At last week’s virtual Central America Forum for Israel conference, U.S. Senators James Lankford and Jacky Rosen – co-founders and co-chairs of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism – called for a wider adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism in combatting surging global Jew-hatred. The Central America Forum for Israel — hosted by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and Center for Jewish Impact, in partnership with the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala, the Guatemala-Israel Friendship League, and the Jewish Community of Guatemala — brought together top leaders from across Central America to reject Jew-hatred and unite in a powerful show of allyship with Israel. Participants included senior parliamentarians, religious leaders, and communal figures from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Nicaragua, the United States, and Israel. The forum marked the third anniversary of the proclamation of Guatemala’s Israel Friendship Law. In his remarks, Senator Lankford noted the progress the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism has made domestically in recent years and further recognized that “we still have a very long way to go, including in our own government, where our State Department has recognized the definition, but we don’t have recognition from other agencies.” In her own speech, Senator Rosen similarly celebrated the Task Force’s May resolution, which calls on leaders to publicly denounce antisemitism and take specific steps to address and prevent it, including, “fully funding Holocaust education, protecting Jewish institutions from violence, and nominating a qualified ambassador to monitor and combat anti-Semitism.” She highlighted the resolution’s unanimous Senate approval and emphasized the importance of continuing this show of solidarity for the Jewish community – both domestically and internationally – through the widespread adoption of the IHRA working definition. Furthermore, Senator Rosen applauded Guatemala’s recent recognition of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. Watch the full event here.