Biden's National Plan to Combat Antisemitism Criticized by Jewish Groups and Conservatives.
The Biden administration has released a 60-page strategy to counter anti-Semitism in the US, citing a rise in hate crimes that disproportionately impact American Jews. However, some Jewish and anti-hate groups have criticized the plan, saying it misses the mark and doesn't use the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, which is favored by numerous mainstream Jewish organizations. The White House strategy calls several definitions of anti-Semitism "valuable," including the non-legally binding "working definition" of anti-Semitism adopted in 2016 by the 31-member states of the IHRA. Some groups argue that President Biden has chosen a diluted definition of the term that doesn't say it's anti-Semitic to oppose Israel's creation or hold the Jewish state to different standards than other countries.