Tag: anti-Semitism
Hate crimes, growing in number, still are underreported
Living in central Pennsylvania during the 1980’s opened my eyes about anti-Semitism, an attitude so deeply entrenched there that I feared American Jewry could one day be targeted – like our forebears in Nazi...
Despite reinstatement into party, Corbyn not welcome back as Labour MP
Despite being reinstated this week by the British Labour Party, former party leader Jeremy Corbyn will not be a Labour member of the British parliament, according to current leader Keir Starmer.
Starmer’s decision on Wednesday came one...
Corbyn reinstated by UK Labour Party after suspension resulting from anti-Semitism probe
Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted on Tuesday that he has been reinstated into the party following a 19-day suspension.
Corbyn, who led the Labour Party between September 2015 and last April, was...
Pentagon senior adviser said US support for Israel was due to ‘Israeli lobby’ money
A new senior Pentagon adviser repeatedly said that U.S. support for Israel was due to money from the “Israeli lobby” and accused prominent political figures, including U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, of getting...
Anti-Jewish hate crimes increased by 14 percent in 2019, according to FBI report
Jews were the most targeted demographic for hate crimes among religious groups in 2019, according to an FBI report released on Monday.
Out of the 1,650 religious-motivated hate crimes reported to the FBI, 60.3 percent, or almost...
Federal law-enforcement charges Staten Island man for threatening Schumer, ‘blow up‘ FBI building
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a man from Staten Island, N.Y., for threatening to kill protesters, politicians and others because of the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
Brian Maiorana, 54, was arrested...
Antisemitism Commissioner Felix Klein: “Teachers are often unable to deal with antisemitism”
Germany’s Commissioner for Jewish Life and the Fight against Antisemitism Felix Klein sat down recently for an exclusive interview with the German public-broadcasting radio station Deutschlandfunk to discuss how schools can become a part of the fight to combat antisemitism and bigotry.
Deutschlandfunk’s Kate Maleike: 9 November is a...
Rivlin hosts event marking Kristallnacht with presidents of Austria and Germany
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said on Monday that while anti-Semitism was a more difficult virus to deal with than COVID-19, a vaccine must be found for it.
Speaking at an event at the President’s Residence...
Wiesenthal Centre Outraged at UK Pharmaceutical Council Ruling that Jew-Hatred Libel was “Grossly Offensive”...
Paris, 8 November
Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, expressed support for the UK Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) action against Nazim Ali, a London chemist and organizer of the annual “Al-Quds...
Based on Wiesenthal Centre Antisemitic Findings, “Malmö ends collaboration with the Arab Book Fair,...
Paris, 28 October
Based on the letter by Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, to the Swedish Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, and the Jewish community, revealing antisemitic texts promoted through the Arab...