Antisemitism

After complaint:

US Dep't of Ed. to investigate harassment of pro-Israel student

Department of Education will investigate a pro-Israel USC student’s civil rights complaint.

Boise rocked by 6th antisemitic incident in last 9 months

String of serious antisemitic incidents continues in Boise, Idaho with swastikas discovered on a bike lane.

UK regulator:

Muslim TV station guilty of ‘antisemitic hate speech’

British broadcast agency rules that Shia Muslim TV station broadcast antisemitic content on a discussion show in 2021.

New Latin-Jewish alliance to combat disinformation, antisemitism

Latin-Jewish alliance aims to use star power to combat antisemitism and misinformation in media.

German man sent to prison for Holocaust comment

German man reportedly sent to prison for Holocaust comment about singer who claimed antisemitism.

Rhode Island:

Sports bar denounced for Anne Frank hot weather oven meme

Sports bar apologizes for offensive Holocaust meme that sparked outrage after it was posted by employee who claimed ignorance.

Bosnia and Herzegovina adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

Bosnia and Herzegovina joins over 30 other nations in adopting the IHRA working definition of antisemitism.

For the second time in a week:

Vandals damage trees at Buchenwald

Premier of Thuringia state pledges "decisive response" after trees planted in honor of Buchenwald victims are vandalized yet again.

Antisemitic flyers delivered to homes of Lutz, FL residents

On the same weekend as neo-Nazis marched in front of Tampa Convention Center, residents of nearby town receive antisemitic flyers.

B’nai Brith praises Canada’s parliament for online hate strategy

Parliamentary report calls for increasing online content moderation and holding platforms accountable for extremist material.

This Jewish group fought antisemitism with radio shows & comics

New exhibition examines pre- and post-WWII efforts to combat antisemitism in the US, and how one group reached an audience of millions.

Jewish Americans are now concerned about left-wing anti-Semitism

Jewish Americans or American Jews? Survey shows Left-wing “woke” ideology bears some responsibility for anti-Semitism in the USA. Op-ed.

Republican Jewish group warns of 'dangerous' candidate for gov.

Republican Jews call on Doug Mastriano, GOP candidate for Penn. governor, to stop using Gab.

Ben Shapiro receives death threat from far right activist

Far right social media personality threatens Shapiro with gun, saying, ‘Alright Ben Shapiro, you’ve spun your last dreidel.'

ADL praises federal reforms that will help fight antisemitism

ADL applauds amendments to National Defense Authorization Act that will assist in the fight against antisemitism and extremism.

The lethal indoctrination of children in Palestinian Education

How UNRWA-Run schools incubate anti-Semitism and terror. Op-ed.

Suspect arrested in antisemitic assault in Montreal

B'nai Brith Canada says Montreal police have made an arrest relating to assault in which 51-year-old man was attacked by two young males.

Tenured prof quits UCLA:

Woke uni 'awash in anti-Zionism, thinly disguised Jew-hatred’

62-year old prof resigns from UCLA, cites university’s extreme ‘woke orthodoxy,’ including veiled antisemitism.

Toronto:

FSWC calls for vigilance after violent criminal released

Man who committed 3 antisemitic assaults receives 36 months probation, back on the streets in Toronto.

Report reveals shocking extent of COVID conspiracy antisemitism

Community Security Trust report examining antisemitism in the COVID-19 conspiracy movement finds deeply disturbing level of antisemitism.

French Jewish students wake up to swastika at Croatian hotel

Incident of antisemitic harassment of school children on Croatian trip leads to police investigation.

NY police searching for man who harassed Jews at Holocaust event

Man who drove by Goshen, NY synagogue spewing hatred during talk by Holocaust survivor wanted by police.

Anne Frank Trust draws outrage for hiring anti-Israel speaker

Anne Frank Trust sparks condemnation for hiring speaker for children's workshop who compared Israel to Nazi Germany.

Antisemitic graffiti sprayed on Art Gallery of Ontario sculpture

Hate incident comes after string of antisemitc graffiti cases across Toronto.

Kentucky GOP slammed for ‘Jewish junta’ post

Post describing Jewish head of the ATF as part of the "Jewish junta" draws outrage.

New Jersey man charged for terrorist threats against synagogue

Suspect accused of screaming obscenities and threats at congregants of Deal, New Jersey synagogue.

Macron warns:

'Antisemitism is stronger and more rampant'

French President warns that "we are not finished with antisemitism" during commemoration of victims of the Holocaust.

California university renames library bearing name of antisemite

A California university will rename a library building previously named after a Nazi sympathizer.

Toronto:

Search for two suspects in antisemitic graffiti

Toronto police searching for two men after antisemitic graffiti was discovered in North York last month.

ADL slams Twitter for failing to enforce antisemitism policy

Anti-Defamation League takes on Twitter for failing to enforce its policy on antisemitic content.

