Tag: anti-Semitism
German airline to appoint anti-Semitism manager after keeping Jews from flight
Lufthansa Airlines will hire an anti-Semitism manager and adopt the International Human Rights Commission’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism after an incident that garnered international attention, in which more than 100 identifiably Jewish individuals were barred from a flight on...
Canadian man who assaulted Jews is freed on probation
The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Canada voiced its opposition to a decision by a Toronto court to free a man who pled guilty to three counts of hate-motivated assault.
Michael Park, 33, who...
Pro-Israel entities in Latin America work to battle anti-Semitism, promote co-existence
The deadliest post-Holocaust attack on Jews was an outside job. While commemorating the 1994 AMIA bombing this week, those fighting Jew-hatred in Latin America vowed not to let homegrown anti-Semitism go unchecked.
The second Latin American...
German anti-Semitic arts scandal continues to foment after festival director resigns
In the continued fallout of the scandal surrounding anti-Semitic works presented at the Documenta 15 art festival in Kassel, Germany, director Sabine Schormann has announced her resignation. The Jewish community, however, has called for actual consequences...
Latin American Forum to combat anti-Semitism timed to AMIA bombing event
B’nai B’rith director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn and Special Advisor on Latin American and U.N. Affairs Adriana Camisar participated in the Latin American Forum to Combat Anti-Semitism in Buenos Aires, Argentina, organized...
Oporto Jewish Community accuses Portugal of waging anti-Semitic campaign
The Oporto Jewish Community on Monday again accused the Portuguese state of conducting an “ongoing anti-Semitic campaign,” after police raided the offices of several law firms and the home of the curator of the city’s Jewish...
German public TV blasted for airing claim ‘Jewish lobby’ controls US Mideast policy
The airing on German public television of an interview in which a German political scientist claimed that the Biden administration’s foreign policy was controlled by the “Jewish lobby” drew sharp criticism online and in...
California State University, Fresno, removes name of Nazi sympathizer from library
The California State University board of trustees has voted to remove the name of a Nazi sympathizer from the Fresno State campus library.
The Henry Madden Library will now be referred to as the Fresno State Library...
It’s time to de-normalize ‘Palestinianism’
Last year, there were nearly 3,000 anti-Semitic attacks in the U.S., an increase of 34% over 2020. In New York City, attacks increased by 409%. This is mirrored in the daily incidents on campus...
UN’s point man on religious freedom has released his plan for combating anti-Semitism
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed presented a historic report in 2019 on global anti-Semitism as a human rights concern. His creation of the first stand-alone report on anti-Semitism by a...