Muslim World League’s General Secretary honoured for fighting antisemitism, calls for unity against hatred

At a special online event, General Secretary of the Muslim World League, Sheikh Dr Mohammed Al-Issa was honoured with an inaugural award for his contribution towards fighting anti-Semitism. Read more

Aleph concerns on homophobic slogans

Antisemitic vandals who sprayed swastikas on the fourth green of Melbourne’s Cranbourne Golf Club also drew a homophobic slogan at the same time. Read more

Alarmed by global spike in anti-Semitism, Yad Vashem calls for action

Yad Vashem, Israel’s National Holocaust Memorial, has expressed “deep concern and dismay” following a recent global spike in anti-Semitic incidents and rhetoric, especially in the US. Read more

The return of populist anti-Semitism

To the lexicon of new terminology introduced by the coronavirus pandemic, we can add the latest entry: “Zoombombing,” or the practice of hijacking private videoconferencing calls on the Internet by unwanted intruders. Read more

COVID-19 and hate crime in Australia

The Australian Hate Crime Network (AHCN) has called for greater vigilance in countering racism and other forms of bigotry that is erupting amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

What’s changed since the ‘Black Death’?

The numbers are rolling in, and they make for grim reading. Read more

Anti-Semitic incidents in UK reached record high in 2019, report reveals

The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in the United Kingdom hit a record high in 2019 and increased for the fourth consecutive year, according to figures released on Feb. 6 by the Community Security Trust. Read more

Political auto-immune disease among Diaspora Jews

Why are so many Diaspora Jews doing the dirty work of their mortal enemies for them? Read more

60 headstones desecrated in Jewish cemetery in Slovakia

The World Jewish Congress has condemned the desecration of 60 tombstones in a Jewish cemetery in the northern town of Namestovo, on the border with Poland.  Read more

Can Labour overcome anti-Semitism after Corbyn?

History will not be kind to Jeremy Corbyn, the vanquished and soon-to-be-former leader of the opposition British Labour Party. Read more

German Jewish beauty queen launches ‘Shalom’ campaign on social media

A German-Jewish beauty queen is launching a campaign to raise awareness about racist and anti-Semitic incidents and rhetoric afflicting Germany and Western Europe. Read more

In BBC interview, Labour leader Corbyn refuses to apologize for anti-Semitism

Pressed to explain and apologize to the British Jewish community over anti-Semitism concerns, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, in a Tuesday BBC interview with Andrew Neil, refused to apologize. Read more

Federal Labor reacts to ECAJ antisemitism report

Federal Labor is deeply concerned by an increase in anti-Semitic attacks in Australia. Read more

Church of England report says centuries of Christian antisemitism led to Holocaust

Christian theology played a part in the stereotyping and persecution of Jewish people that ultimately led to the Holocaust, according to a new report released by the Church of England. Read more

British public figures sign letter refusing to vote Labour over anti-Semitism scandal

Twenty-four British public figures signed an open letter refusing to vote for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom’s Dec. 12 general elections due to party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s multiple ties to anti-Semitism. Read more

Why the Democrats don’t have to go the way of Labour

The upcoming general election being held in Britain on Dec. 12 isn’t getting much coverage in the United States. Americans generally don’t pay much attention to foreign policy, and the principal issue this year in the United Kingdom—Brexit—is something few Americans really understand. Read more

Anti-Semitic graffiti spray-painted on project commemorating Jewish life in Lithuania

Anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered in Vilnius, Lithuania, last week on a project depicting Jewish life before World War II. Read more

From Congress to classrooms: Reframing the Israel narrative

Concern about resurgent anti-Semitism has been at fever-pitch among Diaspora Jews for years. Read more

NSW MP: antisemitism shows the worst of humanity

A NSW had ttold parliament antisemitism “shows the worst of humanity and has ruined lives and taken lives”. Read more

It’s time to put an end to labeling Trump an anti-Semite

This July, Aaron Boone, the manager of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees, created an Internet meme when he launched into an epic and profane rant in taking issue with a call that went against his team. Read more

President Truman, George Marshal and Israel

American Jewry is split over whether Donald Trump is the most pro-Israel or pro-Jewish president in the history of the USA. It illustrates how divided and antagonistic the different parts of the so-called United States and the Jewish community are. Read more

Dual citizenship challenge again for Frydenberg

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is facing a rehash of the claim that he is a Hungarian citizen, according to a report on 10 News First…and the Prime Minister has spoken out against antisemitism,

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Omar introducing pro-BDS resolution, announces trip to Israel and Palestinian areas

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) formally introduced this week a resolution on Wednesday supporting the anti-Israel BDS movement, comparing it to boycotts of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Read more

The dangerous drive to correlate Islamophobia with anti-Semitism

The Somali-born U.S. congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who has made a number of anti-Semitic remarks, is currently embroiled in controversy over her marriage history. Read more

Tolerance Museums: A Failing Franchise? 

The monumental US$250-million building for the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem (MOTJ) is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. Read more

The fight against antisemitism becomes a priority for the Dutch

The World Jewish Congress has welcomed the decision of the Government of the Netherlands to allocate three million Euros to fighting antisemitism, a matter which has now been added to the list of national priorities for the first time. Read more

European rabbis take to the streets in Ulm, Germany

BERLIN: Forty rabbis from all over Europe walked the streets of the German city of Ulm on Tuesday, a couple of days after Germany’s anti-Semitism commissioner, Felix Klein, advised Jews against wearing kipot, or skullcaps, in public areas because of rising anti-Semitism in the country. Read more

Violent anti-Semitism rose by 13% worldwide in 2018, according to new report

Violent anti-Semitic attacks rose by 13% worldwide in 2018, with the highest number of incidents reported in Western democracies including the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, an annual report revealed. Read more

What if there’s no way to stop another synagogue shooting?

Who caused a madman to enter a synagogue in Poway, Calif., and begin shooting? And what can we do to stop another such extremist from committing the next atrocity? Read more

Another Labor candidate disendorsed

Another Labor candidate for the upcoming election has been dropped by the party for an antisemitic comment. Read more

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