The Brandeis Center commends the Virginia Commission to Combat Anti-Semitism on the strength of its new report “Combating Antisemitism in Virginia,” released this month, and announces its willingness to provide the support that the Commission urges Virginia state officials to seek from the Brandeis Center and other organizations. . Chief among the report’s recommendations is that Virginia adopt the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism – including its “contemporary examples.” The report also suggests the state legislature pass legislation codifying the IHRA Definition in the Code of Virginia and require the definition “inform any analysis of whether antisemitic discrimination exists, including Virginia schools and universities.” . Recommendations from the report to the Virginia Department of Education include: . Establishing a reporting system and publicly available database regarding acts of anti-Semitism in K-12 schools and higher education; . Expanding Holocaust standards of learning, including requiring students to understand the history of anti-Semitism; and . Creating curricula for Jewish days of recognition, including International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Jewish American Heritage Month. . The Commission “recommends that the Virginia Department of Education cooperate with the following organizations to make instructional materials on anti-Semitism available to educators,” and includes the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law in a curated list of groups, alongside the American Jewish Committee, Combat Antisemitism Movement, and B’nai B’rith International. . “The Brandeis Center commends the Virginia Commission to Combat Anti-Semitism for prioritizing increased educator access to anti-Semitism nonprofits and materials,” said Kenneth L. Marcus, Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman. “The Brandeis Center recognizes that anti-Semitism and other forms of hate are learned during K-12 years – and supports the Virginia Commission’s approach of equipping teachers with materials to prevent this. We are ready and willing to provide Virginia with the support the Commission recommends.”