Battling the IHRA Definition

Today’s episode features a recording of Dr Alana Lentin speaking at our October 2023 conference titled Battling the IHRA Definition: Theory and Activism. Alana Lentin, also a founding collective member of the Institute, works on critical theorizations of race, racism, and antiracism. Her talk is titled “Zionist Claims of Indigeneity in the Racial Regime of Nativism.” Dr Lentin explains how the IHR...

This special episode features Lana Tatour, Barry Trachtenberg, Meira Gold, and Noa Greenberg. They discuss how IHRA functions as a tool of Zionist repression, whether IHRA’s use is acknowledged or it is quietly adopted. They conclude that the fight against IHRA is ultimately a fight against racism and colonialism. Resources: Coalition to End Zionist Repression Lana Tatour, “Censoring Palestine: hu...

This episode features Dr. Amira Jarmakani, who explains how the Zionist campaign to enshrine the IHRA definition of antisemitism and use it to count antisemitic incidents is a tactical move to counter the United Nations’ powerful assertion that Zionism is racism. That UN resolution was passed in 1975. Dr. Jarmakani explains how counting incidents works to turn our attention away from racism and st...

In today’s episode, we’ll hear from Jennifer Kelly, speaking at our October 2023 conference titled “Battling the IHRA Definition: Theory and Activism.” Jennifer Kelly is a founding collective member of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism and a professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at UC Santa Cruz. Her talk is titled Christian Zionism, Tourism, and the IHRA Definition. On our w...

In this special episode, we share a talk on a new (really!) right-wing attack on Palestine-related organizations: a U.S. federal "anti-terror" bill that would strip progressive organizations of their ability to function, and wouldn't require scrutiny or due process. Legal scholar Darryl Li and policy expert Lara Friedman discuss the new legislation and its relationship to the avalanche of new prop...

This special episode maps the wide-ranging counterinsurgency against the anticolonial Palestine solidarity movement in the U.S., and opens a conversation on strategy for resistance. Lara Friedman, Amira Jarmakani, and Emmaia Gelman talk through campus safety narratives, Zionist “antisemitism watchdogs”, and a mushrooming landscape of federal and state legislation. This panel was recorded as part o...

In today’s episode, we’ll hear from Christine Hong, speaking at our October 2023 conference titled “Battling the IHRA Definition: Theory and Activism.” Christine Hong is a founding collective member of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism and a professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at UC Santa Cruz. Her talk is titled Securitizing California’s Ethnic Studies. Check out our websi...

Welcome to Battling the IHRA Definition. This trailer is a quick introduction into “the IHRA definition of antisemitism,” which has been weaponized by Zionist institutions and policymakers to equate criticizing Israel with antisemitism and equate Zionism with Jewishness. The IHRA definition is a tactic used by political actors — particularly the right — to obscure Zionist politics, paper over US a...