Tag: anti-Semitism
Sanders’s presidential campaign selects anti-Semitic comedian as surrogate
The Democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) recently picked anti-Semitic comedian and University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Professor Amer Zahr, who has expressed support for the anti-Israel BDS movement.
“Does #BDS...
Authorities are investigating desecration of 300-year-old Jewish cemetery near London
Authorities are investigating the desecration of a 300-year-old Jewish cemetery near London, reported the United Kingdom’s Jewish Chronicle.
Assailants reportedly used sledgehammers to shatter, upend and split headstones at the Chatham Memorial Synagogue cemetery. The damage was discovered...
New survey finds widespread concern over anti-Semitism among American Jews
A vast majority of American Jews consider anti-Semitism to be a major problem facing the community amid widespread fear that it is increasing.
According to a new survey by the American Jewish Committee, nearly nine...
Report: Palestinian convert to Judaism arrested, tortured in Hebron by PA forces
A 50-year-old Palestinian man who recently converted to Judaism was arbitrarily arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces two weeks ago and is still in custody, according to a Ynet report. The man claims to have been...
Poll: Majority of Germans express alarm over anti-Semitism following synagogue attack
A majority of Germans expressed that “a lot more” anti-Semitism has spread throughout their country, according to a new poll taken one week after the Oct. 9 attack on a synagogue in the German...
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.
The project Walls That Remember is a series of murals on the walls of Vilnius’ former...
Jewish MP quits Labour Party after 55 years, blasts Corbyn over anti-Semitism
A Jewish lawmaker on Wednesday quit the British Labour Party that she had been a member of for 55 years and condemned its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, for allowing anti-Semitism to spread under his leadership.
Liverpool...
UK teacher fired after “joking” about sending Jewish kids to “the gas chambers”
A primary-school teacher in England was fired after allegedly “joking” to pupils about “sending them to the gas chamber” if they failed to finish their work.
The teacher at Newberries Primary School, Hertfordshire, told a class of...
Germany has allowed anti-Semitism to flourish once again
As I write these lines in Jerusalem, Yom Kippur has just come to an end. The news has just reached us that during the holiday, a synagogue was attacked in the German city of...
Israeli, Jewish leaders respond to Yom Kippur attack on synagogue in Germany
Israeli and Jewish leaders issued messages of solidarity and calls for action after a neo-Nazi gunned down two people and injured several others in Halle, Germany, on Wednesday, during the Jewish holiday of Yom...