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Antisemitism

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Chabad Center in Ukraine Firebombed

By Chabad.org

Chabad Rabbi Michael Oishie had left the building just 20 minutes before the attack.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

East Ukraine Synagogue Hit by Firebombs

By JTA

A synagogue in eastern Ukraine sustained minor damage from firebombs hurled at it by unidentified individuals Saturday night. The firebombs hit the Giymat Rosa Synagogue in Zaporizhia, located 250 miles southeast of Kiev, according to a report on the news site timenews.in.ua. The website published photos that showed the traces of a fire on the […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Ukrainian Jews Urged to Leave Kiev

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

On Friday Ukrainian Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman asked Kiev Jews to leave the city.

Israel / Antisemitism / Germany

Peres to Award Merkel for Fighting Anti-Semitism

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Shimon Peres will confer the Presidential Medal of Distinction on German Chancellor Angela Merkel next Tuesday for “her unwavering commitment to Israel's security and the fight against anti-Semitism.” His office stated Thursday, The medal, the highest civilian award in Israel and comparable to the Legion of Honor of France and the Order of Canada, […]

Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Argentinean Selling Nazi Symbols Ordered to Perform Community Service

By JTA

A Buenos Aires city court is requiring a vendor of Nazi souvenirs and symbols to perform community service and take a course about the Holocaust. City prosecutor Gustavo Galante collected evidence in the case with the help of the Anti-Discriminatory Division of the Federal Police. The seller, who has not been publicly named, sold Nazi […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Antisemitic Graffiti Painted on Toulouse Buildings

By JTA

Swastikas and other hate graffiti were painted on buildings throughout the French city of Toulouse. Sunday night’s vandalism, which also included far-right symbols, struck an LBGT center, a university and cemetery, and the offices of left-wing candidates in elections next month, according to Radio France International. Police have not identified any suspects. The graffiti attacked […]

Israel / Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

14 Ways to Shut Up BDS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The differences between the Boycott and Pro-Israel movement are that BDS is unified and is not crippled by competitors.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Israeli Ambassador: Hungary Not Ready to Face Its Shoah Role

By JTA

Israel’s foreign ministry accused Hungary of not being ready to face its role in the Holocaust. Hungarian Ambassador to Israel Andor Nagy told the Hungarian media over the weekend that Rafi Schultz, deputy director for European Affairs at Israel’s foreign ministry, told Nagy that there were doubts in Israel over Hungary’s willingness to confront its […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Dutch Diplomat Killed by Nazis Honored for Saving Jews

By JTA

A Dutch diplomat who died in a Nazi concentration camp will receive Israel’s special honor for non-Jews who helped Holocaust survivors escape the genocide. The medal and title of Righteous Among the Nations will be conferred posthumously on Joop Kolkman on Monday at a ceremony in The Hague, the Dutch foreign ministry and Israel’s embassy […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Russia

Pro-Kremlin Lawmaker: Jews Destroyed Russia

By JTA

A local politician from the party of Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Jews of destroying Russia. The accusation by Oleg Bolychev, a legislator from the ruling United Russia party at the regional parliament in Kaliningrad, was made in the parliament on Feb. 6, according to the Regnum news agency, which reported on it on […]

News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Anti-Israel NGOs

Facebook Page Urging Stones boycott a Hoax

By JTA

It cited “sources with the Rolling Stones,” but there has been no such announcement.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Aliyah / Geulah

Anti-Semitism Spurs Increased Aliyah from France

By JTA

A steady increase of Jews fleeing anti-Semitism and moving to Israel has prompted the Ministry of Absorption to submit for government approval a new plan to help them start new lives as “olim” [new immigrants]. In 2013, there were 3,301 new immigrants from France, the highest recorded number from that country since the year 2000. […]

US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media

Adelson Casino Website Hacked

By JTA

The website of the casino operation owned by Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson was hacked by unidentified vandals who criticized his support for Israel. The hackers on Tuesday took over the home page of websites run by the Las Vegas Sands Corp., the world’s largest casino operator, which is owned by Adelson. In addition to criticizing […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

