During the New York Symposium Against Antisemitism organized by CAM, New York City Mayor Eric Adams urged legal action against social media companies for the dissemination of hateful content. The gathering included more than 55 partner organization representatives, community leaders and activists.

The Latin American Parliament, known as the “Parlatino,” adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism as a means to “act specifically against antisemitism in our days and on all other forms of discrimination.” The Parlatino — which has 23 member states hosted the second annual Central America-Israel Forum, organized by the CAM during which a joint declaration was issued that included an endorsement of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism.

Meanwhile, as the Biden administration and United Nations weighed new strategies to combat antisemitism, CAM issued a call to promote the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism.

This week in the U.S., a Nazi swastika flag was found in a truck that police said was intentionally driven into a security barrier outside the White House. A historic Jewish cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut was vandalized. In Lakewood, New Jersey, an explosive device was thrown from a truck toward a group of pedestrians in a heavily-Jewish area.

In Berlin, Germany, police banned an anti-Israel demonstration over concerns about potential antisemitism. Also in the German capital, ex-Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters held a concert at which he minimized the Holocaust with a comparison of Nazi victim Anne Frank to a journalist killed in the crossfire of a battle between Palestinian terrorists and Israel Defense Forces soldiers last year.

In the United Kingdom, neo-Nazi threats to “burn down” and “drive out” the Board of Deputies of British Jews were posted online. In the Middle East, an Iraqi team withdrew from a fencing tournament in Turkey to avoid competing against Israeli opponents. In the Gaza Strip, the young daughter of a recently-killed Islamic Jihad commander said Jews were “cowards” who would “melt” in Hell.

This week’s global antisemitism report highlights 44 new reports of antisemitic incidents. The total includes 24 (54.5%) from the far-right, 4 (9.1%) from the far-left, 9 (20.5%) with Islamist motivations, and 7 (15.9%) unidentifiable in nature.