Global Antisemitism This Week

INTERNATIONAL

• After Monsey, Will Jews Go Underground
• ICC reportedly spurned Israelis, met Palestinian group before probe decision
• A Hague on both your houses 6 things to know for December 22
• Obsessed 93% of Ken Roth's illegal accusations targeted Israel

NORTH AMERICA

US

• Attacker stabs five at rabbi's home in New York
• America's challenge, as violent anti-Semitism swells
• Anti-Semitism complaint filed with US Education Department surrounding Columbia University
• Lawsuit seeks to halt weekly anti-Israel protest in front of Michigan synagogue
• LISTEN How far will anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on Trump's impeachment go
• Save Me from My Defenders! Being silenced or harassed for unpopular speech on a university campus
• Woman charged with attacking Jews freed as New York reforms bail rules

EUROPE

• Holocaust ‘orphaned’ European synagogues, Council of Europe says

BELGIUM

• Belgian daily accuses Jewish lawmaker of spying for Israel

GERMANY

• German youth choked by classmates, who hurl anti-Semitic abuse at him

POLAND

• Polish city refuses to install memorial stones for Holocaust victims

UK

• Anti-Semitic graffiti found daubed throughout North London neighborhoods
• UK Labour ex-lawmakers say anti-Semitism among reasons for election failure

Global Antisemitism This Week

INTERNATIONAL

• 2019 saw attacks on houses of worship with alarming frequency worldwide
• From UK elections to a US directive, anti-Semitism is word of the week

NORTH AMERICA

US

• 'Jew coup': The anti-Semitic conspiracy theories surrounding Trump's impeachment
• 3 Jewish schools in Los Angeles spray-painted with anti-Semitic graffiti
• At White House Hanukkah party, Trump hails pastor who preaches Jews go to hell
• Israeli student says she was victim of anti-Semitic attack on NY subway
• Police investigating hate crime after Los Angeles synagogue ransacked

EUROPE

POLAND

• Polish far-right leader arrested for inciting anti-Semitism

SLOVAKIA

• Dozens of Jewish graves vandalized in Slovakia

UKRAINE

• Ukraine restores diplomat who blamed Jews for WWII, posed with 'MeinKampf' cake

UK

• The sickening reality of Labour party Jew-hatred
• Anti-Israel stalwarts blame Zionists and Jews for Corbyn’s defeat in UK election
• At White House Hanukkah party, Trump hails pastor who preaches Jews go to hell
• Jenny Tonge Chief Rabbi dancing in the street - Israel lobby won election
• Jersey City mayor Gunmen wanted to target next door yeshiva with 50 kids inside
• Jersey City mayor Schools official who called Jews 'brutes' should resign
• When will Labour be kosher again When Luciana is back

MID-EAST

LEBANON

• Beirut axes statue for resemblance to Star of David

 

Global Antisemitism This Week

INTERNATIONAL

• The return of the Jewish Question
• Why Jewish People Are Subject to Hate Crimes

NORTH AMERICA

US

• The Real Dangers to Jews
• In the US, the ‘groyper army' seeks to make anti-Semitism mainstream
• Trump Signs Order Against Anti-Semitism At Colleges, Worrying Free Speech Advocates
• Trump's plan to sign antisemitism order raises fears it could stifle Israel criticism
• Three of the Trump impeachment witness lawyers were Jewish, and it matters
• Congress members to White House Shun website that called impeachment 'Jew coup'
• New Jersey kosher supermarket shooting rattles tight-knit Jewish community
• Princeton student body candidate called ‘poor choice’ because he served in IDF
• Ronald Lauder pumps $25 million into fight against anti-Semitism in US politics
• Sanders staffer who posted anti-Semitic, homophobic tweets leaves campaign
• Suspected Jersey City gunman said to have railed against Jews online

EUROPE

BELGIUM

• Belgian Holocaust museum to host award ceremony for anti-Israel activist

FRANCE

• Israeli student in Paris says beaten unconscious for speaking Hebrew
• Teen arrested for assaulting Israeli student on Paris Metro