Poland’s Chief Rabbi Suspends Aide over Kosher Slaughter Controversy

By JTA

Amid reports that kosher slaughter is continuing in Poland in the face of a law prohibiting it, the country’s chief rabbi suspended an aide who appears to have misrepresented the practice to government inspectors. The aide, Michael Alper, wrote a letter to Polish veterinarians in which he asked for permission to slaughter 250 cows after […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Egypt

Arabic Voice of Donald Duck Fired over Anti-Israel Tweet

By JTA

An Egyptian radio host who calls himself the official voice of Donald Duck on Disney Middle East was fired after sending anti-Israel tweets. Wael Mansour tweeted the news of his firing on February 6, six months after his tweet against Israel. “Disney decided I am no longer the official voice of Donald Duck in its […]

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Shas Blames ‘Incitement’ for Vandalism of Haredi School

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hate graffiti and swastikas painted on a Haredi Orthodox school in Be’er Sheva is the result of “incitement against the Haredi Orthodox,” the Shas Party said Wednesday after the vandalism at the entrance to the school was discovered. “The public atmosphere against the haredi public and Torah students has gotten out of control and actually […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Belgian Train 'Prank' – Jews Told to Get Off and Shower at Auschwitz

By JTA

Unidentified passengers aboard a Belgian train used the speaker system to urge Jews to get off at Auschwitz and shower at the concentration camp. The incident of Jan. 31 prompted the Belgian rail company SNCB to file a complaint with police over incitement to hatred, the RTL broadcaster reported Tuesday. According to RTL, the suspects […]

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Obama on Foxman: ‘Abe Is Irreplaceable’

By JTA

After he steps down, Foxman will serve as a part-time consultant.

US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs

House Bill Makes Cemetery Vandalism a Violation of Religious Freedom

By JTA

A bill that would make the desecration of cemeteries a violation of religious freedom was introduced in the House of Representatives. On Monday, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) introduced the Protect Cemeteries Act, which would amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include the vandalism of cemeteries. “Cemeteries are places of great significance […]

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion

New Mexico Jewish Deli Smeared with Anti-Semitic Labels

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Even a non-kosher "Jewish deli" attracts ugly anti-Semitic attacks

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Report: Falling Antisemitic Numbers Don't Mean UK Antisemitism Is Down

By Jewish Press Staff

In violent antisemitic attacks there was little difference between the 2013 and 2012 figures.

US / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs

Pro-Israel Groups Divided on Anti-Boycott Bill

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Pro-Israel organizations are divided over a new bill in the U.S. Congress that would pull federal funding from universities that boycott Israel. The bill, titled Protect Academic Freedom Act, proposed by U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Dan Lipinski (D-IL), has garnered polarizing reactions over whether or not it is constitutional by limiting free speech […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Spain OK’s Jewish Return Bill

By JTA

Spain’s Jewish community congratulated the government for approving a bill proposing to facilitate the naturalization of Sephardic Jews of Spanish descent. On Friday, Spain’s government approved the bill, which was filed last month by the ruling Popular Party and proposes to amend previous legislation that allowed for granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews who chose to […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

French Court Clears Dieudonne of Incitement

By JTA

A French court cleared comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala of charges connected to a video in which he called for the release of a man who brutally murdered a Jew. The Correctional Court of Paris acquitted Dieudonne on Friday in connection with a video what was recorded in April 2010, in which Dieudonne called for the […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Yeshiva Student Admits to Writing Antisemitic Graffiti

By JTA

A Long Island yeshiva student was charged with repeatedly scrawling antisemitic graffiti inside a commuter train station. Jonathan Schuster, 18, a senior at Priority-1: Torah Academy of Lawrence-Cedarhurst, in Cedarhurst, N.Y.,was charged with the crimes on Thursday He admitted to using black marker to write anti-Semitic statements, often including expletives, on eight occasions since December […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Belgian Supermarket Chain Recalls Nazi Prisoner Costume

By JTA

A Belgian supermarket chain has recalled a costume which is meant to allow children to dress up as prisoners of a Nazi concentration camp. The recall was announced Friday by the Delhaize chain in a press release that it issued conjointly with the Belgian League against Anti-Semitism, or LBCA. “Delhaize deplores this incident and regrets […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Eye on "Palestine" / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion

Church's New Study Guide is Textbook Example of Israel Hatred

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The church "study guide" casts supporters of the Jewish homeland as "inherently racist and abusive."

