Tag: anti-Semitism
Netanyahu to Khamenei: Those threatening Israel with destruction face similar danger
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday for using Nazi imagery to threaten Israel with destruction.
Responding to an anti-Semitic image that Khamenei shared on Twitter—a poster reading,...
Jewish group calls on Toronto mosque to denounce anti-Semitic ‘prayers’
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) on Tuesday called on a Toronto-area mosque to publicly denounce anti-Semitic remarks broadcasted on its property over the weekend.
A man using a loudspeaker at the Jaffari Center, a...
US names deputy special envoy to combat anti-Semitism
David Peyman has been tapped as the U.S. State Department’s deputy special envoy to combat anti-Semitism for BDS, Eurasia and special projects.
“We are pleased to announce that David Peyman joined the Office of the...
San Diego County, nation, respond to hate incidents
Two grocery store incidents in Santee earlier this month in which a man wearing the hood of the Ku Klux Klan, and a man and woman wearing masks featuring swastikas, continue to reverberate. San...
Groups decry reported arson at Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Iran, urge investigation
Several Jewish organizations have expressed concern and condemnation over a purported arson attack on the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamedan, Iran.
Conflicting information surrounds the extent of the attack on the Jewish shrine....
Is the panic about a rise in American anti-Semitism justified?
American Jews are more worried about anti-Semitism than at any time in recent memory. Recent surveys conducted by the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee show that they feel less safe with large numbers claiming personal experience...
Couple arrested in Brooklyn for accusing Chassidim of spreading coronavirus
A couple has been arrested for allegedly shouting at three Chassidic men in Brooklyn, N.Y. blaming Jews for spreading the coronavirus, all while attempting to rip off their face coverings, announced the New York...
ADL: Number of anti-Semitic incidents in US hit record high in 2019
The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States in 2019 were the most in at least four decades, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League.
There were 2,107 reported anti-Semitic...
Is there something wrong with people liking Jews?
During the course of a press call marking May as Jewish Heritage Month, Elan Carr, the U.S. State Department’s special envoy for monitoring and combating anti-Semitism, said something that set off critics of the...
Syrian man smashes windows of kosher restaurant in Amsterdam for second time
A Syrian man was arrested on Friday for smashing the windows of a kosher restaurant in Amsterdam—the second time he has done so.
Saleh Ali, 31, was subdued with pepper spray by officers after he...