Virginia AG Calls for K-12 Schools to Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism Ahead of New Governor Taking Office

Virginia AG Calls for K-12 Schools to Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism Ahead of New Governor Taking Office

Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger (center), former Gov. Ralph Northam (left), and Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) attend a statue unveiling ceremony for Barbara Rose Johns in Emancipation Hall on Dec. 16, 2025. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect Virginia’s outgoing attorney general on Monday implored the commonwealth’s K-12 schools to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of a…

Attorney General Miyares Calls On Virginia K–12 Schools to Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism to Protect Jewish Students

RICHMOND, Va. – Attorney General Jason Miyares today sent a letter to all Virginia K–12 school superintendents and school boards urging them to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism into their codes of conduct and discrimination policies.    Although violent crime continued to decline in Virginia in 2024, the Commonwealth saw […] The post Attorney General Miyares Calls On Virginia K–12 Schools…