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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Commissioner James Cavallaro, March 2014. Credit: Daniel Cima via Wikimedia Commons.

Free speech as hate speech: The James Cavallaro scandal

Either the U.S. State Department doesn’t know about the social-media antics of its nominees, or it doesn’t care.

February 17, 2023

Panama. Credit: Pixabay.

Second annual Central America-Israel Forum in Panama draws 14 nations

The focus of this year’s forum was strengthening ties between Christians and Jews.

September 9, 2022

Defining anti-Semitism. Credit: Lobroart/Shutterstock.

New Spanish-language handbook promotes IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

It offers guidance and examples on how the definition is used by law enforcement, the judiciary, educational institutions and civil society.

August 1, 2022

Defining anti-Semitism. Credit: Lobroart/Shutterstock.

Handbook for Latin America in works to establish anti-Semitism parameters

“Of all our projects in common with the Organization of American States, this is the most ambitious,” said Shimon Samuels, director for international relations for the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

December 17, 2021

Fernando Lottenberg. Credit: Organization of American States.

Brazilian Jewish lawyer appointed as first OAS anti-Semitism commissioner

Similar posts exist in the European Union and North America.

October 7, 2021

Luis Almagro, the secretary general of the Organization of American States, addresses the 2019 AJC Global Forum in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2019. Credit: Screenshot.

Organization of American States to adopt universal definition of anti-Semitism

American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris said “history has just been made here.”

Jackson Richman

June 4, 2019