Hungary condemns far-right's anti-Semitic comments - Jerusalem Post, Israel 07 Feb 2012
Hungary’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday criticized anti-Semitic and pro-Iranian regime statements of Jobbik party lawmaker Márton Gyöngyösi. read more »
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World Jewish Congress calls for probe of brutal attack against head of Jewish school in Argentina
The WJC has condemned Monday's vicious anti-Semitic attack against the director of an Orthodox Jewish school in Buenos Aires. Rabbi Moshe Cohen was accosted by a man who yelled “Dirty Jew” and other insults against him and hit him on the head with a nunchaku, an oriental martial-arts weapon. read more »
» ANALYSIS - Denis MacShane: The new ‘Ds’ of European anti-Semitism - Jerusalem Post, Israel
Leading official of Hungarian extremist party accuses Jews of colonializing country
In an interview with the 'Jewish Chronicle', Márton Gyöngyösi, deputy leader of the far-right Jobbik party, openly questioned the Holocaust. He also claimed that Jews were colonizing Hungary and that Israeli's treatment of the Palestinians was like a "Nazi system". read more »
» Hungary condemns far-right's anti-Semitic comments - Jerusalem Post, Israel
Ronald Lauder calls Italian ruling on anti-Semitic cartoon "travesty"
The president of the World Jewish Congress expressed outrage at the conviction of Italian journalist and politician Peppino Caldarola who had written an article criticizing a cartoon that depicts fellow parliamentarian Fiamma Nirenstein, who is Jewish, with a hooked nose, the symbol of fascist Italy, and the Star of David. read more »
Head of Jewish parliamentarians' group urges British MP to apologize for slur against ambassador
Fiamma Nirenstein, the chair of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians, has called on British MP Paul Flynn to apologize for derogatory remarks about the British ambassador in Tel Aviv, Matthew Gould, whom Flynn called unfit to represent the UK in Israel for being Jewish. read more »
» Martin Bright: Jewish divided loyalty: the old lie - The Spectator, UK
Vodka firm removes billboard ad after allegations of anti-Semitism
The New-York based Wódka Vodka has said it would remove billboards with slogan “Christmas Quality, Hanukkah Pricing” and apologized for the ads after receiving a number of complaints. read more »
Budapest mayor defends appointment of extreme-right theater directors
In Hungary, the decision by Budapest Mayor István Tarlós to name two extreme-right men as new directors of the city's prestigious New Theater has been met with strong criticism, notably from the Jewish community. read more »
Apple pulls plug on 'Jew or not Jew' iPhone app - but only in France
Following pressure from French Jewish institutions and anti-racism campaigners, the IT giant Apple Inc. has removed from its French online store an application called ‘Jew or Not Jew’ that claims to allow users to identify whether a politician or celebrity is Jewish. The critics said the ‘app’ breached French law which bans disclosing people's religion without their consent or compiling data about people's religions. read more »
Slight rise in anti-Semitic acts in Germany as vandals strike at Berlin's Weißensee Cemetery
In Germany, a slight rise in anti-Semitic crimes has been noted in the second quarter of 2011, according to the federal government. From April to June, police registered 215 incidents, including four acts of violence against Jews and 41 cases of hate propaganda. At Weißensee in Berlin, Europe’s largest Jewish cemetery, vandals recently damaged 16 graves and stole metal objects. read more »
Malaysian soccer federation says sorry to Israeli player for suffering anti-Semitic abuse
The Football Association of Malaysia has offered a qualified apology to the leading English soccer club Chelsea FC and its Israeli player Yossi Benayoun for any anti-Semitic abuse suffered during a recent match in the capital Kuala Lumpur. read more »
Academic sues British labor union for “harassment” of Jewish members
British academic and pro-Israel activist Ronnie Fraser has filed a lawsuit against the University and College Union (UCU), of which he is a member, claiming it has created a “degrading, humiliating and offensive environment” for its Jewish members. read more »
Ronald S. Lauder praises Polish leaders for taking strong stand against anti-Semitic priest
Following another diatribe made by the Redemptorist Polish priest Tadeusz Rydzyk, WJC President Ronald S. Lauder has welcomed the “strong condemnation and decisive action” by Polish leaders, including Prime Minister Donald Tusk, against Tadeusz Rydzyk, the head of an influential media concern which includes 'Radio Maryja'. read more »
Delta criticized for helping to implement Saudi travel restrictions on Jews
Jews and passengers carrying any non-Islamic article of faith such as bibles will reportedly not be able to fly code-share flights from the US to Saudi Arabia under Delta Air Lines' new partnership with Saudi Arabian Airlines. WJC Secretary General Dan Diker urged Delta not to become “complicit with what appears to be an anti-Semitic policy.” read more »
» Delta Saudi flap leaves questions of openness to Jewish flyers - JTA, USA
Spanish Jews outraged at acquittal of neo-Nazis by High Court
The Jewish Community Federation of Spain has strongly criticized the decision by the High Court to quash a lower court’s decision which had found four persons linked to the Kalki bookshop in Barcelona guilty of incitement to hatred and anti-Semitism. Israel's Embassy in Madrid said the ruling was reason for "sadness and concern." read more »
Venezuelan Jews protest promotion of ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ on state radio
The Jewish Community Confederation of Venezuela (CAIV) has lodged a protest with the country’s attorney general in which it denounced the promotion of the anti-Semitic pamphlet ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ by a state-owned radio channel. read more »
Cannes film festival bans Danish movie director after anti-Semitic rant
At a press conference, the controversial Danish film director Lars von Trier had claimed to be a Nazi and to "understand Hitler". European Jewish Congress President Kantor called the remarks "another reminder of the seeming comfort that anti-Semites feel expressing their prejudices in public gatherings." read more »
» Belgian justice minister under fire for suggesting to “forget” collaboration with Nazis
Argentine Jewish community wins injunction against Google over ‘suggested searches'
Argentina’s Jewish umbrella organization DAIA has successfully applied for a court injunction against the US giant Google Inc., whose popular web search engine had ‘suggested’ users to visit certain anti-Semitic websites, including some where the Holocaust was denied. read more »
Anti-Semitism lower in 2010, finds new study
While anti-Jewish incidents in 2010 were less frequent than in the previous year, the 2010 figure is still the third highest since 1990, according to a new study by the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism in Tel Aviv. European Jewish Congress President Kantor said that one of the worrying growths in 2010 had been that of anti-Semitic comments made by prominent officials in Europe. read more »
» Is Israel the best place for Jews to live? Haaretz interview with Moshe Kantor
» Netanyahu: Lessons of Shoah not learned, anti-Semitism spreads - Jerusalem Post, Israel
Two suspects arrested over arson attack against Corfu synagogue
Police have arrested two men suspected of carrying out an arson attack against the synagogue on the Greek island of Corfu on the first day of the Passover holiday. The World Jewish Congress, the Greek Jewish community, and the government of Greece strongly condemned the attack. read more »
» Police investigate vandalism at Maryland synagogue, Jewish businesses - Daily Journal, USA
» Has anti-Semitism increased or decreased in your area in recent years? 
