovernmental…

Tory leadership candidate Rishi Sunak has praised Israel as a “shining beacon of hope” and denounced the claim that it is an apartheid state as “frankly offensive”. If he becomes Prime Minister he pledged to increase government funding to combat…

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed today an executive order adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, prompting praise from US Jewish groups. The order ensures that New Mexico’s Executive Department will base its assessments of…

In a report on anti-Semitism in entertainment and sports, as well as on digital-media platforms, Creative Community for Peace (CCFP) calls the extent of the anti-Semitism problem “glaring.” The 20-page report, “Fomenting Hate: How the Entertainment and Sports Industries Can Address…