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

House Bill to Slap Financial Penalties on anti-Israel Boycotts

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Academic boycotts of Israel are Anti-Semitic; American taxpayers must not be forced to be complicit.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Hungarian Jews May Use Force to Stop Jobbik Protest

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) is considering sending people to physically prevent Hungary's ultra-nationalist Jobbik party from holding a rally at a former synagogue on next Friday. Jobbik, which holds 43 of 386 seats in the country's parliament, is planning the rally in a building in the city of Esztergom which had once […]

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Judaism

Dallas Rabbi Sued for Running Home-Based Synagogue

By JTA

A Dallas-area rabbi who uses his home as a synagogue is being sued by a neighbor who says it has lowered his property values. Rabbi Yaakov Rich told the local Fox affiliate Fox4 in a video posted Wednesday that his 3,700-square-foot home is a synagogue with about 25 members. A website identifies his synagogue as […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Religion / Judaism

Greek Politician Says Prime Minister Heads Jewish Conspiracy

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Jews are better off with ignorant anti-Semites rather than with those who have a normal IQ.

News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs

Dutch Pension Fund Rejects Boycott of Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The giant Dutch ABP pension fund has rejected dis-investing from Israeli firms as was done earlier the past several days by funds in Denmark and Norway. The bank announced that it issued a statement that it is holding on to its investments in three Israel companies because of the publicity over the other funds’ boycott […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media / Settlements

Aljazeera Runs ‘News Program’ as Promo for Boycott

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Al Jazeera network aired a 25-minute program weed that was a bald-faced commercial for boycotting Israel under the guise of a supposed news program that featured two pro-Arab interviewees and, just to make an uneven program seem half-legitimate, Danny Dayan of the Yesha Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria. Throughout the entire […]

NY / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Anti-Israel NGOs / Settlements

NY State’s Anti-Boycott Bill in Deep Freeze

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Boycotting a boycotter could boomerang, despite all of the good intentions off those behind the idea.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Anti-Israel NGOs / Settlements

Canadian Minister ’Thanks Oxfam’ and Buys SodaStream Machine

By Jewish Press News Desk

Canada’s Employment minister Jason Kenney has countered the BDS ‘Boycott SodaStream” campaign by buying one of the company’s soda-making machines and crediting Oxfam for the idea. Oxfam has dumped Scarlett Johansson as an ambassador because she signed up to promote SodaStream whose 20 factories around the world include one in the industrial area of Maaleh […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Air France Employees Performed Quenelle Salute

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Three Air France union officials “joyfully” performed the Quenelle reverse Nazi salute at a rally last November but not reported until this week by the French Liberation newspaper. Air France management issued a statement condemning the salute, according to the European Jewish Press, which reported they were “extremely shocked” and promise ”to take appropriate actions,” […]

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Britain Bars Quenelle Creator Dieudonne

By JTA

The French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala, creator of the anti-Semitic quenelle gesture, was banned from entering Britain by the Home Office, British newspapers reported Monday. Dieudonne reportedly had announced that he would visit London to support Nicolas Anelka, a French national playing for the West Bromwich Albion British soccer team, who has been charged by […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Denmark's Boycott Bank Linked to North Korea-Iran Ballistic Missiles Sales

By Shalom Bear

Denmark's Danske Bank is boycotting Israeli banks, but had no problem with servicing a North Korean missile companies trading with Iran. What does that tell you?

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Italian Police Find Pig Culprit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Italian police have identified the man who sent the pig heads to Rome's main shul.

