Many universities have been reluctant to embrace a definition that, among other things, considers some criticisms of Israel as antisemitic. The university’s decision was part of a lawsuit settlement.
The report, unveiled ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, followed a year marked by extreme antisemitic incidents.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said, "Illinois is going to continue to be a beacon of policies that are antithetical to the retrograde policies of a Trump administration.”
Outgoing US president established 1st national strategy to fight antisemitism, even appointing special envoy, but couldn't stop surge of anti-Jewish hate after Hamas's Oct. 7 attack
In office, Biden took a range of actions to fight antisemitism both before and after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel changed the landscape for Jews in the United States and around the world.
Alain Finkielkraut, a prominent French philosopher, also said in the magazine Le Point that he would “consider the nightmare of having to vote for the National Rally to block antisemitism.”
Harvard University has settled in two lawsuits that accused the school of antisemitism on campus.   The first, brought by Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish Americans
The definition, adopted by the the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance as well as more than 40 nations, says that certain kinds of criticism of Israel and Zionism can be antisemitic.
After rejecting calls for months, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally summoned a Tuesday national cabinet meeting to discuss Australia’s rising wave of antisemitic attacks and other incidents. This followed the torching of a childcare centre in Maroubra in Sydney overnight, which saw anti-Jewish graffiti sprayed on the building.
The New York Republican said the U.S. needs to be the 'moral clarity on the U.N. Security Council and at the United Nations at large'
More recently, Musk has faced criticism for hosting a conversation with Alice Weidel, the leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right political party. The AfD has been linked to Nazi-sympathetic rhetoric that has even alienated other far-right movements, such as Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in France.
Kenneth Marcus, who served as a top civil rights official in the George W. Bush and Trump administrations, lauded Biden for his rhetorical commitment to combating antisemitism, which he said was unprecedented. But he said the strategy fell short. Marcus said Biden failed to institute policies that would stem antisemitism.