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“We cannot eliminate anti-Semitism without first defining what it is,” said Hadassah national president Rhoda Smolow in a statement.
It comes on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day as a debate has emerged in the Jewish and pro-Israel community over whether the official IHRA definition should be adopted into law.
The California Bar Association has declined to take disciplinary action against the lawyer, saying misconduct must occur during the course of representing a client.
The IHRA’s definition on anti-Semitism has been adopted by countries and organizations across the world as the standard to help combat rising anti-Semitism. There is a push to have the Biden administration make it into law.
Until recently, Islamic Relief Worldwide had received hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars and was an official partner of the U.S. government.
The Israelite Consistory of the Bas-Rhin region and the restaurants involved labeled the refusal “openly anti-Semitic discrimination.”
Rabbi Reuben Poupko of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs called the graffiti “vile.”
Barring a nomination by the president of someone to the upgraded position, Joe Biden will have the opportunity to fill the role.
While they “respect the original creation of the IHRA Working Definition as an illustrative tool, and as part of a larger and ongoing conversation about the nature of anti-Semitism,” they expressed “concern with its adoption as a legal tool.”
“These horrific acts of emboldened anti-Semitism must end,” said Jack Kliger, president and CEO of the Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
While the university has not issued a formal statement on the incident, Sunil Kumar, from the university’s provost office, said in an email to StandWithUs that it is “aware of the incident.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi meets with Israeli ambassadors to Europe to sum up the past year and set goals for the upcoming one.