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Anti-Israel NGOs

Norway Orders Divestment from 2 Israeli Firms

By JTA

Norway’s government instructed a state-run pension fund not to invest in two Israeli firms because of their activity in eastern Jerusalem. The decision regarding the Government Pension Fund Global, or GPFG, appeared Thursday on the website of Norway’s finance ministry. It named two Israeli construction firms, Africa Israel Investments and Danya Cebus, as well as […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Lauder: German Museums Should Strive to Return Looted Art

By JTA

German museums must improve their record on identifying and returning Nazi looted art, World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder said. Speaking to some 200 people Tuesday at the Topography of Terror, a museum and documentation center in the German capital, Lauder said that a new commission of independent experts must be appointed to comb through […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / European Union

European Lawmakers Urge EU to Reinstate Antisemitism Definition

By JTA

Twenty-four European parliamentarians called on the European Union to reinstate its working definition of anti-Semitism. The call was unanimously adopted on Tuesday by the lawmakers, who had traveled to Poland earlier this week to attend a ceremonial joint session with 58 Knesset members and dozens of counterparts from the Polish parliament on International Holocaust Remembrance […]

News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs / Settlements

Oxfam Accepts Johansson’s Resignation, Saying She's ‘Incompatible’

By JTA

Oxfam accepted actress Scarlett Johansson’s resignation as a global ambassador, calling the role “incompatible” with her work for the Israeli company SodaStream. “Oxfam has accepted Scarlett Johansson’s decision to step down after eight years as a Global Ambassador and we are grateful for her many contributions,” the global anti-poverty charity said in a statement issued […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Belgian Legislator Says Zionists Bankrolled the Holocaust

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The difference between Hitler and Belgium legislator Laurent Louis is 80 years and a moustache.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Police Raid Dieudonne’s Home and Find More than $1 Million in Cash

By Jewish Press News Desk

The so-called French comedian Dieudonne is a suspect for money laundering after police raided his Paris home Tuesday and found more than $1 million in cash there and in a theatre he operates. If charged and convicted, his previous hate crimes, primarily anti-Semitic slurs against Jews, will seem like petty theft, and God willing, his […]

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Holocaust

ADL Accepts Apology from Investor for Kristallnacht Remarks

By JTA

The Anti-Defamation League has accepted the “heartfelt apology” from venture capitalist Thomas Perkins, who likened criticism of the wealthy to Kristallnacht. “We believe that Mr. Perkins now realizes why his Holocaust comparison was so offensive,” the ADL said in a statement after a long conversation Monday between Perkins and the ADL’s national director, Abraham Foxman. […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Holocaust

Palestinian Authority Daily Claims Netanyahu Has ‘Nazi Genes’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The official Palestinian Authority daily last week, days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day, published an op-ed demonizing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who it said has Nazi genes that he may have “acquired it genetically from the days of the Nazis and the Aryan race." The report, translated and published by the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Sports

Chile’s Palestine Soccer Club Leaves Map on Uniforms despite Fine

By JTA

Chile’s Palestine Football Club, after being fined for wearing uniforms on which the number one in players’ numbers in the backs of their shirts were represented by a map of Israel as Palestine, unveiled its new uniforms that now show exactly the same thing on the front of the shirt. Inset into the players’ numbers […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Paris Anti-Hollande March Turns into Day of Hatred of Jews

By JTA

A march through Paris against French President Francois Hollande ended with anti-Semitic chants and cries of support for an anti-Semitic comedian. At least 150 protesters were arrested in the “Day of Anger” demonstrations on Sunday, according to reports. Nineteen police officers were injured in clashes with protesters, one seriously, the French news agency AFP reported. […]

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

ADL Calls Pollard Case Vendetta against American Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Jewish leaders may be taking a big risk by charging that refusing to free Pollard is a vendetta against US Jews

Government / Antisemitism / News Briefs / The Knesset / Holocaust

Largest Knesset Delegation Ever Tours Auschwitz

By JTA

Dozens of lawmakers from Israel, the United States and Europe convened at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau for ceremonies commemorating its liberation 69 years ago. The largest foreign parliamentary delegation landed in Poland from Israel on Monday, Jan. 27 — the day that the United Nations in 2005 designated as International Holocaust Remembrance […]

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Religion / Judaism

Swedes and Danes Want to Permit Circumcision – for Bar Mitzvah

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“If we prohibit it [circumcision], we must also address the issue of the Christian ritual of baptism.”