Fashion house Dior suspends its chief designer over alleged anti-Jewish remarks
The French fashion house Dior has suspended its chief designer John Galliano after he was briefly held by police for allegedly making anti-Semitic and other racist comments in a Paris bar and attacking a couple. read more »
“I am an anti-Semite”, famous Greek composer admits
The acclaimed Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, 85, has openly admitted that he is an "anti-Semite and anti-Zionist." In a TV interview he blamed American Jews for being “behind the world economic crisis”. read more »
Anti-Semitism in Britain still at alarming levels, study finds
More than 639 incidents of anti-Jewish incidents were reported last year, the second highest number since 1984, the Community Security Trust (CST) of the British Jewish community has said in its new report. read more »
» Dutch parliament discusses new measures against anti-Semites
» UK student leader subjected to barrage of anti-Semitic insults at rally
» Has anti-Semitism increased or decreased in your area in recent years?
UK student leader subjected to barrage of anti-Semitic insults at rally
Aaron Porter, the head of the Britain’s National Union of Students, had to be escorted to safety by police after being surrounded by radical protesters shouting anti-Semitic insults at him at a rally. read more »
» Rutgers Jewish students turned away from anti-Zionist event - JTA, USA
Helen Thomas makes more anti-Semitic remarks
The ex-dean of the White House press corps, 90-year-old former Hearst Newspapers columnist and reporter Helen Thomas, has alleged that "Congress, the White House, Hollywood and Wall Street are owned by the Zionists." The statements caused her former university in Michigan to drop an award named after her. read more »
More rejection of Jews and Muslims in Germany than in other European nations
According to a study conducted by social scientists, anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim sentiments are far more wide-spread in Germany than in other western European countries. read more »
» European Muslim and Jewish leaders to hold high-level dialogue in Brussels
Media mogul Murdoch decries “soft war” against Israel
Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born CEO of News Corp who owns a range of TV networks and newspapers including ‘Fox’ and the ‘New York Post’, has decried the "ongoing war against the Jews" and demanded an end to efforts to isolate Israel. read more »
» Australian labor unions push for boycott of goods from Israeli settlements
World Jewish Congress denounces Greek judiciary for siding with notorious anti-Semite
As three Greek human rights activists are to go on trial for speaking out against judges who acquitted the extreme-right politician Kostas Plevris, the World Jewish Congress has called on the European Parliament to send an official observer to watch the trial in Athens. read more »
Romanian central bank under fire over commemorative coin
Romania’s National Bank has been strongly criticized after minting a coin which depicts the late patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Miron Cristea, who as prime minister stripped many Jews of their citizenship in 1939. read more »
Synagogue in Maryland attacked by vandals
Swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans including the Nazi slogans “Arbeit macht frei” (Work will set you free) and “Juden raus” (Jews out) were spray-painted on the outside of a synagogue in Olney, Maryland. read more »
» Has anti-Semitism increased or decreased in your area in recent years?
Louis Farrakhan calls Jews the “worst enemy” of African Americans
The controversial minister of the Nation of Islam movement, Louis Farrakhan, has written a letter to the leaders of more than a dozen major US Jewish organizations in which he claims that Jews had caused Blacks damage for centuries. read more »
German neo-Nazi legislator suspended after calling Israel “Jewish terror state”
A member of a state legislature in Germany has been suspended for six months after calling Israel a “Jewish terror state” and speaking of a “thriving Holocaust industry”. read more »
Report records shocking rise of violent anti-Semitism in western Europe in 2009
A new survey by the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism in Tel Aviv has revealed a strong surge in violent anti-Semitism in 2009, which in western Europe has now reached the highest level in decades. read more »
» British Jews take action against hate speech on college campuses
» Has anti-Semitism increased or decreased in your area in recent years?
Hungarian Jews demonstrate against rising anti-Semitism and extremism
More than 1,000 Jews marched through central Budapest in protest against a series of anti-Semitic incidents and the worsening political climate in the run-up to parliamentary elections next week. read more »
» Bill punishing Holocaust denial becomes law in Hungary
» Hungarian extremists promise cleansing of nation from "vermin"
Overwhelmingly negative attitudes toward Jews in Islamic countries
A survey conducted by Pew Research in 25 countries has found that the populations of nearly all Muslim countries hold very negative attitudes toward Jews. read more »
» French 'Nazi hunter' talks about Holocaust in Middle Eastern countries
» How concerned are you that or your family could be a victim of a terrorist attack?
» Rabbi Michael Melchior at the WJC Strategic Forum, Jerusalem, 19 October 2009 
Report: British Jews suffered record level of anti-Semitic attacks in 2009
A record number of anti-Semitic incidents was registered in the UK in 2009, according to a report by the Community Security Trust. Prime Minister Gordon Brown called the figures “deeply troubling.” read more »
» Man pleads guilty to anti-Semitic activities in Brooklyn Heights
» Ronald S. Lauder: We are all in the same boat
» Russian newspaper editor jailed for anti-Semitic incitement
» Has anti-Semitism increased or decreased in your area in recent years?