ITALY

• Thousands rally around threatened Holocaust survivor in Milan

LITHUANIA

• Lithuanians dancing at a Jewish killing site spawned a brave theatrical work

SCOTLAND

• Scottish Labour candidate in row over message about journalist's Jewish heritage

UK

• Former London mayor Livingstone blames Labour defeat on 'unhelpful Jewish vote'
• How Britain’s pivotal upcoming election affects Jews
• Jewish group names UK's Corbyn top anti-Semite of 2019
• Massive leak debunks UK Labour's claim it is dealing with anti-Semitism
• UK chief rabbi Election is over but concerns over anti-Semitism, racism remain
• UK Conservative party probing 3 candidates for anti-Semitism
• UK daily revises op-ed that said settlements are ‘the trouble with Jews today’
• UK Labour's McDonnell I worry anti-Semitism has affected our election campaign
• UK police asks for help in identifying suspects in Manchester anti-Semitic abuse
• Yiddish flyers call London rabbi ‘a threat’ for criticizing Labour anti-Semitism

MID-EAST

TURKEY

• Turkey's Erdogan says Israel executing Palestinian girls, elderly

 

Global Antisemitism This Week

INTERNATIONAL

• Amazon removes Christmas ornaments with images of Auschwitz from its website

NORTH AMERICA

US

• Swastikas, anti-Semitic slurs carved in door of Washington’s Sixth & I synagogue
• Students fear for safety after swastika drawings found at two Georgia universities
• Passion, ignorance, and teaching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
• Man held in anti-Semitic vandalism of Washington synagogue
• Linda Sarsour backs Bernie Sanders, but not his support for Israel
• Illinois Nazi, Holocaust denier runs again for US House seat

CANADA

• Jewish student gov't member at McGill U told to cancel Israel trip or resign
• Chicago university probes assignment with question on whether Holocaust happened

EUROPE

BELGIUM

• Belgian officials boycott trade delegation to Israel
• Belgian carnival drops UNESCO status over anti-Semitic float
• ‘Game of Thrones’ star nixes Belgium appearance over anti-Semitic carnival float
• Belgian teacher shares video calling for jihad against Jews

FRANCE

• French lawmakers pass resolution calling Israel hatred a form of anti-Semitism
  France creates anti-hate crime office as anti-Semitic wave shakes nation

GERMANY

• With anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany, Merkel visits Auschwitz for 1st time

ITALY

• Italian minister says professor to be disciplined for tweeting Hitler praise

NETHERLANDS

• Muslim man who stabbed Jews at Amsterdam market ruled unfit to stand trial
  Dutch daily’s cartoon shows Netanyahu behind UK Labour anti-Semitism scandals

NORWAY

• Norwegian mayor asks church to take down Star of David decoration

UK

• UK’s Corbyn is the 'politician of choice for anti-Semites
• UK Labour Party omits Jews from campaign video promoting minority rights
• Rabbi beaten by teens while visiting London

MID-EAST

JORDAN

• Deputy mayors forced to remove religious items at Jordan border

 

Global Antisemitism This Week

NORTH AMERICA

US

• Two Jewish teenagers targeted in latest Brooklyn assault
• Founder of far-right platform rages against 'Jew coup'
• US university tells government it will do more to curb anti-Semitism
• 100 Democratic House members decry White House's softened stance on settlements

EUROPE

• Labelling the Jewish state as unequal
• Negotiation in a war of extermination is no solution but surrender

BELGIUM

• Charges dropped against Belgian soccer fans who sang about burning Jews

GERMANY

• Germany to tighten law on anti-Semitic crimes after Halle synagogue attack
• Jewish teen leaves German public high school over classroom anti-Semitism

RUSSIA

• Russian bank sends client promotional code containing phrase ‘kill Jews’