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Holocaust Historian Returns Honor from Hungary over ‘Whitewash’

By JTA

Holocaust historian Randoph Braham is returning a high honor from the Hungarian state as a protest against attempts to whitewash Hungary’s role in the Holocaust, Braham said in a letter quoted by the Hungarian state news agency MTI on Sunday. Braham, 91, a Holocaust survivor, wrote that he was handing back the Cross of the […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Gulf States / UAE / Holocaust

First Time in the Arab World: Events Marking the Holocaust

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Two unusual events relating to Holocaust remembrance recently took place in the Arab world – a first official conference on the Holocaust in Tunisia and the first visit by an Arab diplomat to a Holocaust memorial site, when Bahraini ambassador to France Nasser Al-Balushi visited a memorial near Paris. The Middle East Media Research Institute […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Anti-Semitism Spurs More European Jews to Flee

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Nearly one-third of European Jews are considering emigrating because of rising anti-Semitism, and 25 percent of Jews in Europe are afraid to appear in public with cloths or symbols that would identify them as Jews, a new report reveals. There was no indication of which countries were the desired new homes of those wanting to […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs

To the Kikes Who Should Die’ Message Stuck to Jewish Deli

By JTA

The owners of a Jewish deli in Albuquerque found an anti-Semitic death message stuck to her establishment’s front door on a mailing label. “To the Kikes who should die,” the message stuck on the front door of the Nosh Deli said, KOB Eyewitness News 4 in Albuquerque reported. A second label read, “To the Kikes […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Antisemitic Comic Arrested for Assaulting Officers

By JTA

The French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala was arrested for allegedly assaulting court officers who came to his home with notices for payments due on fines for inciting hatred against Jews. Dieudonne, who owes nearly $100,000 for several hate speech convictions, was arrested Tuesday night, according to a report by the French news agency AFP. He […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Sports

French Jewish Leader Softens Stance on Quenelle Gesture

By JTA

The president of France’s main Jewish group has toned down his blanket condemnation of the quenelle gesture and said it is not necessarily anti-Semitic. Roger Cukierman of the CRIF umbrella group adjusted his position in a filmed interview published Tuesday on the website of the Le Figaro daily. Reacting to the decision that day by […]

US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Swastika Adorns California Politician's Head in Hate Fliers

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

"That symbol on anyone's head is anti-Semitic," said Libby Schaaf. Her father was born Jewish and she is proud of her Jewish heritage.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

UNESCO: Postponing 'Jewish Connection to Israel' Exhibit to June

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

You'd never know from UNESCO's "postponement" announcement that the exhibition was called off because of Arab pressure, rather than because the exhibition wasn't ready.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Jewish Councilwoman in Oakland Targeted with Swastikas

By JTA

Fliers hung in the Oakland, Calif., Montclair  neighborhood of Jewish city councilwoman Libby Schaaf show a swastika drawn on her forehead. The fliers hung district represented by Schaaf read, “Stop Schaaf. Stop the DAC” (domain awareness center) — a reference to a city plan to build a combined surveillance center for police and firefighters. Schaaf, […]

Israel / Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

South African U. Suspends Students Who Broke up Concert by Israeli

By Jewish Press News Desk

The University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg has given a suspended sentence of a one-year ouster to 11 students charged with disrupting a concert last march by Israeli-born pianist Yosef Reshef on the university campus. The students and other Muslims and BDS extremists broke into the auditorium and forced the cancellation of a performance the world-renowned […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