» Mr. Mike Whine at the WJC Strategic Forum, Jerusalem, 19 October 2009
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Leading official of Hungarian extremist party accuses Jews of colonializing country 03 Feb 2012
In an interview with the 'Jewish Chronicle', Márton Gyöngyösi, deputy leader of the far-right Jobbik party, openly questioned the Holocaust. He also claimed that Jews were colonizing Hungary and that Israeli's treatment of the Palestinians was like a "Nazi system". read more »
Greater Manchester has highest anti-Semitic crime rate in UK 02 Feb 2012
More anti-Semitic crime took place in the Greater Manchester are than in London in 2011, despite seven times more Jews living in the capital, the Community Security Trust has found. read more »
EJC president: Sweden a center of anti-Semitism - Jerusalem Post, Israel 25 Jan 2012
Sweden has become “a center of anti-Semitism,” the president of the European Jewish Congress, Moshe Kantor, said ahead of a ceremony at the European Parliament in Brussels to commemorate the Holocaust. read more »
Firebombings at 2 synagogues in New Jersey lead to arrest - New York Times, USA 25 Jan 2012
A man who the authorities said was driven by hatred of Jews was charged Tuesday with firebombing two Bergen County synagogues. read more »
Ronald Lauder calls Italian ruling on anti-Semitic cartoon "travesty" 24 Jan 2012
The president of the World Jewish Congress expressed outrage at the conviction of Italian journalist and politician Peppino Caldarola who had written an article criticizing a cartoon that depicts fellow parliamentarian Fiamma Nirenstein, who is Jewish, with a hooked nose, the symbol of fascist Italy, and the Star of David. read more »
German anti-Semitism "deep-rooted" in society - BBC News, UK 23 Jan 2012
Anti-Jewish feeling is "significantly" entrenched in German society, according to a report by experts appointed by the German parliament, the Bundestag. read more »
Students face censure after playing 'Nazi drinking game' and attacking Jewish student - Daily Telegraph, UK 16 Jan 2012
Students at one of Britain's most prestigious universities played a Nazi themed drinking game and then broke the nose of a Jewish colleague who objected, it has been alleged. read more »
Tunisian Jews speak out after racist slogans shouted - Daily Star, Lebanon 09 Jan 2012
Jews in Tunisia asked the government Sunday to take steps to avoid a repeat of the anti-Semitic slogans chanted during a visit to the country by Gaza's Hamas leader last week. read more »
1,000 Victoria residents hold vigil after Jewish cemetery vandalism - Vancouver Sun, Canada 09 Jan 2012
More than 1,000 people held a vigil in Victoria Sunday, a week after vandals desecrated headstones in a Jewish cemetery with swastikas and other hateful language. read more »
Chile forest fire arrest revives old anti-Jewish theories - Jewish Chronicle, UK 06 Jan 2012
Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have appeared on Chilean websites following the arrest of an Israeli tourist in connection with a devastating forest fire. read more »
'Anonymous' targets German far-right with 'Nazi Leaks' website - BBC News, UK 06 Jan 2012
Hackers have targeted Germany's far-right with a Wikileaks-style website. read more »
Belgian policeman accuses anti-racist center of anti-Semitism, files complaint 13 Dec 2011
A senior Belgian police officer on Monday accused a member of the country's anti-racism center of anti-Semitism after describing Jews as being "financially powerful". read more »
Jewish girl in Belgium: "I got used to being called a dirty Jew" - YNet, Israel 08 Dec 2011
What happens when a Jewish girl from Belgium is brutally attacked by Muslim schoolmates? Police fail to handle incident, while school and politicians turn a blind eye. read more »
US backs Ambassador Gutman after remarks about anti-Semitism - European Jewish Press, Belgium 06 Dec 2011
President Barack Obama's administration on Monday rejected Republican calls to fire the US ambassador to Belgium after he had said that the Middle East conflict was partly to blame for anti-Semitism. read more »
Head of Jewish parliamentarians' group urges British MP to apologize for slur against ambassador 05 Dec 2011
Fiamma Nirenstein, the chair of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians, has called on British MP Paul Flynn to apologize for derogatory remarks about the British ambassador in Tel Aviv, Matthew Gould, whom Flynn called unfit to represent the UK in Israel for being Jewish. read more »
Attack on Jewish teen at Winnipeg high school "shocking" - Winnipeg Free Press, Canada 05 Dec 2011
A police probe is underway into an incident at a Winnipeg high school involving a student with Nazi links who reportedly used a lighter to burn the hair of a Jewish student. read more »
David Duke arrested prior to address at German neo-Nazi event - JTA, USA 05 Dec 2011
Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke was arrested as he was about to speak at a neo-Nazi event in Germany. read more »
Jewish cemetery in Kosovo capital desecrated - Associated Press, USA 02 Dec 2011
Police in Kosovo are investigating who sprayed swastikas on dozens of tombstones in a Jewish cemetery recently restored by American and Kosovan students, a spokesman said on Thursday. read more »
OPINION - Richard Landes: Muslim anti-Semitism, Israel and the dynamics of self-destructive scapegoating - Daily Telegraph, UK 02 Dec 2011
The sooner the Western 'progressives' stop feeding Muslims' anti-Semitic vulnerabilities by joining them in demonizing Israel, and help them learn some self-criticism, the sooner we are likely to see a real Arab Spring, one that benevolent people the world over can sincerely cheer. read more »
Anti-Semitism in Australia increases by 31 percent, study shows - Haaretz, Israel 01 Dec 2011
Anti-Semitic violence in Australia has increased by 31 percent over the past year, a recent study that was presented in Melbourne showed. read more »
Anti-Semitic acts of vandalism strike New Jersey town - JTA, USA 01 Dec 2011
Windows were smashed Tuesday night at five stores in Highland Park, New Jersey owned by Jewish merchants. read more »
Cairo rally: "One day, we'll kill all Jews" - YNet, Israel 25 Nov 2011
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has held a venomous anti-Israel rally in Cairo mosque as Islamic activists chant: "Tel Aviv, judgment day has come." read more »
Vodka firm removes billboard ad after allegations of anti-Semitism 23 Nov 2011
The New-York based Wódka Vodka has said it would remove billboards with slogan “Christmas Quality, Hanukkah Pricing” and apologized for the ads after receiving a number of complaints. read more »
Belgian Jews 'shocked' by anti-Semitic attack against young girl in Brussels - European Jewish Press, Belgium 22 Nov 2011
CCOJB, the umbrella group of Jewish organizations in Belgium, has expressed "shock" after an anti-Semitic aggression against a 13-year-old girl last Friday in Brussels. read more »
UK lottery cash funds Jew-hate jamboree - Jewish Chronicle, UK 18 Nov 2011
The Arts Council in England has defended funding of a concert by the author of what the Community Security Trust branded "quite probably the most anti-Semitic book published in this country in recent years" by saying that it helps to "present a diverse view of world society". read more »
Police investigate possible hate crime in Jewish New York neighborhood - CNN, USA 14 Nov 2011
Police are investigating what authorities say could be a hate crime in a Jewish section of Brooklyn, New York, after three cars were set ablaze and anti-Semitic graffiti was scrawled across park benches. read more »
German Jewish leaders call for ban of extreme-right groups 14 Nov 2011
A series of murders across Germany committed by neo-Nazis was showing the urgency of banning the country's biggest right-extremist party, the NPD, Dieter Graumann and Charlotte Knobloch have said. read more »