SWEDEN

• Sweden's Malmo allocates $2 million to protect its Jewish community

SWITZERLAND

• Man shouts ‘Heil Hitler’ at rabbis discussing anti-Semitism at Geneva convention

UKRAINE

• Kyiv monument to Sholem Aleichem vandalized with swastikas
• In Ukraine, aid for needy Jews comes with a catch

UK

• 'A new poison' Why the UK chief rabbi broke the mold to confront Jeremy Corbyn
• Can everyone PLEASE stop using the 'A' word
• Jewish candidate for UK Labour Party bombarded with anti-Semitic death threats
• Top U.K. Rabbi Accuses Corbyn of Failing to Stem Anti-Semitism Within Labour
• Jeremy Corbyn declines to apologize to Jews over Labour anti-Semitism
• Suspect arrested over anti-Semitic abuse on London Underground
• Muslim woman intervenes to stop anti-Semitic abuse on London Underground
• 2 election candidates from Scottish parties suspended over alleged anti-Semitism
• The Chief Rabbi's intervention in Britain's general election

OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA

• Anti-Semitic incidents up 30% in Australia

MID-EAST

• Jordanian, Iranian kickboxers skip matches against Israeli at world championship

 

Global Antisemitism This Week

INTERNATIONAL

• Jerusalem to host largest-ever event on anti-Semitism; Putin, Macron to attend

UN

• At United Nations, U.S. faces strong opposition to its shift on Israeli settlements
• U.N., Red Cross say Israeli settlements are still unlawful

NORTH AMERICA

US

• US Jewish man stabbed, critically hurt, outside synagogue in upstate New York
• Israeli eatery in Oregon hacked with anti-Semitic message
• Democrats and Israel: Nothing but Daylight
• Panel Judge who shared ‘get the fk over the Holocaust’ link not anti-Semitic
• Almost 1 in 10 US Christians have heard their clergy speak negatively about Jews
• As campus anti-Semitism morphs, bullied Jewish students counter-organize
• California Democrats' ‘highly flawed anti-Israel’ amendment to platform
• Operation Kristallnacht: Neo-Nazi accused of running US synagogue vandalism ring

CANADA

• In sudden switch, Canada backs pro-Palestine UN resolution
• Protesters violently disrupt pro-Israel event at Toronto’s York University
• Are Jews welcome at the University of Toronto?
• U of Toronto Graduate Student Union opposes campus kosher food as 'pro-Israel'

EUROPE

• One in Four Europeans Holds Anti-Semitic View
• East European bigotry rises sharply

GERMANY

• Elderly man beaten by teen in anti-Semitic attack in Berlin

UK

• New UK Labour manifesto calls to ban arms sales to Israel
• Britain’s Liberal Democrats drops candidate over posts on Jews
• British climate activist leader engulfed in row after downplaying Holocaust
• UK Tory candidate said rabbis turn Jews visiting Israel into ‘extremists’

MID-EAST

TURKEY

• Turkish MP lashes out at Jewish journalist who criticized anti-Semitic tweet

 

Global Antisemitism This Week

INTERNATIONAL

• Pope blasts 'inhuman, un-Christian' rebirth of anti-Semitism
• Same old anti-Semitism, different Jews
• Descendants of Nazis organize global marches against contemporary anti-Semitism

NORTH AMERICA

US

• FBI: Jews were victims of most religion-based hate crimes in 2018
• ADL strives to uproot spike in NY anti-Semitic attacks with increased education
• An open letter on anti-Semitism from an Arab-Israeli Jewish student
• Police investigating threats against Jewish students in Massachusetts school
• On the Frontlines of Progressive Anti-Semitism
• Teen arrested and charged with hate crimes for throwing eggs at Jews in Brooklyn
• What is causing the spike in anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn?
• High-profile BDS conference at UMass Amherst sparks concern
• Teen arrested in connection with series of anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn
• The vilification of Lt. Col. Vindman is definitely bad for the Jews
• Turtles spotted in Seattle with swastikas painted on shells
• About 75 headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery in Nebraska

