Chicago City Council Unanimously Passes Antisemitism Legislation without Mayor’s Involvement

Chicago City Council unanimously passes antisemitism legislation without mayor’s involvement

The Chicago City Council unanimously voted to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliances working definition of antisemitism into the citys declaration of human rights this week, an effort spearheaded by two local university students with no prior political experience. For Jake Rymer, a junior majoring in biological sciences at University of Chicago, and Michael Kaminsky, a senior studying criminology at DePaul, the push to pass the …

Chicago Adopts IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

Chicago, United States, on Aug. 22, 2024. Photo: J.W. Hendricks/NurPhoto via Reuters Connect The City Council of Chicago, Illinois, voted on Tuesday to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, becoming one of many governments and municipalities to affirm its utility as a reference tool for identifying antisemitic hate crimes and a safeguard of Jewish civil rights. The measure was passed on Inter…