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