EUROPE

• In landmark ruling, EU's top court says settlement product labeling mandatory

BELGIUM

• UNESCO to vote on cutting ties with Belgian carnival where Jews were mocked

DENMARK

• 2 arrested over Jewish cemetery vandalism in Denmark
• 80 gravestones vandalized at Denmark Jewish cemetery

GERMANY

• How the German Green party made Iranian antisemitism politically correct
• Far-right German lawmaker ousted from committee for comments deemed anti-Semitic
• Jewish leaders call on German auction house to nix Hitler memorabilia sale
• 30 years later: The fall of the Berlin Wall and the Jews

ITALY

• Italian Holocaust Survivor Faces Threats After Calling For Investigation Into Hate

UKRAINE

• How Ukraine’s bloody 2014 revolution affected Jews
• 4 jailed over fatal beating of Israeli-French rabbi in Ukraine
• Jewish leader slams Kyiv for naming streets after Nazi collaborators

UK

• Brexit, nationhood and the Jewish question
• How bad would it get Month before vote, UK Jews worry over a Corbyn government
• UK notables say they can't vote Labour because of anti-Semitism
• Corbyn as PM prompts fear 'not known before,' says top UK Jewish journalist
• Cars spray-painted with swastikas and hate messages northeast of London
• British cop who 'dangled' pepperoni pizza over Jewish officer faces hearing
• UK Labour activist says Palestinians face ‘pogroms’ and ‘Jewish final solution’

ASIA

INDIA

• India says Israeli, Jewish targets under immediate terror threat

MID-EAST

IRAN

• 'Not anti-Semitic' Khamenei defines Iran's goal of 'wiping out Israel'

JORDAN

• Jordanian TV host calls to 'gouge out eyes of the Zionists

SOUTH AMERICA

BRAZIL

• Brazilian Jews slam magazine likening Jewish politician to Nazi propagandist

 

Global Antisemitism This Week

NORTH AMERICA

US

• Anti-Semitism in the US today is a variation on an old theme
• US Jewish umbrella group slams Democratic hopefuls’ calls to leverage Israel aid
• University of Oregon accused of not reporting anti-Semitic incidents
• Suspect arrested after Minnesota school tagged with swastika
• Richard Spencer slurs Jews, blacks in expletive-laden rant put online
• New evidence shows FDR's bigotry derailed many Holocaust rescue plans
• Flyers slammed as anti-Semitic, racist distributed in Philadelphia
• FBI arrests man allegedly plotting to bomb Colorado synagogue
• Colorado synagogue to add surveillance cameras after alleged bomb plot
• Anti-Semitic flyers plastered across Arizona State University campus

EUROPE

BELGIUM

• Jews in Belgium expect already dire anti-Semitism problem to get worse

FRANCE

• Man tries to break into French Jewish school while shouting anti-Semitic slurs
• Far-left French leader says Jews promote ‘violent sectarianism’

GERMANY

• Man wearing kippa attacked in German fitness studio
• German teens probed for anti-Semitic songs after visit to Nazi camp

ITALY

• 200 online attacks a day Auschwitz survivor is symbol of anti-Semitism in Italy
• Italian far-right leader denies downplaying threats to Holocaust survivor
• Holocaust survivor in Italy gets police guard due to threats

SWEDEN

• Anti-Semitic hate crimes in Sweden rise by 53% to all-time high

UK

• Almost 50% of UK Jews will 'seriously consider' leaving if Corbyn wins elections
• In front-page editorial, Jewish Chronicle urges Brits not to vote Corbyn
• Barred from election, Corbyn ally quits Labour, citing anti-Semitism witch hunt
• UK Labour candidate quits for 'Shylock' comments
• Labour candidate quits after calling Israel 'abused child turned abusive adult'

SOUTH AMERICA

COLOMBIA

• Colombia condemns defacement of menorah monument with swastika

 

