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Anti Semitism

Haredim & Hassidim / Travel / News Briefs / Religion

Haredim Delay Delta Flight because of Mixed Seating

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Wouldn’t be a lot easier if fanatic Haredim would simply charter their own planes?

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

French City Facing Legal Action over Marwan Barghouti Street

By JTA

Even more shocking is that Jews insist on remaining in France.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Sears and Amazon Remove 'Swastika Ring’ from Websites

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The question remains why they advertised the anti-Semitic rings.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Penn State Students Sentenced for Vandalizing Jewish Frat

By JTA

Two Penn State students who pleaded guilty to spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti on a mostly Jewish fraternity house were sentenced to community service and probation. Eric Hyland, 20, was sentenced last week in Centre County Court to 200 hours of community service and two years’ probation, and was ordered to pay $6,000 restitution. Last month, Hayden […]

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Brooklyn Coffee Shop Owner Sorry He Called Jews ‘Greedy Infiltrators’

By JTA

He admits he should have used nicer words to say the same thing.

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

Video Exposes Massive and Violent Anti-Semitism on US Campuses

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

American Jewish students are providing anti-Semites with their best weapon – fear.

NY / Antisemitism

Brooklyn Coffee Shop Fed Up with Greedy Jewish 'Infiltrators'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Anti-Semitic? Of course not. He loves Jews who are anti-Zionists.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Non-Jewish Groups Join Protest against Campus Anti-Semitism

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Letter of protest charges SJP with “harassing and intimidating Jewish students.”

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Officials Try to Dismiss Arson in Fire of NJ Synagogue Leader’s Car

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Car fires are car fires,” said the Atlantic City fire chief. But the car was parked!

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Loyola U. 'Suspends' and Reinstates Students for Justice in Palestine

By Jewish Press Staff

The soft-glove approach to campus anti-Zionists is more like a pat on the back.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Frenchman Probed for Telling TV He Might Kill Jews

By JTA

Jews are becoming as safe in France as they are in Iraq, Yemen and Syria.

Op-Eds

Connecting The Dots Between Euro Anti-Zionism And Anti-Semitism

By Jonathan S. Tobin

Anti-Semitism has returned to the mainstream of European society and Israel has become its focus.

Israel / US / Travel / News Briefs

Travel Advisory: Have a Safe Holiday by Staying in Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US warns people to buy gas masks if visiting, Israel warns of world-wide anti-Semitism.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

British Store Guard Tells Children ‘No Jews Allowed’

By JTA

This happened in Britain in 2014, not in Germany in 1939.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Turkey / Media

Pro-Erdogan Columnist Publishes Rant Against Turkish Jews

By Rachel Levy

A conservative columnist known for his anti-Israel views has again struck out against the Jews in Turkey.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Florida

Anti-Semitites Vandalize Miami Synagogues

By Jewish Press Staff

Vandals attacked two synagogues and a supermarket this week. One person has been arrested.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Ohio U. Students Arrested in Protest of ‘Blood Bucket’ Video

By JTA

Free speech on on the Ohio U. campus is restricted to anti-Zionists.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Greek Island Police Chief Photographed Giving Nazi Salute

By JTA

Greek police officers are among those who support the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party.

News Briefs

East Carolina U. Students Accused of Spray-Painting Swastika

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Two East Carolina University students were arrested for allegedly spray-painting a swastika on the door of a Jewish student’s apartment. The swastika was discovered Wednesday by the Jewish woman in a private complex, The Landing, which caters to college students on several campuses in the Greenville, N.C., area. The accused, Timothy Gill Jr., 21, and […]

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs

British Jews To March Against Anti-Semitism

By Meir Halevi Siegel

With Judeophobic attacks spiking around United Kingdom, local Jews say not enough done to enforce hate crime laws

Syria / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Islamists / ISIS

Teen Girls Planned to Bomb French Synagogue

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The jihad network has snared teenagers in its web. One out of every six Frenchmen supports the ISIS.

