NZFOI: This article was written by two members of the Temple Sinai community and derailed efforts urging the Wellington City Council to adopt the IHRA definition of Anti-Semitism. It was met with outrage by the rest of the Jewish community and the President of Temple Sinai has distanced the organisation from the article, stating that its views do not represent the views of the Temple Sinai board.
If you follow the issue of racism or the protest against Israel’s occupation of Palestine, you will know the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. It has lit fires of protest across Europe, Canada and the US.
The problem lies not in the IHRA definition of antisemitism but in a set of examples which have been used to conflate criticism of Israel with a hatred of Jews. Anti-Zionism has been called antisemitism.
Given this document’s global trail of controversy, we were stunned to see a motion on Wellington City Council’s agenda for Wednesday, February 26, to adopt the IHRA document for our city.
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