Global Antisemitism This Week

INTERNATIONAL

• Lipstadt Take anti-Semitism seriously 'not just when there are dead bodies'

NORTH AMERICA

US

• Seattle Holocaust center vandalized with white supremacist graffiti
• In US, dual loyalty allegations against Jewish NSC staffer spark widespread ire
• US Senate launches bipartisan task force to combat anti-Semitism
• School principal fired for saying 'I can't say the Holocaust is a factual event'
• University of Illinois students pass vote separating anti-Zionism, anti-Semitism
• Tree of Life and the Legacy of Pittsburgh's Synagogue Attack

EUROPE

GERMANY

• Jewish man, 70, beaten by anti-Semitic assailant on Berlin street

ITALY

• Italian Jews condemn right-wing parties for not backing anti-Semitism committee

NORWAY

• Oslo City Council bans purchase of Israeli settlement goods and services

POLAND

• Polish president withholds signature on paper to name Jewish scholar a professor

UK

• Moral courage of true allies in short supply
• Polls Despite mixed opinions on Brexit, 93% of UK Jews won't vote for Labour

MID-EAST

IRAN

• Pro-Iran militias blame Israel and US for offices torched in Iraq protests

Global Antisemitism This Week

INTERNATIONAL

• Social media networks withhold livestream data of Halle synagogue attack
• "Never Again Is Now" is a moving personal documentary on the global resurgence of #antisemitism

NORTH AMERICA

US

• Connecticut synagogue evacuated after receiving 2 bomb threats
• 9 out of 10 US Jews worry about anti-Semitism, and most think it's getting worse
• ADL Pittsburgh synagogue massacre spawned rash of far-right plots against Jews
• Over 12 arrested for threats against US Jews since Pittsburgh attack - watchdog
• Don't use 'Pittsburgh' as shorthand for US anti-Semitism, says federation head
• BDS supporters post fake anti-Israel ads on London Underground
• Swastika drawn on sign outside Jewish attorney’s office in California
• Prominent DC synagogue vandalized with 'anti-Israel and hate-filled messages'
• Most US media coverage of anti-Semitism focuses on the left
• ICE officer who drove truck into Jewish protesters won't be charged with a crime
• Former student arrested over swastika graffiti at California school

EUROPE

• Senior rabbi warns of 'existential threat' posed by anti-Semitism in Europe

BELGIUM

• Belgian parade mired in anti-Semitism prints Jewish caricatures for participants

FRANCE

• 'Dirty Jew' spray-painted on Judaica shop in France

HUNGARY

• Neo-Nazis try to torch Jewish center in Budapest

UKRAINE

• Rabbi Nachman's grave in Ukraine vandalized with Hitler graffiti

UK

• UK Labour party shortlists for Parliament two members reported for anti-Semitism
• Jewish man harassed, threatened on the street in London suburb
• Headstones smashed at UK Jewish cemetery in possible anti-Semitic attack
• Former UK Labour MP says activists accused her of dual loyalty to Israel

MIDDLE EAST

IRAQ

• Iraqi cleric's backers chant against Israel as Shiites make Arbaeen pilgrimage

Global Antisemitism This Week

INTERNATIONAL

• In synagogue, listening for gunfire instead of God

NORTH AMERICA

 

US

• Jewish man slapped and called ‘dirty Jew’ in Brooklyn
• Michigan synagogue’s doors plastered with anti-Semitic posters
• Israeli flag defaced with swastika found at Cape Cod synagogue
• U of Illinois head under fire for calling 'Israeli terror' address anti-Semitic
• How IBM’s Technology Powered the Holocaust
• Anti-Semitic fliers left on cars in New Jersey town
• Sacha Baron Cohen makes Nazi analogy to slam Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook policy

CANADA

• Canadian imam 'Filthy' candidates in elections support Zionism, homosexuality

EUROPE

BELGIUM

• Knife-wielding Muslim in Brussels asks passersby if they are Jewish

GERMANY

• German antisemitism commissioner likes FB post comparing Zionists to Nazis
• For the German far-right, the 'real problem' is the Jews
  German-Palestinian who knocked kippa off Jewish man's head jailed

