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SWC New Report: A Watershed In the Fight Against Anti-Semitism

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In the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s newest report, A Watershed in Fighting Antisemitism: The IHRAWorking Definition of Antisemitism, SWC Director of Government Affairs Mark Weitzman, who introduced and steered the Working Definition of antisemitism to adoption, describeswhat this essential tool is, how it came into prominence and what it's impact has been.

Outside of the 34 member nations of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), it has alsobeen adopted or endorsed by over 25 countries and international organizations such as the United Nations. In the US it is used by the State Department, Department of Education and served asthe basis of President Trump's Executive Order on Antisemitism.

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A National Reckoning of the Soul

Christian and Jewish scholars and Interfaith Leaders Callon all Churches to Confront Crisis of Antisemitism

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Antisemitism in Honduras: Wiesenthal Center Urges OAS Secretary General to Condemn Genocidal and Anti-Semitic Statements

Antisemitism in Honduras: Wiesenthal Center Urges OAS Secretary General to Condemn Genocidal and Anti-SemiticStatements

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Shimon Samuels, Director for International Relations of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, interviewed by BBC World Service on "Antisemitism around the World - a Warning from Veteran Campaigner."

In the BBC Radio "The World Tonight" interview, responding to questions on the rise of antisemitism in Europe and worldwide, Samuelsexplains how...

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