Antisemitism

BDS movement disavows Boston chapter's mapping project

Global BDS movement says it has no connection to website mapping Boston-area Jewish groups as federal investigation looms.

Amb Erdan:

Don't fund UNRWA until it fires teachers who call to murder Jews

Israeli Amb. to the UN addresses UNRWA donor countries during pledging conference for org. after antisemitism in UNRWA schools uncovered.

Sweden: Doctor harassed, fired from hospital for being Jewish

Swedish Medical Association supports Jewish doctor in lawsuit against Karolinska University Hospital over antisemitic environment.

Israel adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

Knesset votes to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism. 'Decision helps our Jewish brothers and sisters around the world.'

Ohio:

Jewish leaders blast parole of man who made antisemitic threats

Judge allows man charged with making antisemitic terrorist threats toward Columbus Jewish community to leave house for work purposes.

B’nai Brith calls on British Columbia to adopt IHRA definition

With antisemitism an increasing problem in the Canadian province, advocacy group urges premier to adopt IHRA definition.

ADL survey:

Online hate-based harassment widespread

Poll finds dramatic increase in online harassment, especially against Jews, other minority groups, and teens.

Cleveland:

‘Officer of the year’ being investigated for antisemitic tweets

Two years after antisemitic tweets brought to light by watchdog org, police officer being investigated for hateful anti-Jewish posts.

Teens arrested for assaulting Jewish man in Brooklyn

Two teens accused of punching young Jewish man after trying to force him to say “Free Palestine.”

DOJ reaches deal over allegation NJ town targeted Orthodox Jews

Dispute over zoning laws that allegedly made it purposely difficult for Orthodox Jews to live in Jackson Township settled by DOJ.

Germany:

Startling 29% increase in antisemitic crimes

German government reports spike in far-right antisemitic crimes - but also massive spike in Islamic extremist antisemitism.

Amnesty slammed for claiming critics ‘weaponize antisemitism’

Amnesty International general secretary under fire for lashing out at those criticizing its report accusing Israel of "apartheid."

Unlike Ukraine, Russia is not on most-wanted antisemites list

After all, they liberated Auschwitz, didn’t they? But history did not begin with WWII and they deserve a top place on the list. Op-ed.

White supremacy

South Carolina beach targeted with antisemitic flyers

White supremacist propaganda leaflets attacking Jews dropped on lawns of small beach town during the night.

Jewish org praises Canadian police for fighting antisemitism

Abraham Global Peace Initiative applauds Canadian law enforcement for standing up against the threat of antisemitism.

German court: Medieval antisemitic sculpture can stay on church

Offensive carving from 13th century featuring Jews and a pig will stay on church, after high court rules against Jewish plaintiff.

Few of us non-Jews really “get” what Jewishness is about

Philo-Semitism and its discontents. Some say it is reverse antisemitism, and they may have a point. Opinon.

Major UK union passes motion denouncing antisemitism

Motion calling out antisemitism by one of Britain's largest trade unions passes unanimously with support of leadership.

How do I hate thee, Israel? Let me count the ways...

Shakespeare's 43rd sonnet paraphrased to describe rising antisemitism and the Biden administration's part in it. Op-ed

New York Governor:

'In New York, there’s no room for antisemitism or hate'

Kathy Hochul announces her administration has issued proclamation highlighting IHRA definition of antisemitism.

Four Democrats condemn anti-Israel 'Mapping Project'

Massachusetts Democrats, including Ayanna Pressley, condemn pro-Palestinian project mapping Boston Jewish groups.

UK school blasted for dropping Judaism lesson, focusing on Islam

School denounced for claiming it needs to stop teaching about Judaism to focus on “combating the rise in Islamophobia.”

Graffiti found at Toronto’s York University threatens Jews

Graffiti found on garage near York University campus encouraging people to murder Jews leaves Jewish students feeling unsafe.

When your family is the victim of anti-Semitism

I want the perpetrator punished to the fullest extent of the law, but my family does not. A divide has opened between us. Op-ed.

The Soviet origins of left-wing anti-Zionism

Today’s haters of Israel are heirs to one of the longest and most effective anti-Semitic propaganda campaigns in modern history. Op-ed.

In Boston:

'Radical anti-Zionists' placing targets on the bodies of Jews

Boston Jews say a pro-Palestinian group’s map of local ‘Zionist leaders and powerhouse NGOs’ is a guide to antisemitism.

German Jewish leader: Right wing extremism endangering community

Josef Schuster describes Jewish community “under massive threat” due to right wing extremism.

Rebuttal to a liberal Jewish American friend

Criticiism of Israel? Any other people, facing circumstances like those of Israel, would gleefully massacre its enemies. Op-ed.