US antisemitism envoy travels to Argentina and Chile

Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt meets with local Jewish communities and gov officials about 'actionable strategies' to combat antisemitism.

Dutch court convicts men behind antisemitic soccer mural

Two men behind Rotterdam antisemitic soccer mural given 60 hours community service and ordered to visit Holocaust memorial.

UK activist: Most bullying of Jewish children not reported

Longtime Jewish liaison officer says British Jewish students frequently subjected to ‘gas chamber’ hissing and other taunts.

Brooklyn:

Jewish man assaulted in Crown Heights

Orthodox Jewish man assaulted in his car in Crown Heights in the presence of his five-year-old son.

WZO: Ukraine war has created antisemitism from both sides

Raheli Baratz, Head of the WZO Department for Combatting Antisemitism, explains that most antisemitic incidents go unreported.

Colorado:

Man charged for death threat against Jewish secretary of state

Man allegedly calls Jewish secretary of state's office and makes antisemitic death threat.

US accuses Russia of antisemitism, exploiting Jewish suffering

White House drafts dossier of both antisemitism and taking advantage of the legacy of the Holocaust during its war with Ukraine.

Antisemitism in the UK:

Advocacy org slams major bookstore selling Holocaust denial books

Largest bookstore in the UK under fire for selling far right Holocaust denial books on its website.

Germany:

Commissioner blasts art exhibit over antisemitism claims

Federal antisemitism commissioner Felix Klein calls exhibit's slow response to allegations of antisemitism 'devastating.'

Watch: Shocking videos of CUNY antisemitism hearing

The message from the Higher Education Committee's hearing to examine antisemitism at CUNY is that CUNY does not care about its Jews. Op-ed.

The curse of loneliness

Jews were hated because of their religion, then.they were hated because of their race, now they are hated because of their nation state

San Antonio:

Jewish institutions cancel events due to FBI warning

Following an FBI warning regarding an attempt to harm Jews, events in Jewish institutions in San Antonio, Texas, have been canceled.

Ohio teen arrested for plotting to attack synagogue

15-year old arrested after police discover weapons cache along with video in which teen states plan to commit mass shooting at synagogue.

Trial of 'influential' Daily Stormer writer wraps up in Montreal

Trial of Montrealer who wrote 1,000 articles on the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website comes to a close in Montreal.

BDS activists threaten Thornhill Jewish shop owner

Two days after anti-Israel BDS protesters harass shoppers preparing for Shabbat at Jewish plaza, shopkeeper receives death threats.

Los Angeles Israeli restaurant's door vandalized with swastika

Vandal caught on camera carving swastika into Mazal restaurant's door.

Watch: Massachusetts residents targeted with antisemitic flyers

Antisemitic flyers from white supremacist group found in multiple Massachusetts towns, leaving residents shocked.

German police investigate 60-foot swastika mowed into grass

Large swastika in field that could be seen from the air being investigated by German police.

Florida mayor receives threatening antisemitic email

Email tells Venice mayor to kill himself and demands that Jews leave Florida.

Balak: Who needs an anti-Semite's compliments?

The Talmud teaches us that from the words of blessing from the mouth of Bilaam, we can determine what his true intent was: Poison candy.

Brazilian pastor calling for 2nd Holocaust gets 18 years in jail

Pentecostal preacher in Rio who called for a second Holocaust gets unprecedented 18-year prison sentence.

Court throws out Jewish couple’s suit claiming adoption bias

Couple's suit claiming that Christian adoption agency refused to let them adopt a baby thrown out by legal panel.

US antisemitism envoy:

Is Russia's ban on Jewish Agency work 'the tip of the iceberg'?

Amb. Deborah Lipstadt, the US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, on the need to address antisemitism at home and abroad.

Toronto:

Anti-Israel protesters harass Jews preparing for Shabbat

On Canada Day, anti-Israel protestors swarm a plaza with kosher stores, harassing, threatening and intimidating Jewish shoppers.

Luxembourg:

Antisemitic incidents increase 64% in one year

Report details increase in antisemitism Luxembourg, with monitor org pointing finger at pandemic and Ukraine war conspiracy theories.

US antisemitism envoy makes first trip to Israel, meets new PM

'The fight against antisemitism is a top priority,' PM Lapid tells antisemitism envoy Lipstadt.

Massachusetts:

College fires employee responsible for racist graffiti

Boston-area college fires employee who allegedly hit campus with repeated antisemitic graffiti.

Hate crime:

Pro-Palestinian activist charged for assaulting Jewish man in NY

Pro-Palestinian activist accused of assaulting pro-Israel Jewish man in Manhattan charged with federal hate crime.

Czech Jewish community facing increasing antisemitism

New survey finds major increase in online antisemitism and emerging threat from right wing extremists in the Czech Republic.

Will it be enough? 6 UNRWA staff suspended for inciting violence

Head of UN Watch slams countries such as the US, Canada, and Germany for allowing UNRWA to continue cultivating anti-Semitism.