Israel / US / Gaza / Hamas / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

Yale Chaplain Blames Anti-Semitism on Israel

By JTA

If Israel would just not exists, and if Jews would stop being Jewish, there would be no anti-Semitism in the world.

Gaza / Hamas / Qatar / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Intifada / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Mashaal Vows Cease-Fire a Step to New ‘Resistance' War against Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hamas’ supreme leader Khaled Mashaal dashed any hopes of long-term peace with Israel in a speech in Qatar on Thursday in which he shot from the hip at Israel and also at his terrorist organization’s new partner, the rival Fatah movement headed by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas. His lengthy speech in Qatar, which has […]

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Anti-Semitic Thugs Attacks Jewish Couple in New York City

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Never forget that anti-Semitism cannot happen in the largely Jewish-populated Upper East Side of New York, right? Never forget.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Anti-Semitism Update: August 25

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Woman attacked in Brussels, rabbi attacked in Australia, Colombian paper says 'occupation' of Palestine started with conquest of biblical Joshua.

Guest Blog

BLAME THE JEWS

By Melvyn Millman

If you don’t know who’s behind The terror in your mind The answer’s not hard to find, Blame the Jews

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Aliyah / Geulah

British Police Arrest Jew for Fighting PA Flag Wavers at Kosher Deli

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A protester who shouted “Jews aren’t safe – we’re coming to get you“ got a big surprise. Aliyah? Perish the thought.

Terrorism / Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion / Africa

South African Leader Incites for Death to Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He didn’t say “kill the Jews.” He simply invoked the Bible to call for “eye-for-an-eye” revenge on Jews for “killings in Gaza.”

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Swiss Jew Wounded in Hate Crime

By JTA

Violent assaults on Jews are becoming more common around the world.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

French Official of 'Death to Jews’ Town: No One Means Harm to Jews

By JTA

There is nothing like a quaint tradition of pogroms to insist that hate language is not harmful.

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Florida

$50,000 Reward for Capturing Two Suspected Murdered of Rabbi in Miami

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

First reports are that it wasn’t a “hate crime” in the anti-Semitic sense, but what cold-blooded murder is not fueled by hate?

News Briefs

Ecuador’s President Cancels Israel Visit In Support of Gaza

By JTA

President Raphael Correa of Ecuador canceled a planned visit to Israel later this because of the conflict in Gaza. “Obviously, after these events, we have canceled the visit,” Correa said , referring to Israel’s operation in Gaza. The cancellation came two days after Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced that Ecuador would open an embassy in […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Judaism

Kosher Supervisors Wary of Worldwide Anti-Semitism

By Konstanty Gebert

The news that the Chief Rabbinate withdrew kosher supervisors from Turkish plants in the face of Israel’s war in Gaza is part of what some kashrus organizations call “working in a more dangerous world.” They recall the murder of two kosher supervisors in Mumbai in December 2008, and extremists have recently threatened more terror in […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / European Union / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Anti-Semitism Roundup: July 31

By Meir Halevi Siegel

"Pro-Palestinian" activists continue to target Jews around the world; Aussie commentator: Where outrage about beheadings in Syria?

Terrorism / Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Turkey

Erdogan Happy to Return Award Given by American Jewish Congress

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“He had a hopped-up 'cycle that took off like a gun/That fool was the terror of Highway 101 - ‘ from the song “Black Denim Trousers.”

US / UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Germany / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania / European Union / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Palestinian Protesters Aren't 'anti-Semitic.' They Just Hate Jews.

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Nothing infuriates Palestinian supporters than the suggestion that anti-Israel sentiment is fueled by anti-Semitism. Truth hurts, sometimes.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Swastikas at Oregon Frat House

By JTA

Wave of anti-Semitic graffiti, physical attacks spreads, this time to University of Oregon

Op-Eds

Anti-Semitism is the New "Black" in California Public Schools

By Daryl Deino

Teaching tolerance in the California Public School system means teaching that anti-Semitism is OK

Guest Blog

"Disproportionate Response,” Anti-Semitism's Latest Keyword

By David Groen

The term “Disproportionate Response” is becoming the latest anti-Semitic keyword.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

