Antisemitism Exposed

2 cities, 2 paths: Chicago adopts antisemitism definition as Mamdani's New York City rolls it back

DePaul's Michael Kaminsky and University of Chicago's Jake Rymer lobbied City Council after campus hate incidents surged following Oct 7

By Ariella Noveck , Josh Weiner Fox News

Published February 18, 2026 7:00am EST

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U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz says the United Nations has an "atrocious history" on antisemitism and urges institutional change.

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Chicago has become one of the nation’s largest cities to unanimously codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism into municipal law— an extraordinary move driven not by veteran political leaders, but by two college students who say they felt compelled to act as antisemitic incidents surged across Illinois campuses.

DePaul University student Michael Kaminsky, a survivor of a 2024 campus hate-crime attack, and Jake Rymer of the University of Chicago spent months lobbying City Council members after what they described as an explosion of harassment following the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel. Their effort culminated in a rare unanimous vote, providing Chicago with an internationally recognized standard for identifying and responding to modern forms of antisemitism.

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Adam Erkan, 20, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery. He attacked two Jewish students at DePaul University last year. He was sentenced to two years of probation along with 100 hours of community service, according to Fox 32 Chicago.........

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