UKRAINE

• Israel envoy demands probe after effigy of Jewish tycoon left at Ukraine synagogue
• Hitler graffiti found on wall near Jewish pilgrimage site in Ukraine

UK

• Hate crimes against Jews in England and Wales doubled in past year
• Shuls urged to ‘keep doors closed and locked’ amid security threats
• Teacher sacked after allegedly 'joking' about sending children to 'gas chambers'
• After 55 years, UK Jewish MP quits Labour, condemns Corbyn, over anti-Semitism

AFRICA

TUNISIA

• Tunisia's new president regards any ties with Israel as 'high treason'

 

Global Antisemitism This Week

INTERNATIONAL

• Previous attacks on synagogues around the world

NORTH AMERICA

US

• Anti-Semitic hate crimes in NYC have risen significantly in 2019
• Anti-Semitic posters, graffiti found at NY Holocaust memorial on Yom Kippur eve
• The Washington Post doesn't let facts get in its way
• Fox Sports reporter who kvetched over ‘stingy’ Jew hired by evangelical school
• Texas execution halted over claims judge was anti-Semitic

CANADA

• Two killed in shooting at synagogue in Germany, suspects flee in hijacked car
• Canadian synagogue targeted with swastikas and anti-Jewish symbols

EUROPE

• German synagogue attack is expression of rising anti-Semitism in Europe
• Synagogue shooter exemplifies dual threat faced by European Jews

BELGIUM

• In Belgium, Jewish leaders worry that anti-Semitism has become kosher

GERMANY

• Two killed in shooting at synagogue in Germany, suspects flee in hijacked car
• Man crying 'Allahu Akbar' tries to run into Berlin synagogue with knife
  Germany in denial of its deep-rooted anti-Semitism
• As vigils held, Halle Jewish leader says he's now 'not sure Germany is our home'
• Wiesenthal Center warns synagogue attack precursor to Kristallnacht anniversary
• Silent streets, Jews on edge in German city after shooting

UK

• Labour’s Israel-bashing on full display as Brexit chaos intensifies

OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA

• Australian Jewish boy forced to kiss Muslim classmate’s shoes gets threats

Global Antisemitism This Week

NORTH AMERICA

US

• 'Beware of parasites' - Anti-Semitism all over again
• Vandals smash windows of Brooklyn synagogue during Rosh Hashanah prayers
• US politicians continue using the term 'Jew down' amid rise in anti-Semitism
• NY to beef up police presence in Jewish neighborhoods for High Holidays
• Demi Lovato apologizes after visiting, praising Israel
• Teen allegedly attacks Jewish woman in Brooklyn, pulling off her wig

EUROPE

• Holocaust denial not a human right, European court rules

FRANCE

• Hit by terror and economic woes, Nice’s Jewish community faces uncertain future

GERMANY

• German antisemitism commissioner calls on Merkel to exit Iran nuke deal

POLAND

• Swastika, anti-Semitic slur painted on wall of former Krakow Ghetto
• 'Beware of parasites' Anti-Semitic posters put up in Warsaw ahead of elections

UK

• Jewish MP who called Corbyn an anti-Semite faces Labour ousting

OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA

• Australian Jewish boy forced to kiss Muslim classmate’s shoes, drawing outcry
• 'They don't want to call it antisemitism'
• Merlino calls for urgent review

ASIA

MALAYSIA

• A defiant Malaysian PM defends his anti-Semitism in the name of free speech

MID-EAST

IRAN

• Iran cleric says U.S., Israel behind Iraq unrest to disrupt Shi'ite pilgrimage there

SOUTH AMERICA

ARGENTINA

• Anti-Semitic incidents in Argentina more than doubled in 2018
• Jewish cemetery near Buenos Aires vandalized