Global Antisemitism This Week

INTERNATIONAL

• Is anti-Semitism becoming mainstream? Experts see alarming trend
• 49% of Israelis fear anti-Semitism while traveling abroad
• Deborah Lipstadt: Antisemitism is like herpes, it never goes away
• Blame those settlements!

UN

• At UN session on anti-Semitism, Israeli ambassador calls to name special envoy

NORTH AMERICA

US

• 19% of Americans say small businesses should be able to refuse service to Jews
• Boston rabbi suggests congregants bring guns to synagogue for protection
• A New York Times Book Review Promotes More Anti-Semitic Fiction In its latest Book Review
• Manager of Pittsburgh restaurant fired for anti-Semitic Facebook post
• After 9 months, Reddit finally bans group spreading thinly veiled anti-Semitism
• Ocasio-Cortez clashes with Steve King over offer to tour Auschwitz with survivor
• The shameful rise in antisemitism behind Cusack’s antisemitic tweet
• Why disingenuous Holocaust analogies matter

GERMANY

• German report points to sharp rise in anti-Semitic violence
• Palestinian accused of killing man in Germany said he targeted a 'rich Jew'
• Men wearing kippot targeted in anti-Semitic incidents
• Rabbi and Jewish leader spit on outside Hamburg City Hall

NETHERLANDS

• Dutch rapper drops Anne Frank stage name following outcry over anti-Semitism

SWEDEN

• Malmo's Jewish community warns it could disappear by 2029 over security fears
• Philanthropists donate $4 million for Jewish community security in Malmo

UK

• UK Society for Middle Eastern Studies passes Israel academic boycott resolution
• UK Labour readmits Corbyn ally who said party too apologetic on anti-Semitism
• 'Don't mention the Jews' How wartime BBC failed to issue Holocaust warnings
• UK rabbi to House of Lords: Rise in antisemitism today similar to Holocaust-era

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

• Jewish cemeteries desecrated in South Africa