Maryland town condemns 'appalling' anti-Semitic leaflets
Montgomery, Maryland county council speaks out in solidarity with Jewish residents after anti-Semitic flyers were thrown out of a car.
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EU lawmakers: Facebook needs to do more to remove antisemitism
European Lawmakers are taking Facebook to task for not doing enough to remove antisemitic content form its platform.
Australian Jewish groups modernizing security to counter threats
Jewish communal institutions in Australia are fortifying security measures including safe rooms, blast-resistant walls and airlock entries.
Belgian soccer club facing sanctions for antisemitic chants
Club Brugge facing sanctions after its supporters allegedly made antisemitic chants during a recent game against Belgian rival Anderlecht.
California Muslim activist doubles down on attacks on ‘Zionists’
Director of CAIR's San Francisco office claims she is under "Zionist onslaught", claims there is pro-Israel campaign to infiltrate her group
UK Jewish leader to meet with BBC over anti-Semitism reporting
UK Board of Deputies will ask BBC to make apology to Jewish community over its coverage of a Hanukkah attack on a bus of young Jews.
Additional anti-Semitic flyers found in Boise, Idaho
Anti-Semitic flyers accusing the Jewish community of being behind covid being distributed across the US have been found in Boise, Idaho.
Anti-Semitic covid flyers found in California and North Carolina
Flyers containing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories blaming Jews for covid where left at homes in California and North Carolina.
Wash. DC third grade class told to reenact Holocaust scenes
Staff member on leave amid investigation into allegations students told to act out the Holocaust, including pretending to dig mass graves.
'Diversity' efforts fomenting antisemitism, rabbis say
Campus efforts to promote 'diversity' often used to spread antisemitism under the guise of Israel-hatred, rabbis warn.
Man jailed for vandalizing Florida synagogues
Sarasota man sentenced to five months in prison for vandalizing two synagogues with swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti.
Fox News removes cartoon claimed to 'normalize' anti-Semitism
Fox News removes cartoon depicting George Soros as a puppet master after ADL complains.
ADL report: Kuwaiti textbooks remain full of anti-Semitism
Study finds that textbooks are still full of Jew hatred even after Kuwaiti emir called to adhere to tolerance towards other religions.
London boy, 9, abducted by gang targeting Jewish children
Jewish boy carried off by teenage Stamford Hill gang that has been harassing Jewish children for over a year.
LA synagogue worshippers threatened
Antisemitic letter threatening worshippers and vial containing unknown powder found outside Los Angeles synagogue.
Nearly 300 Berlin streets honor people expressing anti-Semitism
Berlin has 290 streets named for people who expressed anti-Semitic views, analysis finds.
Brooklyn man sent to prison over antisemitic assault
Brooklyn man sentenced to 11 years in prison in connection with brutal 2018 attack on Jewish man walking home from synagogue.
Manipulating a child’s simple faith
Anywhere else in the world, the international community would have been outraged by the use of child soldiers. Op-ed.
The “Soup Nazi” Syndrome
When we trivialize the Holocaust and use it as a source of humorous allusions, we trivialize attacking Jews as a by product. Opinion.
Police: No evidence attacked Jewish youths used anti-Muslim slur
London police close investigation into claim by BBC that anti-Muslim slurs were heard when a bus of Jewish youths was attacked on Hanukkah.
Convince the Jew haters that Jews DO run the world
End antisemitism. Scare off the haters by telling them we do control the world and they better be nice to us or we will use our power.Op-ed.
Jewish antisemitism denial
Canadian Jewish professors seek to reject a tool to identify anti-Semitism. What makes them identify with those who wish them ill? Op-ed.
Austrian interior minister urged to step down over past comment
Jewish student union of Austria and other leaders calling for resignation of new interior minister accused of past anti-Semitic statement.
Threat against US Chabad: I want to blind, blow heads off rabbis
Texas man arrested after threatening New York Chabad headquarters, girlfriend attacks law enforcement.
Bill to create Islamophobia monitor passes first hurdle
House committee debates anti-Semitism as it moves forward a bill to create an Islamophobia monitor.
London theater loses sponsors over anti-Semitism scandal
Royal Court Theatre has lost two major sponsors over a play that contained a scheming billionaire character with a Jewish sounding name.
Half a million anti-Semitic tweets sent per year in the UK
New British study finds that an astonishing half million overtly anti-Semitic tweets are sent every year in the UK.
Antisemitism spikes during Hanukkah with attacks on menorahs
Rash of attacks on public menorah displays around the world reported during Hanukkah festival.
Double standard of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Claims of moral equivalency are bogus. Bigotry is based on falsehoods, not fact.Opinion.
Prominent Bay Area Muslim leader warns about ‘polite Zionists'
San Francisco CAIR leader accused of antisemitism after rant about 'polite' Jewish institutions including the ADL and Hillel.
