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Parents and community members urge board not to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism
Summary
Several speakers during public comment urged the Albany board not to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, and said doing so would chill debate about Israel and Palestinian issues; others said antisemitism is a real concern but that the IHRA definition is controversial.
During the public comment portion of the meeting, multiple speakers asked the Albany City School District Board of Education to reject a motion proposed earlier by members of a community group to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism.
Ava Agree, who identified herself as a Jewish resident of Albany, told the board the IHRA definition "does not do so" when referring to equipping schools to handle antisemitism and asked trustees not to adopt it, arguing that many Jews do not…
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