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