BREAKING: Ventura mayor says southern California city exploring adopting IHRA definition after anti-Jewish vandalism
“We already have demonstrated that hate and hateful acts are not going to be tolerated, and so if we could even take it a step further to define antisemitism and what that is like, then I want to be able to take that,” Jeannette Sánchez-Palacios told JNS.
Ventura, California, Mayor Jeannette Sánchez-Palacios announced on Friday that the city is exploring adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. This initiative follows recent antisemitic vandalism at Temple Beth Torah, Higher Vision Church, and Juanamaria Park, which included Nazi swastikas and phrases like “death to the Jews.” Sánchez-Palacios stated, “We will not be defined by hate,” and has asked city staff to research the IHRA definition for potential City Council adoption. Ventura Police Chief David Dickey confirmed an active investigation into the vandalism, noting that hate crimes, while low in number, have disproportionately targeted the Jewish community in Ventura.
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