344 Years after His Execution, French Jew Cleared of Blood Libel

By JTA

Nearly 350 years after his wrongful execution, a French Jew who had been convicted of a blood libel was exonerated and declared a martyr. The village of Glatigny in the eastern district of Moselle set the record straight Sunday on the wrongful conviction of Raphael Levy in 1670 for murder. Levy, a simple merchant, was […]

Israel / UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

British Lawmaker Rankles Jews with Tweet Attacking Ariel Sharon

By JTA

British lawmaker David Ward has raised Jewish ire again for tweeting two days after the death of Ariel Sharon. “Sharon’s death makes you think. The brutal, genocidal treatment of Jews must never be forgotten but … the Palestinians were not responsible.” One tweet in response to Ward, by British Jewish gay rights activist Benjamin Cohen, […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Hungarian Jewish Leaders Accuse Government of Minimizing Holocaust

By JTA

Hungarian Jewish leaders demanded the resignation of a key government appointee and threatened to boycott government-sponsored events marking the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust in Hungary. In an unusually strong statement posted Sunday on its website, the leadership of Mazsihisz, the official Hungarian Jewish umbrella organization, said they were “aghast and find incomprehensible” the “relativization […]

US / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs

Congress Members Blast ASA for Boycott Decision

By JTA

A bipartisan slate of 134 U.S. Congress members wrote a letter to the American Studies Association protesting its decision last month to boycott Israeli universities. “Academic cooperation can be an important tool to help foster peace between Israelis and Palestinians, but you have chosen the unproductive path of isolation,” said the letter dated Friday, initiated […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Ukraine: Yeshiva Student Stabbed

By JTA

On Friday night, 3 youths jumped and stabbed a yeshiva student on his way home.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Berlin Chabad to Display Newly Discovered Nuremberg Trials Evidence

By JTA

Juliana Rangel, icj, Nuremberg trials, isaac stone, kedem, Chabad Berlin

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Belgian Jews Thank France for Banning Antisemitic Comedian

By JTA

Leaders of Belgium’s Jewish community rallied outside the French embassy in Brussels to thank the French government for its efforts to keep an antisemitic comedian from touring. The demonstration Wednesday was organized by the CCOJB umbrella group representing French-speaking Belgian Jews. Some 70 people showed up, police told a Belgian news agency, bearing signs reading: […]

Israel / News Briefs / Media / Anti-Israel NGOs / United Nations (UN)

UNESCO Cancels Israel Expo following Arab Pressure

By JTA

The decision arose out of UNESCO’s support for peace talks.

Israel / US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Rep. Jim Moran, Notorious for Repeated Clashes with Jews, Retires

By JTA

Virginia Democratic Rep. Jim Moran, a longtime congressman from northern Virginia who repeatedly clashed with pro-Israel and Jewish groups, is retiring. Moran, 68, told media Wednesday that he would not run again in his district, which comprises Arlington, Falls Church and parts of Alexandria and Fairfax County, because it has become strongly Democratic, making his […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / The Knesset / Holocaust

Knesset Bill Proposed to Outlaw Nazi Slogans

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Knesset easily passed on preliminary reading on Wednesday a bill that would make it illegal to use the word Nazi and Nazi symbols, but Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein said the measure violates freedom of speech. Only 19 Knesset Members voted against the bill, sponsored by Likud Knesset Member Shimon Ohayon, with 44 in favor, […]

Terrorism / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Terror Victim's Family Attacked by Terrorists on the Way to his Grave

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The expression “only in Israel” usually relates to the country's positive uniqueness. Not this time.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Painting of Jews Murdering Christian Children to Go on Display

By JTA

A controversial 18-century painting depicting the ritual murder of Christian children by Jews, will be available to viewers in the cathedral of Sandomierz, Poland. The painting, “Mord Rytualny” or “Ritual Murder,” was painted by Charles de Prevot, A plaque will be mounted next to the painting, which will inform viewers that the Jews did not […]