NY Beachgoers Burned Up at Swastika ‘Peace Sign’ in the Air

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If the swastika can be used as a sign of peace then the dove with an olive branch has turned into a permanent Frankenstein.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / North African States / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Rabbi Attacked in Morocco

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Moroccan rabbi was attacked on a street in Casablanca, Morocco in retaliation for Operation Protective Edge. According to the Hebrew-language Rotter newsflashes, Moroccan media reported that the attack happened on Friday as Rabbi Moshe Ohayon was walking to Shabbat services. The rabbi said he was approached by a local teenager, who asked if he […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Swede Hospitalized After Flying Israeli Flag

By JTA

38 year old man beaten with metal bars; Third of Malmö residents from Muslim-majority countries

Haredim & Hassidim / Antisemitism / News Briefs / European Union

Jewish Kindergarten Children Attacked in Antwerp

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jewish kindergarten children were attacked Sunday in Antwerp by a group of Muslim teens.

US / News Briefs

Swastika, 'Heil Hitler', Scrawled Outside SF Shuls

By Jewish Press News Desk

A swastika and other anti-Semitic graffiti were scrawled outside two synagogues in San Francisco, the northern California JWeekly website reported. The website said that police are investigating the incidentas a hate crime. The website said that on the morning of May 30, traffic sign outside Congregation Beth Israel Judea and Or Shalom Jewish Community was […]

News Briefs / France

Jewish Teens Attacked with Tear Gas

By JTA

Two Jewish teenagers reported that they were sprayed with tear gas in an attack in Sarcelles, a northern suburb of Paris. The teens, who were wearing kippot, said they were attacked on Saturday night, according to a report posted Monday on the website of the National Bureau of Vigilance against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA. The attack, which was […]

Op-Eds

My Encounter With Jew-Hatred

By Father Gabriel Rochelle

No matter how many decades it’s been since the Holocaust, an ocean of hostility persists, capable of rising to tidal levels at any moment.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Why is Greece the Most Anti-Semitic Country in Europe?

By JTA

Greece may be the cradle of democracy, but anti-Jewish feeling runs deep in the country

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Rapper Apologizes for Appearing to Mock Jews

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. rapper Macklemore apologized after a firestorm over appearing in costume as what looked like an eastern European Jew.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

‘Jews vs Nazis’ Latest Teen Rage in Florida

By Jewish Press News Desk

Trivialization of the Holocaust has reached new lows.

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Jewish Carpenter Sues NYC Over Alleged Anti-Semitism

By Jewish Press Staff Writer

A Jewish carpenter is suing New York City’s Housing Authority after allegedly being threatened and insulted with anti-Semitic epithets.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Lecturer: Universities Don't Protect Jewish Students

By Avi Tuchmayer

A university lecturer has called on administrators to protect Jewish students on campus

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Holidays & Observances / Israeli Arabs / Local

Desecration of Israeli Flags in Jaffa (Yafo)

By Jewish Press News Desk

Unknown vandals splattered red paint on a line of Israeli flags set up in the city of Jaffa (Yafo) in the wee hours of Wednesday.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Ukraine / Russia

Eyewitness Report from Ukraine: 'You Can Feel the Tension in the Air'

By Roman Mokrinsky / Tazpit News Agency

Tensions continue to mount in eastern Ukraine, with reports of casualties continuing to stream out of the provinces in dispute,

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Missouri's Jew-Hating Mayor Quits (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is no wonder that Marionville is ”the home of the white squirrels.” Black ones wouldn’t stand a chance, forget about Jewish ones.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Aliyah / Geulah / Canada

Aliyah Up by 14 Percent in First Three Months of 2014

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

There is nothing like a good round of anti-Semitism to sober up Jews to move to Israel.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Building of WWII Statue Begins in Budapest as Jews Protest

By JTA

Members of the Jewish community were among the demonstrators protesting the construction of a controversial monument to the Hungarian victims of the German occupation, implying that the Hungarian government bore no responsibility for the death of Jews. Work on the statue began Tuesday in downtown Budapest, according to Klubradio, a news station known to be […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