Oxford University club members resign over anti-Semitism - JTA, USA 07 Nov 2011
Four members of the Oxford University Conservative Association have resigned over anti-Semitism and snobbery. read more »
ADL survey shows slight rise in American anti-Semitism - JTA, USA 04 Nov 2011
Anti-Semitism in the United States has increased slightly since 2009, according to an Anti-Defamation League survey. read more »
Hungarians rally against far-right theatre director - Agence France Presse, France 24 Oct 2011
Hungarians rallied on Saturday against the appointment of far-rightists to direct a Budapest theatre, a move which has triggered international protests. read more »
OPINION - Pinchas Goldschmidt: An atmosphere of intolerance in Europe - Huffington Post, USA 12 Oct 2011
Minority communities across Europe are beginning to feel that the underlying motivation behind recent infringements on their personal and religious freedoms is to either force us out of Europe or to make us quietly and gently assimilate into an ill-perceived European secular hegemony. read more »
Budapest mayor defends appointment of extreme-right theater directors 11 Oct 2011
In Hungary, the decision by Budapest Mayor István Tarlós to name two extreme-right men as new directors of the city's prestigious New Theater has been met with strong criticism, notably from the Jewish community. read more »
Ukrainians protest Jewish pilgrimage - YNet, Israel 26 Sep 2011
Police have detained about 100 activists of Ukraine's nationalist party on Sunday who protested the annual pilgrimage of Hasidic Jews in southern Ukraine. read more »
Apple pulls plug on 'Jew or not Jew' iPhone app - but only in France 15 Sep 2011
Following pressure from French Jewish institutions and anti-racism campaigners, the IT giant Apple Inc. has removed from its French online store an application called ‘Jew or Not Jew’ that claims to allow users to identify whether a politician or celebrity is Jewish. The critics said the ‘app’ breached French law which bans disclosing people's religion without their consent or compiling data about people's religions. read more »
Another Jewish memorial vandalized in Poland - JTA, USA 13 Sep 2011
A Jewish memorial in eastern Poland was vandalized - the second time this month that a Jewish monument in the country was defaced. read more »
Critics divided over "lenient" Galliano verdict - Jewish Chronicle, UK 12 Sep 2011
The relatively lenient sentence handed to disgraced designer John Galliano last week has received mixed reactions. read more »
Galliano: Paris court hands former Dior chief designer fine for anti-Jewish outbursts 08 Sep 2011
The French fashion house Dior’s former chief designer John Galliano has been found guilty by a Paris court of hate speech and given suspended fines totaling US$ 8,400 for anti-Semitic insults against customers at a Paris café on two separate occasions. read more »
Protest in Poland against anti-Semitic incidents - JTA, USA 05 Sep 2011
A silent 'March of Unity' was held in the Polish city of Bialystok to protest recent anti-Semitic and racist incidents in eastern Poland. read more »
The unrelenting conspiracy talk behind the 9/11 attacks - Asian Pacific Post 31 Aug 2011
There are scores, hundreds, even thousands of theories of what ‘really’ happened on 11 September 2011. Many of them are anti-Semitic. read more »
British student guilty of Israel flag racism - BBC News, UK 24 Aug 2011
A student at St. Andrews University in Scotland has been found guilty of a racist breach of the peace after he insulted the flag of Israel. read more »
Slight rise in anti-Semitic acts in Germany as vandals strike at Berlin's Weißensee Cemetery 23 Aug 2011
In Germany, a slight rise in anti-Semitic crimes has been noted in the second quarter of 2011, according to the federal government. From April to June, police registered 215 incidents, including four acts of violence against Jews and 41 cases of hate propaganda. At Weißensee in Berlin, Europe’s largest Jewish cemetery, vandals recently damaged 16 graves and stole metal objects. read more »
Muslim militant says David Letterman's "tongue deserves to be cut out"- Reuters, UK 19 Aug 2011
A Muslim militant has urged American followers to assassinate American talk show host David Letterman, saying his tongue deserves to be cut out, a US intelligence monitoring group has said. read more »
German neo-Nazis fall for wash and go T-shirt trick - Jewish Chronicle, UK 11 Aug 2011
Anti-extremism campaigners in Germany have hit upon a novel idea to expose neo-Nazi supporters. read more »
OPINION - Benjamin Weinthal: Where is Europe in the fight against UN-sponsored anti-Semitism? - The Commentator, UK 09 Aug 2011
The UN’s forthcoming anti-racism event, Durban III, will be a hotbed of anti-Semitism. But the leading European countries still seem determined to attend. read more »
Jewish group: Romanian word is anti-Semitic - Associated Press, USA 09 Aug 2011
A prominent Jewish group urged the Romanian Academy on Monday to change its dictionary definition of an anti-Semitic slur to make it clear it is pejorative. read more »
Anti-Jewish tirades at Hungarian newspaper provoke outrage - Jerusalem Post, Israel 04 Aug 2011
Anti-Jewish comments from the Hungarian daily 'Magyar Hirlap' and the passage of a restrictive new media law in early July by Hungary’s conservative government have prompted sharp criticism from American and Austrian media outlets. read more »
Malaysian soccer federation says sorry to Israeli player for suffering anti-Semitic abuse 03 Aug 2011
The Football Association of Malaysia has offered a qualified apology to the leading English soccer club Chelsea FC and its Israeli player Yossi Benayoun for any anti-Semitic abuse suffered during a recent match in the capital Kuala Lumpur. read more »
The banality of anti-Semitism in Egypt - MEMRI, Israel 27 Jul 2011
MEMRI TV has made available a video of a comedy skit aired on Egyptian Television portraying a Jewish grandfather, his granddaughter and grandson sitting around the kitchen table scheming to sell human organs. They are portrayed as bloodthirsty, greedy buffoons in order to elicit chuckles from the audience. read more »
Malaysia media claims Jewish plot after rally - Associated Press, USA 18 Jul 2011
alaysia's government-linked media claimed Monday that foreign Jewish groups might try to use an opposition-backed push to reform electoral laws to interfere in this Muslim-majority country. read more »
Vandals daub words of hate on walls of new synagogue in Florida 11 Jul 2011
A building in Mount Dora, Florida, which was recently refurbished to house a new synagogue, has been spray-painted with anti-Semitic graffiti. read more »
Parliamentary committee laments “unprecedented" levels of anti-Semitism in Canada 08 Jul 2011
A new report by a committee of parliamentarians says Canada is facing unprecedented levels of anti-Semitism, especially on university campuses. read more »
Academic sues British labor union for “harassment” of Jewish members 07 Jul 2011
British academic and pro-Israel activist Ronnie Fraser has filed a lawsuit against the University and College Union (UCU), of which he is a member, claiming it has created a “degrading, humiliating and offensive environment” for its Jewish members. read more »
Ronald S. Lauder praises Polish leaders for taking strong stand against anti-Semitic priest 28 Jun 2011
Following another diatribe made by the Redemptorist Polish priest Tadeusz Rydzyk, WJC President Ronald S. Lauder has welcomed the “strong condemnation and decisive action” by Polish leaders, including Prime Minister Donald Tusk, against Tadeusz Rydzyk, the head of an influential media concern which includes 'Radio Maryja'. read more »
Delta criticized for helping to implement Saudi travel restrictions on Jews 24 Jun 2011
