The Exec­u­tive Coun­cil of Aus­tralian Jew­ry (ECAJ) was proud to present an online edu­ca­tion ses­sion on: “Why inter­na­tion­al accep­tance of the IHRA Work­ing Def­i­n­i­tion of Anti­semitism is grow­ing: Explained by two of the orig­i­nal drafters”

Hear from two inter­na­tion­al­ly-renowned authors and com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers about the ori­gins, pur­pose, mean­ing and appli­ca­tion of the Inter­na­tion­al Holo­caust Remem­brance Alliance – IHRA Work­ing Def­i­n­i­tion of Anti­semitism, and why more and more coun­tries, aca­d­e­m­ic insti­tu­tions, stu­dent asso­ci­a­tions, sports bod­ies, NGOs and oth­ers have adopt­ed it.

Rab­bi Andrew Bak­er is the Direc­tor of Inter­na­tion­al Jew­ish Affairs at the Amer­i­can Jew­ish Com­mit­tee and since 2009 the Per­son­al Rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the OSCE Chair­per­son-in-Office on Com­bat­ing Anti­semitism.

Michael Whine is a co-founder of the Com­mu­ni­ty Secu­ri­ty Trust in the UK, cur­rent­ly work­ing as Senior Con­sul­tant to the World Jew­ish Con­gress and the UK Mem­ber of the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion against Racism and Intol­er­ance, a stand­ing com­mis­sion which advis­es the 47 mem­ber states of the Coun­cil of Europe on human rights mat­ters.

The draft­ing and devel­op­ment of the Work­ing Def­i­n­i­tion was a months-long col­lab­o­ra­tive process, involv­ing a score of indi­vid­u­als. Rab­bi Andrew Bak­er and Michael Whine were among those who were part of this from the very begin­ning.

Watch below or on YouTube here.