National Front Mayor Evicts Dreyfus-Inspired Anti-Racism Group

By JTA

A French mayor from the far-right National Front party evicted from city-owned offices an anti-racism group inspired by the Dreyfus trial. Steeve Briois, who was elected last month to run the town of Henin-Beaumont, ordered the Human Rights League, or LDH, to clear out of its workspace last week, LDH President Pierre Tartakowsky told JTA. […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Irish Jewish Cabinet Minister Victim of Nazi Hoax

By Jewish Press News Desk

One or more anti-Semites sent a package of suspicious white powder and a photograph of Nazis to the home of Ireland’s Justice Minister Alan Shatter on Wednesday. Security officials raised an emergency alert, and a bomb squad arrived to investigate. Officials concluded the powder was harmless baking powder. The photograph showed Nazi soldiers at a […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Religion / Russia

Putin Ally Accused Of Pushing Jews-Killed-Jesus Theme

By JTA

What do expect from a man who also wants a law that prohibits “promoting” homosexuality and grants citizenship embryos?

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

ADL Audit: Rise in Anti-Semitic Assaults but Less Overall Cases

By JTA

“There is still a subset of Americans who are deeply infected with anti-Semitism.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Swedes Arrest 2 for Trying to Break into Jewish Community Center

By JTA

Police in Malmo arrested two people who tried to break into a Jewish community building during a demonstration that featured anti-Semitic slogans. Five people gathered outside the Jewish community center in Malmo’s center on and tried to force their way inside past security, the Sydsvenskan regional daily newspaper reported. The intruders stopped at the gate, […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Senior PA Minister Says Jews Must Be Banned from Western Wall

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Perhaps John Kerry will suggest Israel make a “goodwill” concession and ban Jews from praying at the Western Wall.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Russia

Russian and Ukrainian Jews at Each Other’s Throats

By JTA

Being a Jew in the Diaspora usually means having to defend the host country in the vain hope it will guarantee their safety.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

French Jewish Candidate Reveals Threats

By JTA

It is not wonder why aliyah from France is increasing, but it is surprising more don't come.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Russia / Holocaust

Jews Brought Holocaust on Themselves, Says Russian TV Host

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Putin is right. There is not anti-Semitism in Russia. They simply hate Jews.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

French Anti-Semites Beat Paris Teacher Wearing a Kippa

By Jewish Press News Desk

When will Jews come to the conclusion that they can live as non-Jews in the Diaspora or as Jews in Israel?

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Survey: Up to 49 Percent of Hungarians Harbor Anti-Semitic Views

By JTA

A new survey of anti-Semitic attitudes in Hungary showed up to 40 percent of respondents accepted some anti-Semitic attitudes. Conducted in December and commissioned by the Action and Protection Foundation, a watchdog on anti-Semitism of the Jewish community, the survey revealed that among those who accepted some anti-Semitic stereotypes, the proportion of people who displayed […]

US / Antisemitism

Minnesota Nazi Uniform Party Was Just an ‘Historical Exercise’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

What would have been the reaction if the actor dressed up as KKK members, just for the sake if history?

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Florida

Florida Chabad Vandalized after Expansion Plan Announcement

By JTA

The Chabad Jewish Center in Boca Raton, Fla., was vandalized a day after an article in a local newspaper announced the center’s expansion plans. A cement marker with a sign indicating the rabbi’s parking space was torn from its place and thrown through a glass door of the Jewish center sometime Monday night, the Sun-Sentinel […]

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Swastika Mars British Sculpture Exhibit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Vandals scrawled a swastika and a Jewish Star of David on one of 16 fiberglass "sunfish” that were placed throughout the British city of Plymouth this week to celebrate the city’s young artists, the Plymouth Herald reported. The sculptures were unveiled at the start of National Apprentices Week and were placed to create a tourist […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Religion / Russia

Rabbi in Crimea Makes it Out on the Last Train

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The scene of Russian troops sealing the region of Crimea conjures up scary reminders of the Nazi invasions of Europe.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Belgian Group Mulls Legal Action over Anti-Semitic Twitter Joke

