Glossary

"The Holocaust (also called Ha-Shoah) in Hebrew) refers to the period from January 30, 1933 - when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany - to May 8, 1945, when the war in Europe officially ended. During this time, Jews in Europe were subjected to progressively harsher persecution that ultimately led to the murder of 6,000,000 Jews (1.5 million of these being children) and the destruction of 5,000 Jewish communities. These deaths represented two-thirds of European Jewry and one-third of all world Jewry.

The Jews who died were not casualties of the fighting that ravaged Europe during World War II. Rather, they were the victims of Germany’s deliberate and systematic attempt to annihilate the entire Jewish population of Europe, a plan Hitler called the Final Solution (Endlosung)."

From The Jewish Virtual Library,  a project of AICE (The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise).

On 26 May 2016, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Plenary decided to adopt the following nonlegally binding working definition of Antisemitism: "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."

From The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism 

On January 23, 2021, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran signed an Executive Order ordering all County departments and officials in the County Executive branch of government to be guided by the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, in complying with, implementing and enforcing laws or regulations that prohibit acts of antisemitic discrimination or harassment.

See the link below to learn more.