Pittsburgh universities must adopt the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism Pittsburgh universities must adopt the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism After the city saw worst incident of anti-Jewish violence on American soil, schools can, at the very least, lessen the burden for students by acknowledging this all-too-real threat. (May 24, 2021 / JNS) Buried en masse and unmarked throughout Eastern and Western Europe, in Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem and everywhere in between lay the victims of history’s longest and most lethal hatred: anti-Semitism. The evidence of its wrath on the Jewish people is an exhaustive study leaving an indelible stain on society. But even as anti-Semitism wields its might once again, specifically on college campuses, many still contest what it actually constitutes.