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.