Recommendation:

Demystify Antisemitism

Understanding the difference between acceptable, critical discourse and antisemitism can be challenging. CIJA is calling on universities to improve their understanding of all manifestations of antisemitism through training and resources from mainstream Jewish community resources. This training includes gaining insights from the world’s most accepted definition of antisemitism, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, which the Government of Canada and most provinces have adopted as part of their anti-racism strategies. The non-legally binding IHRA definition has been increasingly cited as a key resource in identifying antisemitism by such authorities as the Canadian Human Rights Commission, and it should be used by equity and diversity offices, student representative bodies, and administrations as a framework tool to assess incidents and complaints and determine if an antisemitic incident has indeed taken place.