U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) has introduced a bill that he says will fight back against the rise of antisemitism across the country.

The congressman’s “Define to Defeat Act of 2025” would apply the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism to the enforcement of civil rights laws.

“From the halls of our college campuses to the halls of our government, hatred toward the Jewish people has no place in America,” Moore said.

“My bill ensures that federal agencies adopt a clear and consistent definition of antisemitism so we can identify it, confront it, and prosecute criminal behavior when necessary. Our judicial system needs this clarity now more than ever to properly confront the record-breaking levels of disturbing antisemitic attacks in our nation.”

Antisemitism is evil – plain and simple. If we can’t even define it, how can we fight it?

My Define to Defeat Act would define antisemitism so we can identify it, confront it, and prosecute criminal behavior when necessary. https://t.co/kTAAnytTr1

— Rep. Barry Moore (@RepBarryMoore) July 3, 2025

Mark Goldfeder, CEO of the National Jewish Advocacy Center and a law professor at Touro University, praised the bill in a recent op-ed.

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“The bill is grounded in a simple idea: when trying to determine whether an unlawful act was motivated by antisemitism, investigators should consider the world’s most well-accepted definition of antisemitism as contextual, rebuttable evidence,” Goldfeder wrote.

“Valid monitoring, informed analysis and investigation, and effective policy-making all require uniform definitions; and while there can be no exhaustive definition of antisemitism, there must be some objective standard for what is and is not acceptable.”

Goldfeder also defended the bill against criticism that it goes against the First Amendment.

“This new bill does not police speech or criminalize criticism of Israel,” he argued. “It does not punish opinions. What it does is help authorities evaluate whether clearly unlawful behavior — things like arson, battery, threats, stalking, vandalism, and harassment — may have been motivated by antisemitic bias, including when that bias comes cloaked in the language of “anti-Zionism.”

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee

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