Jews and passengers carrying any non-Islamic article of faith such as bibles will reportedly not be able to fly code-share flights from the US to Saudi Arabia under Delta Air Lines' new partnership with Saudi Arabian Airlines. WJC Secretary General Dan Diker urged Delta not to become “complicit with what appears to be an anti-Semitic policy.” read more »
German Left Party squirms under "anti-Semitism" claims - DPA, Germany 23 Jun 2011
Germany's opposition Left Party is feuding over criticism that some of its members' criticisms of Israel has veered across the line into outright anti-Semitism. The leader of the German Jewish community, Dieter Graumann, weighed into the dispute, complaining that not just the far right, but also some of the far left have a "pathological, berserk hatred of Israel." read more »
San Francisco circumcision ban referendum stirs debate over anti-Semitism - Bloomberg, USA 16 Jun 2011
A referendum in San Francisco that would make it illegal to circumcise boys under the age of 18 worries Jews and Muslims in the city. read more »
Spanish Jews outraged at acquittal of neo-Nazis by High Court 06 Jun 2011
The Jewish Community Federation of Spain has strongly criticized the decision by the High Court to quash a lower court’s decision which had found four persons linked to the Kalki bookshop in Barcelona guilty of incitement to hatred and anti-Semitism. Israel's Embassy in Madrid said the ruling was reason for "sadness and concern." read more »
Jewish politician in Finland attacked by anti-Semite 03 Jun 2011
Finland's most prominent Jewish politician, Parliament Speaker Ben Zyskowicz, has been assaulted by a man shouting a racial slur against Jews. read more »
Austrian local councilor with Nazi tattoo resigns 31 May 2011
Gerry Leitmann, a member of an Austrian municipal council, has resigned after causing an uproar over his Nazi tattoo. read more »
British rabbi attacked thrice in within weeks 31 May 2011
A rabbi in England has been targeted three times by suspected anti-Semitic vandals. read more »
Venezuelan Jews protest promotion of ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ on state radio 27 May 2011
The Jewish Community Confederation of Venezuela (CAIV) has lodged a protest with the country’s attorney general in which it denounced the promotion of the anti-Semitic pamphlet ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ by a state-owned radio channel. read more »
Cannes film festival bans Danish movie director after anti-Semitic rant 19 May 2011
At a press conference, the controversial Danish film director Lars von Trier had claimed to be a Nazi and to "understand Hitler". European Jewish Congress President Kantor called the remarks "another reminder of the seeming comfort that anti-Semites feel expressing their prejudices in public gatherings." read more »
Argentine Jewish community wins injunction against Google over ‘suggested searches' 17 May 2011
Argentina’s Jewish umbrella organization DAIA has successfully applied for a court injunction against the US giant Google Inc., whose popular web search engine had ‘suggested’ users to visit certain anti-Semitic websites, including some where the Holocaust was denied. read more »
ANALYSIS - Denis MacShane: The new ‘Ds’ of European anti-Semitism - Jerusalem Post, Israel 11 May 2011
Recent events in Europe suggest that the time has come to add de-tabooization of anti-Semitic discourse. read more »
World Jewish Congress calls for probe of brutal attack against head of Jewish school in Argentina 11 May 2011
The WJC has condemned Monday's vicious anti-Semitic attack against the director of an Orthodox Jewish school in Buenos Aires. Rabbi Moshe Cohen was accosted by a man who yelled “Dirty Jew” and other insults against him and hit him on the head with a nunchaku, an oriental martial-arts weapon. read more »
John Galliano gets rid of his Jewish lawyer 04 May 2011
The disgraced British fashion designer John Galliano has reportedly sacked his Jewish lawyer Stéphane Zerbib, who he had hired in March in order to battle charges of anti-Semitism. read more »
Netanyahu: Lessons of Shoah not learned, anti-Semitism spreads - Jerusalem Post, Israel 02 May 2011
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that the "lessons of the Holocaust have not been learned," referring to spreading anti-Semitism in recent years. read more »
Anti-Semitism lower in 2010, finds new study 02 May 2011
While anti-Jewish incidents in 2010 were less frequent than in the previous year, the 2010 figure is still the third highest since 1990, according to a new study by the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism in Tel Aviv. European Jewish Congress President Kantor said that one of the worrying growths in 2010 had been that of anti-Semitic comments made by prominent officials in Europe. read more »
Vicious anti-Israel document found on website of German left-wing party 28 Apr 2011
Prosecutors in Germany are investigating an anti-Israel leaflet which was found on the website of a regional chapter of Germany's Socialist party ‘Die Linke’ (The Left), which is represented in the Bundestag and several regional assemblies. read more »
Police investigate vandalism at Maryland synagogue, Jewish businesses - Daily Journal, USA 21 Apr 2011
Montgomery County police say someone used a BB gun to shoot holes in several windows at a synagogue in Potomac, Maryland and at two nearby businesses. read more »
Two suspects arrested over arson attack against Corfu synagogue 21 Apr 2011
Police have arrested two men suspected of carrying out an arson attack against the synagogue on the Greek island of Corfu on the first day of the Passover holiday. The World Jewish Congress, the Greek Jewish community, and the government of Greece strongly condemned the attack. read more »
Galliano sacked from ‘John Galliano’ label over anti-Semitic outburst 18 Apr 2011
The British fashion designer John Galliano has been sacked from his own designer label over accusations of anti-Semitism and racism. read more »
Canadian Jewish Congress to press hate crime charges against Muslim group 15 Apr 2011
A Toronto-based Muslim group's website has featured a video address by former US Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. The World Jewish Congress' Canadian affiliate has lodged a complaint with police for alleged hate crimes. read more »
Anti-Semitic abuse "rife among football fans" - Daily Telegraph, UK 14 Apr 2011
David Baddiel, the comedian, has launched a campaign to stamp out use of the word 'yid' in football chants which mock Jewish and Tottenham supporters. High-profile backers have also condemned fans for hissing at Jewish spectators, to imitate the sound of gas chambers used in the Holocaust. read more »
Student violently attacked in southern France for being Jewish 11 Apr 2011
In France, a 21-year-old was beaten up near his synagogue after admitting to his attackers he was Jewish. read more »
Canadian student files suit over anti-Semitic harassment at a Toronto university 30 Mar 2011
A Jewish student has filed a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal against York University in Toronto, in which he alleges that the college had actively legitimized an anti-Jewish atmosphere on campus. read more »
Moscow prosecutor rejects ban on sale of anti-Semitic pamphlet 29 Mar 2011
The chief prosecutor in the Russian capital has refused to prohibit the sale of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, one of the world's most infamous anti-Semitic texts. read more »
US in grip of Israel lobby, Helen Thomas alleges 21 Mar 2011
Former White House reporter Helen Thomas, 90, has said she knew exactly what she was doing when she said on camera that Jews "should get the hell out of Palestine." read more »
European anti-Semitism and xenophobia are linked, report finds - JTA, USA 14 Mar 2011
Anti-Semitism and other forms of xenophobia are closely linked among Europeans, and Hungarians and Poles are the most likely to hold extreme anti-Semitic views, according to a new report. read more »