News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs

Anti-Israel Resolution Passes Preliminary MLA Vote

By JTA

Delegates to the Modern Language Association’s annual convention upheld a resolution accusing Israel of keeping Palestinian academics from entering Judea and Samaria, but rejected another expressing solidarity with academics that boycott Israel. After an hour or so of acrimonious debate in Chicago on Saturday, the MLA’s delegate assembly in a 60-53 vote approved a resolution […]

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media / Holocaust

Watch Hitchcock Holocaust Documentary Suppressed by the British

By Jewish Press Staff

By the time Hitchcock's film was finished, the allies' political needs had changed.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Holocaust

Dieudonne Fans Bring Down French JDL Website

By JTA

Supporters of the anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonne hijacked three French pro-Israel websites in a coordinated cyber attack. The attack Thursday paralyzed the websites Israel-Flash.com, Europe-Israel.org and liguedefensejuive.com, the website of the French Jewish Defense League, and replaced their content with messages of support for Dieudonne, Le Nouvel Observateur reported. On the hijacked websites, the hackers called […]

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Antisemitic Black Poet Amiri Baraka Dies

By JTA

Amiri Baraka, the New Jersey poet laureate whose works were celebrated by blacks but often condemned by Jews, has died. Baraka’s writings, lectures and poetry brought him national renown beginning in the 1960s, and the one-time black nationalist was celebrated by many African Americans as a voice of the disenfranchised. He was a winner of […]

Government / News Briefs / Europe / Anti-Israel NGOs

Israel Summons Dutch Ambassador over Divestments in his Country

By JTA

For the second time in less than a month, Israel demanded clarifications from the Netherlands on Dutch firms’ divestment from Israel. On Friday, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Dutch ambassador to Israel, Caspar Veldkamp, to provide clarifications on the decision of PGGM, a large pensions administrator, to divest from five Israeli banks because […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Russia

Russian Jewish School Teacher Freed

By JTA

Prison authorities in Russia released a Jewish schoolteacher whose controversial bribery conviction triggered protests by leading politicians. The teacher, Ilya Farber, was released Friday from the Tver correctional prison after serving three years of a 7-year sentence for accepting $13,000 in bribes. “The campaign to resolve the issue of [political] prisoners just got another devoted […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Topsy-Turvy Court Decisions Ban Dieudonne – Again

By Jewish Press News Desk

The French government has won a last minute appeal on Thursday to France’s highest court, which reinstated a ban lifted hours before by a third court and decided that the French anti-Semitic comic Dieudonne M'bala M'bala cannot appear as scheduled in Nance. Interior Minister Manuel Valls appealed to the Council of State, France’s highest court […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

French Court Scraps City’s Ban on Anti-Semitic Comedian’s Show

By JTA

A court in France scrapped a municipal ban on a performance by the anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala Thursday after he petitioned to negate the ruling by a court in Nantes. The judge rejected the argument made by Christian de Lavernée, a municipal administrator, who banned the show on grounds that it would create a […]

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Black State Senator: Academic Boycott of Israel Antisemitic

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

State Senator Anthony Williams introduced a Resolution into the Pennsylvania legislature condemning the ASA boycott of Israel as antisemitic.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

French Minister Tells Mayors to Ban Shows by Antisemitic Comic

By JTA

French interior Minister Manuel Valls instructed French mayors to ban performances by the antisemitic comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala. Valls sent the non-binding recommendation in a circular to French municipalities on Monday, days before Dieudonne is scheduled to launch a nationwide tour, the French news agency AFP reported. “I have sent an instruction today to all […]

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N.Y. Post Sparks Storm with Cover Story on Stark Murder

By JTA

Stark was remembered by friends and relatives as a “go-to guy.”