By JTA

A Belgian watchdog on anti-Semitism warned it was preparing to take legal action against online propagators of a new anti-Semitic joke about the Holocaust. The Belgian League against Anti-Semitism, or LBCA, issued the threat regarding a photograph of an oven with paper money inside, bearing the caption, “The Jew trap is set.” The photo surfaced […]

Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Holocaust

Tokyo Police Arrest Man in Connection With Anne Frank Vandalism

By JTA

Tokyo Metropolitan Police reportedly have arrested a man in connection with the vandalism of hundreds of copies of “The Diary of Anne Frank” in city libraries. The Tokyo resident, identified as an “unemployed man in his 30s,” made a statement admitting to some involvement in the vandalism of the books in February, according to a […]

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

Lesser of Two Evils May Replace Falk on Anti-Israel UN Council

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Even the State Dept. will be happy to say goodbye to Falk, but the “Rights Committee has a built-in anti-Israeli bias.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Stockholm School ‘Love-Bombed’ after Nazi Graffiti Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

The youth wing of Sweden’s Liberal party organized a “love bombing” Monday night and pasted heart-shaped papers on the same school that was attacked by neo-Nazi vandals the night before. Stockholm’s “Vasa Real” school was sprayed with swastikas and slogans, such as “disgusting Jews” and the number 1488 that is a symbol for white power […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS

Arab Airline Denies Claims of Discrimination against Israelis

By JTA

An airline owned by the United Arab Emirates said it “emphatically refutes” claims that it excludes Israel from its official travel-route map and refuses to transport Israelis. In a statement, Etihad Airways wrote that it carried more than 1,000 passengers traveling with Israeli passports last year, refuting assertions made in the New York Post newspaper. […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Jewish Man Assaulted with Taser Gun Outside Paris Synagogue

By JTA

Anti-Semitism is not the best reason to make aliyah, but it is better than being dead.

Middle East / Levant / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Tunisia Bars Jews on Cruise Ship

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tunisia has barred Jews on a Norwegian cruise ship from leaving their cruise voyage and stepping foot in the country after theirboat docked in Tunis, according to B’nai Brith Canada. “The cruise line has a responsibility to its passengers to advise them of this discriminatory policy in advance. Better still the cruise line should avoid […]

US / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

State Dept. Israel Report Focuses on Bedouin

By JTA

A focus of this year’s U.S. State Department human rights report on Israel was Bedouin rights. The report issued Thursday noted the Bedouin in its introduction, which it did not previously, and examined at length the demolition of Bedouin dwellings in 2013, a result of Israel’s relocation policies. “While Arab communities in the country generally […]

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Sports

British Soccer Watchdog Punishes Player for Quenelle Salute

By JTA

Nicolas Anelka, a French soccer player for a British club, was fined $130,000 and suspended five games for performing the quenelle gesture in a game. The British Football Association handed down its penalties on Thursday following an investigation by an independent regulatory commission, which ruled that Anelka was guilty of performing an act that was […]

Israel / Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

European Jewish Group Wants Israeli Security Forces in Ukraine

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The European Jewish Association has appealed to Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to urgently send Israeli-trained security forces to protect the Jewish community across Ukraine in response to the recent upsurge in attacks against Jews. EJA director Rabbi Menachem Margolin also appealed to European Union foreign ministers and ambassadors to lobby […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Germany

German Paper’s Caricature of Hook-Nosed Zuckerberg ‘Anti-Semitic’

By JTA

Which is more disgusting – an anti-Semitic caricature of Zuckerberg or his throwing away Judaism for atheism?

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 […]

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 / News Briefs / Assimilation

Kerry Lauds ‘Tolerance’ in Indonesia Months after Synagogue Leveled

By Jewish Press News Desk

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry praised Indonesia for its religious tolerance on Monday, six months after the last synagogue in the country was destroyed. “Yesterday, I had the privilege of going to the Istiqlal mosque,” Kerry said at a press conference during his visit. “And it’s my pleasure to not only say good morning […]

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. […]

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 […]

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,” […]

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