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accuses journalists of "Jewish conspiracy" 02 Mar 2011
The founder of the controversial internet platform 'WikiLeaks', Julian Assange, has accused British journalists of a "Jewish conspiracy" against him, to deprive him of funds by Jewish donors read more »
Dior sacks chief designer after new evidence of anti-Semitism emerges 02 Mar 2011
British fashion designer John Galliano has been fired by the French fashion house Dior after allegedly harassing a couple using anti-Semitic and racist slurs. read more »
Fashion house Dior suspends its chief designer over alleged anti-Jewish remarks 27 Feb 2011
The French fashion house Dior has suspended its chief designer John Galliano after he was briefly held by police for allegedly making anti-Semitic and other racist comments in a Paris bar and attacking a couple. read more »
Anti-Semitism flares in Greece - Los Angeles Times, USA 21 Feb 2011
Greece, more than many European nations, continues to wrestle with strong anti-Jewish feelings. Such sentiments have been revived amid the angst and anger of the Greek economic crisis. read more »
“I am an anti-Semite”, famous Greek composer admits 10 Feb 2011
The acclaimed Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, 85, has openly admitted that he is an "anti-Semite and anti-Zionist." In a TV interview he blamed American Jews for being “behind the world economic crisis”. read more »
Poles increasingly sympathetic to Jews, study finds 09 Feb 2011
Anti-Jewish sentiment in Poland has been decreasing significantly over the past years, a study commissioned by the major newspaper ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’ has found. read more »
Vienna Jewish community sues cinema chain over Turkish movie 03 Feb 2011
Austrian Jews are suing the cinema chain UPI and a local film distributor over the newly released Turkish film ‘Valley of the Wolves: Palestine’, which they consider anti-Semitic. read more »
Anti-Semitism in Britain still at alarming levels, study finds 03 Feb 2011
More than 639 incidents of anti-Jewish incidents were reported last year, the second highest number since 1984, the Community Security Trust (CST) of the British Jewish community has said in its new report. read more »
Dutch parliament discusses new measures against anti-Semites 02 Feb 2011
Jewish groups in the Netherlands have called for swifter punishment of Holocaust deniers as the Dutch parliament on Wednesday debated how to combat rising anti-Semitism. read more »
UK student leader subjected to barrage of anti-Semitic insults at rally 01 Feb 2011
Aaron Porter, the head of the Britain’s National Union of Students, had to be escorted to safety by police after being surrounded by radical protesters shouting anti-Semitic insults at him at a rally. read more »
Rutgers Jewish students turned away from anti-Zionist event - JTA, USA 31 Jan 2011
Jewish students at Rutgers University and their supporters were reportedly barred from a campus event sponsored by anti-Zionist groups. read more »
Jewish group complains to EU presidency about Hungary's far-right - Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Germany 26 Jan 2011
Hungary's far-right party Jobbik was singled out for criticism at a meeting between the European Jewish Congress and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose country holds the European Union presidency, in Brussels on Wednesday. read more »
Jewish hockey player sues team and coaches over alleged anti-Semitism 26 Jan 2011
Jason Bailey, a professional American ice hockey player, is suing the Californian team Anaheim Ducks in court, claiming that coaches of one of its affiliate teams subjected him repeatedly to harassment and made anti-Semitic remarks. read more »
British government bans radical Florida pastor from entering the country 21 Jan 2011
Terry Jones, an extremist pastor from Florida who once said Judaism and other religions were “of the devil” and who last year threatened to burn a Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, has been denied entry into the UK. read more »
Head of small Jewish community in Germany receives death threats from Islamist 21 Jan 2011
A German Islamist has reportedly issued death threats against Wolfgang Seibert, the head of the small Jewish community of Pinneberg, near Hamburg. read more »
Jean-Marie Le Pen parts from political scene with anti-Semitic slur 17 Jan 2011
Marine Le Pen has been elected as leader of the extreme-right and xenophobic National Front movement, succeeding her father Jean-Marie, who made another statement against Jews in his farewell speech. read more »
Vandals strike at four synagogues and a Jewish school in Montreal 17 Jan 2011
Police in the Canadian city of Montreal are investigating a series of attacks by vandals on five Jewish institutions in the early hours of Sunday. read more »
Supremacist Website Publishes List of Italian Jews 14 Jan 2011
The US white supremacist website 'Stormfront' has published a list of "influential" Italian Jews. read more »
OPINION - Ed West's Blog: Since when was anti-Semitism rebranded as 'anti-racism'? - Telegraph.co.uk 17 Dec 2010
Imagine you were an advertising executive and that a client came in asking you to “rebrand” anti-Semitism. The ad execs shake their heads and stare out of the window until one with real flair suddenly speaks up. “We’ll simply re-name it ‘anti-racism’. No one could possibly be against racism, right?” read more »
Wikileaks activist in Russia a Holocaust denier and anti-Semite, says report 17 Dec 2010
An anti-Semitic writer who has been described by campaigners as a Holocaust denier is believed to be working as a distributor for the internet platform WikiLeaks in Russia. read more »
Winona Ryder accuses Mel Gibson of calling her an "oven dodger" 17 Dec 2010
The Jewish actress Winona Ryder has claimed that American actor and film director Mel Gibson had made "anti-Semitic and homophobic" remarks long before he was caught on tape doing so in 2006. read more »
Latvian leaders condemn attack against Jewish cemetery in Riga 09 Dec 2010
Latvia's President Zatlers, Prime Minister Dombrovskis and other leaders of the Baltic country condemned an attack against a Jewish cemetery in the capital. Unknown perpetrators had painted Nazi symbols on dozens of headstones. read more »
Greek human rights activists who defended Jews acquitted 07 Dec 2010
Charges against three Greek human rights activists who were on trial for criticizing biased judges who had acquitted the notorious Holocaust denier Konstantinos Plevris have been quashed. read more »
Helen Thomas makes more anti-Semitic remarks 06 Dec 2010
The ex-dean of the White House press corps, 90-year-old former Hearst Newspapers columnist and reporter Helen Thomas, has alleged that "Congress, the White House, Hollywood and Wall Street are owned by the Zionists." The statements caused her former university in Michigan to drop an award named after her. read more »
More rejection of Jews and Muslims in Germany than in other European nations 02 Dec 2010
According to a study conducted by social scientists, anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim sentiments are far more wide-spread in Germany than in other western European countries. read more »
Writer Martin Amis calls Brits “a little anti-Semitic”, alleges double standards on Israel 30 Nov 2010
The British writer Martin Amis has called the UK and the West “a little anti-Semitic” and accused it of expecting “higher moral standards from Israel than its neighbors.” read more »
Outrage over anti-Semitic textbooks used in Islamic schools in England 24 Nov 2010
Textbooks used in several Islamic schools in Britain promote anti-Semitic views, a BBC report has found. On textbook says Jews are cursed by God and “look like monkeys and pigs.” read more »
Texan House speaker under fire from his own party for being Jewish 18 Nov 2010
