Tag: Antisemitism
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Andres Roemer, Joins Combat Anti-Semitism Movement’s Advisory Board
The Combat Anti-Semitism Movement (CAM) today announced that UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, Dr. Andres Roemer, has joined its Advisory Board. Dr. Roemer, who is an internationally acclaimed writer, academic and intellectual, dedicated to the promotion...
January 5, 1939: Nazis Declare: Karaites Are Not Racially Jewish
On January 5, 1939, the Reich Office for Genealogical Research issued a written opinion stating that it did not view the Karaite community as being racially connected to the Jews.
Although this was hardly the...
December 30, 1066: The Granada Massacre
A Muslim mob stormed the royal palace in Granada, Spain on this date in 1066, crucified Joseph ibn Naghrela, the Jewish vizier to the Berber king, and massacred more than a thousand Jewish families....
November 5, 1916: The Everett Lumber Massacre
Abraham Rabinowitz, 22, was among between seven and twelve members of the Industrial Workers of the World (the Wobblies) who were killed on a dock in Everett, Washington on this date in 1916, when...
September 24th, 1683: French King Louis XIV ordered Jews expelled from French colonies in...
French King Louis XIV ordered Jews expelled from French colonies in North America on this date in 1683. The order was mostly ignored where it would be most relevant, in Martinique, the Caribbean land...
September 16, 1614: Frankfurt Jews Expelled
Frankfort-on-the-Main, some 400 years ago...
The city of Frankfurtwas even then an important center of business and trade. It was famous for its annual trade fairs, when merchants from far and near came to buy...
Norway arrests suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris
Norwegian police arrested a suspect in a 38-year-old terrorist attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris that left six people dead and at least 20 wounded.
The suspect, a man who had been sought by...
Austrian authorities arrest Syrian suspect for assault on Jewish leader
Austrian authorities on Monday announced the arrest of a 31-year-old Syrian refugee in connection with the assault on the head of the Jewish community in Graz on Saturday.
“Investigators believe that there was an Islamist...
Orthodox synagogue in Harrisburg is defaced with swastika
Police in Harrisburg, Pa., are investigating the vandalism of a local synagogue.
Swastikas were spray-painted on the exterior of Kesher Israel Synagogue, an Orthodox congregation. The graffiti was removed shortly after it was found on...
A chill wind from Poland
I’ve known Rafal Pankowski, the Polish academic and campaigner against anti-Semitism and racism, for almost 20 years, but I don’t think I’ve heard him sound as worried about the political situation in his country...