Global Antisemitism This Week

NORTH AMERICA

US

• Anti-Semitic hate crimes in California up 21% in 2018
• Woman arrested after repeated threatening calls to Detroit Jewish organization
• Synagogues are now conducting active shooter drills during services
• Israel Project CEO leaves as group struggles to raise funds
• Whitesville, NY, history teacher hails Hitler in yearbook
• Adidas apologizes for tweet calling for gassing of Jews
• Controversial Jewish Seattle City Council candidate gets online death threats

CANADA

• Canadian candidate removed for tweets accusing Israel of committing genocide

EUROPE

• Young Jews 'feel generally unsafe in Europe,' says EU watchdog group

CZECH REPUBLIC

• Anti-Semitism, most of it online, on rise in Czech Republic

FRANCE

• What's Behind the Resurgence in French Anti-Semitism

POLAND

• Polish chief rabbi calls for synagogue to reopen after armed standoff

SPAIN

• British publisher drops Spanish author’s book following claims of anti-Semitism

SWEDEN

• Swedish neo-Nazis disrupt exhibition of Holocaust survivors’ portraits

UK

• George Galloway decries 'weaponization' of anti-Semitism against Labor
• Jeremy Hunt accuses Corbyn of 'deeply-held prejudices' against Jews
• Labour MP faces no-confidence vote for criticizing party on anti-Semitism
• Senior UK Labour party lawmakers 'exasperated' at handling of anti-Semitism
• Author says UK literary events refusing to host him because he is Jewish
• Labour lawmakers rap return of MP who said party too apologetic on anti-Semitism

MID-EAST

• Former Miss Iraq Arab-Israeli conflict 'deeply rooted' in anti-Semitism

EGYPT

• Twitter suspends Egyptian actor who tweeted ‘lets kill some Jews’

IRAN

• Iran official If US attacks, Israel will be destroyed in half an hour

SOUTH AMERICA

ARGENTINA

• Sixth suspect arrested in violent February assault on Argentina’s chief rabbi