Joe Straus, the Republican speaker of the Texan House of Representatives who is seeking re-election, has come under attack for being Jewish. read more »
Muslim supplier refuses "blood money" from South African Jewish group 04 Nov 2010
A Muslim-owned company in Johannesburg has canceled an order placed by the South African Zionist Federation with comments saying: “Please don’t pay! Don’t contaminate our account with your blood money!” read more »
Jewish center in Chicago suburb hit by vandals 02 Nov 2010
Authorities in the Chicago suburb of Evanston are investigating a case of vandalism at the local Chabad house, which serves the nearby Northwestern University campus. read more »
Washington moves to better protect Jewish students against harassment on campus 27 Oct 2010
The US federal government has adopted measures to fight bullying and other forms of anti-Semitism against Jewish students on college campuses. read more »
Literature professor calls for destruction of Israel at rally in DC 25 Oct 2010
Two Pennsylvania state lawmakers have sent a letter of complaint to the head of Lincoln University in Oxford about a literature professor who made strong anti-Israel statements at a rally in Washington, DC. read more »
Media mogul Murdoch decries “soft war” against Israel 20 Oct 2010
Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born CEO of News Corp who owns a range of TV networks and newspapers including ‘Fox’ and the ‘New York Post’, has decried the "ongoing war against the Jews" and demanded an end to efforts to isolate Israel. read more »
Spanish king receives medal for promoting tolerance 11 Oct 2010
The European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation, which operates under the auspices of the European Jewish Congress, has bestowed Spanish King Juan Carlos with the first ever ‘European Medal of Tolerance’. read more »
Vatican chides Berlusconi for 'Jewish jokes' 05 Oct 2010
The Vatican's official newspaper, the ‘Osservatore Romano’, has deplored jokes made by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi about Jews, saying they were "offensive" to Holocaust victims. read more »
Chancellor Merkel honored in New York for supporting Jewish revival in Germany 22 Sep 2010
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been awared the Leo Baeck Medal for her work in German-Jewish reconciliation with an award from a US group founded by a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust. read more »
Jewish high school in Washington state vandalized by anti-Semites 21 Sep 2010
Swastikas and references to the Nazi gas chambers were discovered on the eve of Yom Kippur on the walls of a Jewish high school on Mercer Island. read more »
Spike in anti-Semitic attacks in the Netherlands in 2009 21 Sep 2010
Anti-Semitism in the Netherlands nearly doubled in 2009 compared to 2008. Police said that 209 incidents were recorded, accounting for nearly a tenth of all discriminatory incidents in the country. read more »
"It won't be long before Sweden Democrats show true anti-Semitic nature" - Haaretz, Israel 21 Sep 2010
Far-right, anti-immigrant party won an unprecedented number of seats in recent elections; local Jewish leader warns its pro-Israel stance is just an expression of anti-Islam policy. read more »
Venezuelan Jews express concerns at meeting with President Hugo Chávez 20 Sep 2010
The leadership of Venezuela’s Jewish community has met with President Hugo Chávez. They raised the problem of anti-Semitism in state media and asked Chávez to restore diplomatic relations with Israel. read more »
World Jewish Congress denounces Greek judiciary for siding with notorious anti-Semite 20 Sep 2010
As three Greek human rights activists are to go on trial for speaking out against judges who acquitted the extreme-right politician Kostas Plevris, the World Jewish Congress has called on the European Parliament to send an official observer to watch the trial in Athens. read more »
Media coverage of EJC response to the EU Trade Commissioner’s remarks on Jews 13 Sep 2010
Summary of the media coverage of the European Jewish Congress comments in response to the EU Trade Commissioner’s remarks about Jews, on 03 September 2010. read more »
Senior EU official claims “Jewish lobby” has grip on US foreign policy 06 Sep 2010
Karel De Gucht, the EU trade commissioner and former Belgian foreign minister, has sparked outrage across Europe by alleging in a radio interview that the “Jewish lobby” held power over US foreign policy and that it was difficult having “rational” discussions with Jews on the subject of the Middle East. read more »
Lithuanian Jews outraged as anti-Semites place pig's head outside synagogue 24 Aug 2010
Jewish organizations in Lithuania have condemned an apparent neo-Nazi attack in which a pig's head was left at the entrance of a synagogue in the city of Kaunas. read more »
Romanian central bank under fire over commemorative coin 10 Aug 2010
Romania’s National Bank has been strongly criticized after minting a coin which depicts the late patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Miron Cristea, who as prime minister stripped many Jews of their citizenship in 1939. read more »
Vandals desecrate World War II memorial in south-western France 09 Aug 2010
A monument to victims of World War II in Marmande was spray-painted with anti-Semitic graffiti. read more »
Hackers post Nazi slogans on websites of Nazi concentration camp memorials 29 Jul 2010
The websites of two former Nazi concentration camps have been attacked by hackers, who replaced a ‘Book of the Dead’ on the Buchenwald pages with neo-Nazi slogans and completely erased the Mittelbau-Dora site. read more »
Synagogue in Maryland attacked by vandals 28 Jul 2010
Swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans including the Nazi slogans “Arbeit macht frei” (Work will set you free) and “Juden raus” (Jews out) were spray-painted on the outside of a synagogue in Olney, Maryland. read more »
Oliver Stone revives anti-Semitic stereotypes 26 Jul 2010
American movie director Oliver Stone has alleged that Jewish control of the media was preventing an open debate about the Holocaust. He also alleged that the Jewish lobby in Washington was controlling US foreign policy. read more »
Explosion outside synagogue in Swedish city shocks Jewish community 26 Jul 2010
A firecracker has exploded on the steps of the synagogue in the Swedish city of Malmö, a day after a bomb threat was taped to the building. read more »
Another Jewish cemetery in French region of Alsace vandalized 22 Jul 2010
More than two dozen graves were desecrated at a Jewish cemetery in Wolfisheim, in the eastern French region of Alsace. read more »
Canadian anti-Semite charged with promoting genocide 12 Jul 2010
In Canada, a Bangladeshi immigrant who regularly calls for the slaughter of Jews in postings on the internet has become the first person to be charged with promoting genocide. read more »
Louis Farrakhan calls Jews the “worst enemy” of African Americans 30 Jun 2010
The controversial minister of the Nation of Islam movement, Louis Farrakhan, has written a letter to the leaders of more than a dozen major US Jewish organizations in which he claims that Jews had caused Blacks damage for centuries. read more »
New Zealand radio presenter suspended after saying that “Jews were expendable” 29 Jun 2010
A New Zealand radio presenter has been suspended after saying that “Jews were expendable” and making a Nazi jibe. read more »
Militants attack UN children’s camp in Gaza Strip 29 Jun 2010
Masked gunmen set fire to a United Nations-run summer camp for Palestinian children in Gaza. read more »
Two Israelis beaten up in Berlin by man of Palestinian origin 29 Jun 2010
Two Israeli tourists have been attacked by a man of Palestinian descent in a Berlin nightclub, although it is not yet clear if the motive for the attack was anti-Semitism. read more »
Jewish dancers attacked by Muslim teenagers at performance in Germany 25 Jun 2010