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany

New Year’s Revelers Urinate on Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

By JTA

New Year’s revelers shot fireworks and urinated in Germany’s Holocaust memorial in Berlin. Reacting to a disgusting and shocking video that also explicitly showed a man urinating amid young party-goers celebrating among the 2711 stone slabs at the memorial last week, spokesperson Jenifer Stolz told JTA that “we are all quite appalled. But it is […]

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Dutch Soccer Team Ditches Israeli Player for Abu Dhabi Match

By JTA

A Dutch soccer team is facing criticism for playing in Abu Dhabi after agreeing to the emirate’s demand not to let in the team’s Israeli defender. Two Dutch politicians and several media criticized the soccer team Vitesse from Arnhem over the weekend for agreeing to play in Abu Dhabi despite the refusal Saturday to let […]

Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Judge: 'Let's Burn the Jew' not Racism, Even if you Burn a Jew

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Grabbing a Jewish girl, flicking a lighter next to her hair and saying "let's burn the Jew" is apparently not a racially motivated act in Winnipeg.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Police Investigate False Bomb Threat against Antisemitic Funnyman

By JTA

French comedian Diedonne M’bala M’bala complained to police about threats to blow up the theater in which he performs. The bomb threat was made Thursday against the Main D’Or theater, which Dieudonne operates, in Paris’ 11th arrondissement, according to MetroNews.fr. Police rushed to the scene but found no explosives. Performances by Dieudonne, a professed anti-Semite […]

US / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs

‘Troycott’ Facebook Campaign Outvotes ASA Boycott through Education and Dialogue

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A new Facebook campaign by McGill University American History professor Gil Troy, called “Troycott,” has garnered more than 1,100 “likes” in three days, topping the 827 votes of American Studies Association (ASA) members for a boycott of Israel. Troy, who is also an iEngage Project Fellow with the Shalom Hartman Institute, told JNS.org that he […]

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Academic Group Hosts BDS, Bars Pro-Israel Groups at Panel on Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Modern Language Association does not want to listen to pro-Israel language at a discussion on academic boycotts.

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Nazi-Era Soccer Program with Swastika Up for Auction

By Jewish Press News Desk

Nazi lovers and sports fans now have chance to add a Nazi-era soccer poster, complete with a swastika, to their collections. A Nazi-era poster of soccer game between Ireland and Germany, represented by a picture of a swastika, is going on sale at an auction in Dublin.The poster is expected to bring in up to […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

French Police Search for Merah Fan over Quenelle Photos

By JTA

French police are searching for an unidentified man who performed an anti-Semitic gesture at three locales connected to the murder of Jews. A photo of the suspect surfaced last week online in which he performed the quenelle, a quasi-Nazi salute, in front of the Toulouse school where the Muslim extremist Mohammed Merah murdered four Jews […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs

Self-Acclaimed ‘Satanist’ Jailed for 4 Years for Defacing Torah

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Tennessee court Monday sentenced self-acclaimed anti-Semitic and anti-Christian Satanists Justin Baker to four years in prison for defacing a Torah scroll and prayer books in Memphis last January. Baker pleaded guilty on December 9 to damaging and defiling holy Jewish items of the Margolin Hebrew Academy. Judge Roy Morgan Jr, sentenced Baker to the […]

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

NBA’s Tony Parker Apologizes for Anti-Semitic Salute

By JTA

National Basketball Association star Tony Parker has apologized for performing an anti-Semitic salute after a three-year-old photo was published in the French media. The photo shows Parker, who was born in Belgium and is French by nationality, performing the quenelle salute earlier this year standing next to the gesture’s founder, anti-Semitic French comedian Dieudonne Mlaba […]

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New Jersey Man Claims He Lost Job for not Firing Jewish Employee

By JTA

A New Jersey man said he was fired after refusing to fire a man his boss called a “no-good New York city Jew.” Thomas Greco, a Middleton, New Jersey father of five, said after he was hired in May 2011 as a superintendent at the U.S. Custom House in Lower Manhattan, his boss, Howard Anastasi, […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

‘Quenelle’ Salute at Toulouse School Where Jews Were Killed

By JTA

Amid a public debate in France over an allegedly anti-Semitic gesture, French media have reproduced a photo of a man performing it outside the Toulouse school where four Jews were murdered. The photo, which was published Monday on the website of the France 3 broadcaster, shows a man wearing a shirt featuring a portrait of […]

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