Prominent Australian rabbi 'shocked’ after anti-Semitic attack
Melbourne Rabbi feared that anti-Semite who flew into a rage at an entertainment complex and verbally abused him would "become violent."
Report: Berlin Jews face three anti-Semitic incidents a day
Report finds that anti-Semitism in Berlin increased significantly in the first six months of 2021, with record high numbers.
Top Philadelphia official resigns over antisemitic comments
Michael Rashid, commerce director for Philadelphia, quits after calling 'Schindler's List' movie "Jewish propaganda".
Jewish senior attacked in his Paris home by anti-Semites
Elderly Jewish man tied to chair, beaten and robbed in his Paris apartment by anti-Semitic assailants looking for where he kept the "gold."
B’nai Brith praises vindication of Jewish Toronto school trustee
An attempt to censure a Jewish trustee of the Toronto District School Board for speaking out against anti-Semitism has failed.
B’nai Brith appalled by Toronto university's antisemitism report
B’nai Brith Canada denounces counterproductive report on antisemitism at University of Toronto.
German broadcaster will probe allegations against Arabic staff
Boradcaster investigates report 4 employees and freelancer made social media comments downplaying the Holocaust, promoting antisemitism.
Vandal erases Israel from UK Natural History Museum sign
The British Natural History Museum has responded to complaints that the word “Israel” was erased with a red marker from a display caption.
Spanish Jews denounce anti-Semitic graffiti painted on town hall
Spanish Jewish community condemns anti-Semitic graffiti in Castrillo Mota de los Judíos, a town known until 2015 as “Camp Kill-the-Jews.”
Man behind anti-Semitic letters to UK Apprentice star convicted
A man has been found guilty of sending threatening anti-Semitic letters to Lord Alan Sugar, the star of the UK version of The Apprentice.
Toronto school trustee 'persecuted' for calling out anti-Semitism
B’nai Brith Canada is standing in solidarity with a Jewish Toronto school board trustee singled out for speaking against anti-Semitism.
The case for engaging with anti-Semitic ideas
The conventional approach of Jewish organizations to tackling antisemitism has created a counter-cultural movement.Op-ed
UK Jewish teens light menorah in defiance of their attackers
Group of Chabad teens return to scene where they were abused while celebrating Hanukkah on a bus to light menorah in defiance.
New Hampshire lawmakers condemn antisemitism among state reps
Top Democrat and Republican condemn New Hampshire Democrat who tweeted “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
This university's library is named after a Nazi sympathizer
Fresno State University will consider renaming library honoring Nazi sympathizer.
California man who threatened to murder Jews found guilty
Ross Farca faces more than nine years in prison after being found guilty of threatening to murder Jews in a 2019 online post.
Hanukkah menorahs vandalized in at least 3 Ukrainian cities
Large menorahs vandalized in cities of Kyiv, Dnipro, and Nikolayev before, during Hanukkah.
Anti-Semitism in Australia increasing at alarming rate
Leading Australian Jewish organization warns conference of 35% increase in anti-Semitic Incidents over the same period in 2020.
Uni. of Toronto student union walks back kosher food ban
Following criticism, student union removes parts of BDS resolution which would have banned kosher food from non-anti-Israel sources,
BDS-supporting Dutch party calls out 'racist' Holocaust event
Dutch far-left party says it wants to end ‘inherently racist’ Holocaust memorial event.
Jewish Federation’s anti-hate ad rejected by Facebook
Florida Jewish Federation's ad putting the spotlight on combating anti-Semitism and hate was rejected by Facebook without explanation.
Fl. Jewish fed. says Facebook algorithm banned antisemitism ad
Jewish Federation of Broward County says Facebook algorithm rejects simple ad calling attention to problem of antisemitsm.
Six-foot tall menorah stolen from home in Florida
In response, local Chabad brings family nine-foot tall menorah to "spread it even more."
Bus full of UK Jewish teens celebrating Hanukkah attacked by mob
Violent youths attempt to smash bus windows while hurling anti-Semitic abuse, spitting and making Nazi salutes.
Shine A Light campaign illuminates dangers of anti-Semitism
Initiative by 60 Jewish and non-Jewish orgs running throughout Hanukkah illuminates the dangers of anti-Semitism.
Italy introduces guidelines to combat anti-Semitism in schools
Updated guidelines for combating anti-Semitism in schools have been presented to Italy’s Minister of Public Education Patrizio Bianchi.
Washington man charged with hate crime against Jewish neighbor
Man from Bellingham, Washington is facing hate crime charges for allegedly yelling anti-Semitic abuse at his Jewish neighbor.
Canadian PM reappoints anti-Semitism envoy
Irwin Cotler reappointed Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism.
Anti-Semitic flyers in Beverly Hills blame 'the Jews' for COVID
Beverly Hills Police Dept has promised additional patrols throughout Hanukkah.
Massachusetts to require genocide education in high schools
Following high-profile anti-Semitic incidents, Massachusetts lawmakers vote to require genocide education in high schools.
