2026 Mission: Fighting Jew Hate in Missouri

 

 Welcome to the missouri alliance network

We exist to advocate in the current Jewish civil rights movement via political advocacy so that our community can live in safety and equality.

We are alarmed by rising global antisemitism and increased anti-Jew hate here in our own backyard. Working closely with allies, our single bipartisan mission is fighting antisemitism while rooting out anti-Jew elected officials in Missouri.

FOUNDING BOARD

Rabbi Brigitte Rosenberg

 Keith Beardslee 

Linda Cohen

Rick Cornfeld

Michael Ellenhorn

Susan Feigenbaum

Hon. Stacey Newman

Dafna Revah

ADVISORY COUNCIL 

Nathan Cohen

Rabbi Yosef David

Rabbi Josef Davidson

Dan Friedman

Rabbi Yonason Goldson

Traci Goldstein

Rabbi Seth Gordon

Stephanie Gross

                     Howard Oppenheimer

Rabbi Mike Rovinsky

Todd Siwak 

Rabbi Ze’ev Smason

Rabbi Lane Steinger

Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman  

Sam Zitin

Who We Are

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Missouri Alliance Network is a bipartisan state political action committee with a  single mission – to fight anti-Jew hate in Missouri.

We work closely with allies to keep our Jewish community safe from antisemitism.

We overwhelming applaud Missouri’s new antisemitism law signed by Governor Mike Kehoe April 2026, HB2061. Sponsored by State Rep. George Hruza, a 2nd generation Holocaust survivor, the new law adopts the IHRA working definition of antisemitism as a tool & guide and requires public schools to report antisemitic incidents & complaints to the state under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

We strongly support the IHRA global international standard  “working definition of antisemitism”, now adopted in 38 states, 44 countries, every consecutive U.S. State Department since 2005 under President George W. Bush and 100+ municipalities including Saint Louis County & Kansas City.

In addition, we endorse and support candidates who stand with us and work against those who do not.

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Missouri HB2061 codifies the global standard working definition of antisemitism into statute (joining 37 other states), effective August 28, 2026.  The law requires public schools and college to report antisemitic incidents & complaints to the state under the federal Title VI 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Jewish students have been harassed in Missouri high schools and on our college campuses, vilified online, and threatened and intimidated simply for being Jewish. In St. Louis, a Jewish family was targeted by a car firebombing at 3 am, schools and highways defaced with swatiskas, synagogues protested, the Jewish Student Union House vandalized while chants & threats calling for Jewish elimination continue in local protests.

One could still legally spout antisemitic hate speech if they must, protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution – but not to harass, intimidate or instigate violence, the same perimeters of any other recognized hate speech. 

FACTS : The global standard working definition of antisemitism (IHRA)

First used by the U.S. Dept. of State in 2005 under President George W. Bush.

38 states and 100+ municipalities including St. Louis County (unanimously in 2022), Kansas City MO and Chicago have adopted the IHRA working definition of antisemitism.

IN ADDITION, every consecutive U.S. Dept. of State since 2005, under Obama, Trump and Biden administrations, have adopted IHRA.

Internationally, 44 countries and the European Union recognize the IHRA framework, as do thousands of local institutions, universities, and civic organizations worldwide.

The working antisemitism definition of IHRA has been internationally accepted as the global standard with overwhelming & unanimous support, without legal challenges or dissent for almost 2 decades…UNTIL OCTOBER 7, 2023.

ENDORSements of IHRA TO DATE:

MAJOR STATE AND NATIONAL JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS, MISSOURI LAW  ENFORCEMENT & RABBIS

  • Agudath Israel of Missouri
  • American Jewish Committee (AJC)
  • Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
  • Coalition for Jewish Values
  • Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM)
  • Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
  • Elie Wiesel Foundation
  • Hadassah
  • Israeli American Council (IAC)
  • Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA)
  • Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) including the Jewish Federation of St. Louis
  • Missouri Alliance Network
  • Missouri Law Enforcement Legislative Coalition, representing state police chiefs and leaders
  • the Orthodox Union
  • the Rabbinical Assembly
  • St. Louis County Police (FOP)
  • St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
  • Stand With Us
  • Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham
  • Rabbi Hillel Anton
  • Rabbi Yosef David
  • Rabbi Dov Fink
  • Rabbi Yonason Goldson
  • Rabbi Seth Gordon
  • Rabbi Brigitte Rosenberg
  • Rabbi Mike Rovinsky
  • Rabbi Ze’ev Smason

  • Rabbi Lane Steinger

  • Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman

what is the GLOBAL

STANDARD working

definition of IHRA?

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) defines antisemitism as “a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. It includes both rhetorical and physical manifestations directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals, their property, and Jewish institutions.”

The definition is accompanied by examples that illustrate how antisemitism appears today – from classic conspiracy theories to rhetoric that denies Jewish people the right to self-determination.  It also includes an important safeguard: criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic.

The IHRA working definition does NOT regulate speech or create penalties. It is simply a consistent tool for schools, law enforcement, prosecutors, media, elected officials and institutions for identifying antisemitic bias when enforcing existing anti-discrimination, hate-crime laws and policies. 

Copyright @2026 Missouri Alliance Network – All Rights Reserved

Paid for by Missouri Alliance Network, Hon. Stacey Newman, Treasurer