STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY AND THE WORKING
DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM ADOPTED BY THIRTY-FOUR
MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST
REMEMBRANCE ALLIANCE
WHEREAS, January 27, 2021 was International Holocaust Remembrance Day; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature recommits itself to combating the global rise in antisemitism;
and
WHEREAS, 34 member countries of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance,
of which the United States is a member, have adopted a legally nonbinding working definition
of antisemitism; and
WHEREAS, the working definition reads as follows: "Antisemitism is a certain
perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical
manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or
their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities"; now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED: That We, the Members of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Legislature now
assembled in the First Regular Session, on behalf of the people we represent, take this
opportunity to recognize International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the working
definition of antisemitism.
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