RESOLUTION NO. 22-0144
A RESOLUTION OF THE MANHATTAN BEACH CITY
COUNCIL ADOPTING THE IHRA’S DEFINITION OF
ANTISEMITISM AND CONDEMNING ANTISEMITISM
THE MANHATTAN BEACH CITY COUNCIL HEREBY RESOLVES AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby adopts the In ternational Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Working Definition of Antisemitism and endorses the use of the working definition as a framework to identify discrimination rooted in antisemitism and for discussions to address such discrimination:
Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non -Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.
SECTION 2. The Council hereby denounces and condemns antisemitism in all its manifestations.
SECTION 3. The Council hereby affirms the City’s ongoing commitment to cultivate an inclusive and safe society and culture that values the divers ity of our community, celebrating both our individuality and our commonality.
ADOPTED on October 6, 2022.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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STEVE NAPOLITANO
Mayor
ATTEST:
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LIZA TAMURA
City Clerk