CUNY postpones hearing on antisemitism at the school

City University of New York hearing on antisemitism scheduled for tomorrow postponed after university chancellor unable to attend/

French police arrest neo-Nazis who planned ‘Jew hunt’

Search of suspects' homes reveals large cache of weapons and explosives along with neo-Nazi literature.

Op-ed:

Hitlers at heart

Anti-Israel or anti-Semite? Can you tell the difference? Opinion.

200 antisemitic letters sent to Bavarian officials and NGOs

Hateful letters, containing Holocaust denial, also mailed to student groups across Germany's largest state.

Defining our relations with the world's major powers

Parashat Naso - Shavu’ot 5782: The parasha and current events.

Challenging SJP Chicago’s lies

Challenging SJP Chicago’s lies

The Horowitz Center’s leaflets expose Jew-hatred and toxic radicalism. Op-ed.

Hate crime in NYC:

18-yr old charged for attacking Jewish man walking to synagogue

Shabbat attack in Williamsburg being tried as hate crime after brazen assault leaves victim with severe injuries.

Australian Jewish students’ abuse ignored by school, court hears

Former students testify about horrific antisemitic abuse and lack of response by school staff.

Campus antisemitism:

Legal monitor calls for continued federal oversight of NYU

Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights asks Dep of Education for further monitoring of NYU's compliance with resolution agreement.

Detroit church founded by anti-Semite holds interfaith event

The Detroit church founded by antisemite Father Coughlin hosts an event on Jewish-Catholic relations.

ADL report: Rise of antisemitism in NY State a ‘troubling trend’

Report by the Anti-Defamation League describes a “broad and troubling trend” of rising extremism and antisemitism in New York State.

Toronto Uber driver charged for threatening to “kill 30 Jews”

Man charged in suspected hate crime accused of harassing and assaulting students and staff at Toronto yeshiva.

UK uni to investigate prof who claimed many Nazis were Zionists

Academic claims during talk that ‘many Nazis called themselves Zionists’ and also attacks IHRA definition of antisemitism.

Appeal to remove antisemitic church statue heard in German court

Statue depicting Jews and a pig has long been considered antisemitic but has stayed on the wall of the historic Town Church in Wittenberg.

Tuscany adopts IHRA working definition of antisemitism

Central Italian region of Tuscany announces that it has adopted IHRA working definition of antisemitism.

Canadian province vows to confront antisemitism

B'nai Brith Canada hails work of Newfoundland and Labrador to confront antisemitism and other forms of racism and hate.

Swastikas carved on windows of Los Angeles synagogue

Synagogue windows vandalized at night with multiple swastikas, police investigating.

German court sentences members of antisemitic group to jail time

Defendants sentenced for founding antisemitic network of online forums used to spread anti-Jewish propaganda and recruit new members.

France:

Antisemitism now suspected in murder of elderly Jew

Prosecutor in Lyon says 89-year-old man who was pushed out of his window by a neighbor may have been killed because he was Jewish.

Antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt talks Buffalo shooting

Biden's antisemitism monitor notes connection between Buffalo massacre to antisemitism in her first keynote address in New York.

ADL partners with Board of Deputies on UK antisemitism education

Organizations partner on DASH – an online program to teach British high school students about antisemitism.

Uber driver attempts to ‘kill 30 Jews’ at Toronto Yeshiva

Driver who was armed with a knife threatens students and is tackled by IDF veteran school cook until police arrive.

Menorah at U of Cincinnati Chabad defaced for 4th time in 2 yrs

Suspect caught on video knocking over menorah in front of Chabad house.

'We need as many allies and partners as possible'

Father Patrick Desbois, who investigated the mass shootings of Jews during the Holocaust, joins CAM Advisory Board.

SCOTUS declines to involve itself in longtime synagogue protests

Supreme Court declines to hear 2 different attempts to stop longtime Ann Arbor synagogue protesters.

South Dakota town hit with over 150 antisemitic flyers

Watertown police investigating possible hate crime after flyers found all over residential sections of town.

Dozens of Jewish graves in German cemetery desecrated

Large number of Jewish headstones knocked over in cemetery in Saxony-Anhalt, causing significant damage.

Extremists hurl antisemitic remarks at LA residents from truck

The “Goyim Defense League” allegedly behind truck that harassed residents of Beverly Hills and North Hollywood with antisemitic abuse.

Jewish-owned UK eatery defaced with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti

Popular north London restaurant Michaels Brasserie targeted with antisemitic graffiti.

Spanish Jewish leader calls for increasing Holocaust education

Isaac Benzaquén says that the Holocaust must not be forgotten because “unfortunately history repeats itself.”

WJC head:

'Call antisemitism what it really is: Jew hatred'

Ronald Lauder says 'antisemitism' has lost its meaning as hatred of Jews spreads.

Op-ed:

You're going to need a bigger boat

If you ignore the waves of antisemitism, they will turn into a tsunami. Op-ed.