Coalition of 51 Jewish, pro-Israel organizations adopts definition of anti-Semitism

(JNS) — A coalition of 51 Jewish and pro-Israel organizations has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of anti-Semitism on Thursday.

The organizations are members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which announced the adoption on Tuesday, the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The two other members of the umbrella organization, Americans for Peace Now and the Workers Circle, did not adopt the definition.

Americans for Peace Now, which is highly critical of Israeli policy, told Haaretz last month that it...