A group of Jewish dancers has been attacked with stones by a group of teenagers during a street festival in Hanover, Germany. read more »
Bomb explodes outside synagogue in Russian town 22 Jun 2010
A homemade bomb went off in the early hours of Monday outside the synagogue of Tver, 170 km northwest of Moscow. No one was injured. read more »
German neo-Nazi legislator suspended after calling Israel “Jewish terror state” 18 Jun 2010
A member of a state legislature in Germany has been suspended for six months after calling Israel a “Jewish terror state” and speaking of a “thriving Holocaust industry”. read more »
European body criticizes Poland for lack of progress in fighting anti-Semitism 15 Jun 2010
In a new report, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance says that discriminatory attitudes persist in Poland and that anti-Semitism was tolerated in parts of the political world and the media. read more »
Helen Thomas’ career finished after anti-Jewish remarks 09 Jun 2010
President Barack Obama has welcomed the immediate retirement of journalist Helen Thomas, 89, following her call on Jews “to get the hell out of Palestine”. read more »
French authorities act against Hamas television channel 08 Jun 2010
The French government has asked its broadcasting authority CSA to put an end to "incitement to hatred' on the Hamas-run ‘Al-Aqsa TV’, broadcast via a Paris-based satellite company. read more »
White House press corps doyen Helen Thomas apologizes for anti-Jewish comments 07 Jun 2010
Helen Thomas, at 89 the oldest active member of the White House Press Corps, has been forced to apologize for saying that the Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine" and go “back home to Poland, Germany, America and everywhere else." read more »
Six Torah scrolls stolen from synagogue in Belgium 01 Jun 2010
Six Torah scrolls, including one that is more than 200 years old, have been stolen from one of the main synagogues in Antwerp, Belgium. read more »
'Patrick Buchanan: What Else Is New?' 25 May 2010
By Menachem Z. Rosensaft published in The Huffington Post read more »
Jewish cemetery in Greece's second city desecrated with graffiti and fire. 17 May 2010
A Jewish cemetery in Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki, has been desecrated with graffiti and a tomb set on fire. read more »
Merkel calls fight against anti-Semitism one of her key priorities 11 May 2010
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that the fight against anti-Semitism as well as remembering the Holocaust are permanent duties for German society as a whole. read more »
One of three suspects in Nîmes attack on Jewish senior arrested 06 May 2010
A man suspected of having attacked a 78-year-old Jewish man in the southern French city of Nîmes is being held for questioning by police. read more »
Two brutal attacks against Jews in France within 48 hours 04 May 2010
In separate incidents in Strasbourg and Nîmes, two Jewish men aged 42 and 77 were brutally attacked over the weekend. read more »
Jewish school in Ukraine vandalized by neo-Nazis 22 Apr 2010
A Jewish school in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, run by the Chabad Lubavitch movement, has been vandalized, reportedly by members of a local neo-Nazi group. read more »
Hungarian extremists win record 15 percent in parliamentary elections 12 Apr 2010
While the center-right party Fidesz won a resounding victory over the ruling Socialist Party in the first round of Hungary’s parliamentary elections, the anti-Semitic and racist Jobbik party secured a record 15 percent of the vote, trailing the Socialists by only four percent. read more »
Report records shocking rise of violent anti-Semitism in western Europe in 2009 12 Apr 2010
A new survey by the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism in Tel Aviv has revealed a strong surge in violent anti-Semitism in 2009, which in western Europe has now reached the highest level in decades. read more »
London performance by anti-Semitic French comedian canceled after protests 08 Apr 2010
A performance by the anti-Semitic French comedian Dieudonné in London has been canceled following complaints from the Jewish community, the ‘Jewish Chronicle’ reports. read more »
Hungarian Jews demonstrate against rising anti-Semitism and extremism 07 Apr 2010
More than 1,000 Jews marched through central Budapest in protest against a series of anti-Semitic incidents and the worsening political climate in the run-up to parliamentary elections next week. read more »
After anti-Semitic attacks on subway, Jews in Berlin alarmed 01 Apr 2010
Jewish leaders have expressed alarm over a rise in anti-Semitism in the capital Berlin, following two violent incidents on the city’s public transport system. read more »
Formula One chief Ecclestone says again that Hitler did Germany some good 17 Mar 2010
Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, who last year praised Adolf Hitler for “being able to get things done”, has again made controversial statements on this subject. read more »
Holocaust memorial near Krakow desecrated by vandals 15 Mar 2010
Anti-Semitic graffiti and slogans have been sprayed on monuments at the former Nazi concentration camp of Plaszow, in southern Poland. read more »
Spanish neo-Nazi given 33-month prison sentence for incitement against Jews 09 Mar 2010
A Barcelona court has sentenced the neo-Nazi Pedro Varela to two years and nine months in jail for calling for a genocide against Jews and Blacks, and for distributing hate literature through his bookstore. read more »
Far-right politician’s presidential candidacy sparks outrage in Austria 09 Mar 2010
The Catholic archbishop of Vienna and Jewish leaders, among others, have strongly criticized the candidacy of the FPÖ politician Barbara Rosenkranz for the presidency of the Republic of Austria. read more »
British Jews take action against hate speech on college campuses 05 Mar 2010
The Board of Deputies of British Jews has drawn up an action plan to combat the spread of extremism and hate speech on university campuses in the UK. read more »
Czech soldier under investigated for Nazi tattoos 25 Feb 2010
An investigation focusing on extremism in the Czech military has revealed a soldier who had Nazi symbols tattooed on his body. read more »
Jewish group wants boycott of university for failing to reign in Israel-basing 18 Feb 2010
The Zionist Organization of America has urged Jewish students not to apply for a place at the University of California in Irvine and for donors to stop supporting the institution as it had failed to halt anti-Semitism and Israel-bashing on its campus. read more »
Boca Raton synagogue desecrated by vandals 17 Feb 2010
A synagogue in Boca Raton, Florida has been desecrated by vandals who also daubed anti-Semitic slogans on its walls. read more »
British Liberal party leader sacks spokeswoman for "unacceptable" comments on Israel 15 Feb 2010
Baroness Jenny Tonge has been dismissed as a spokesperson of the British Liberal Democrats after calling on Israel to disprove allegations that its medical teams in Haiti harvested organs of earthquake victims. read more »
French 'Nazi hunter' talks about Holocaust in Middle Eastern countries 09 Feb 2010
The French ‘Nazi hunter’ Serge Klarsfeld has urged Muslims and Jews to learn about their mutual suffering as a way to bring them closer, at a series of conferences on the Shoah held in several Arab countries and Israel. read more »
Overwhelmingly negative attitudes toward Jews in Islamic countries 09 Feb 2010
A survey conducted by Pew Research in 25 countries has found that the populations of nearly all Muslim countries hold very negative attitudes toward Jews. read more »
Canadian Jewish Congress criticizes US court verdict for neo-Nazi 08 Feb 2010
The Canadian Jewish Congress strongly condemned a US district court’s ruling that threats made by the American neo-Nazi William White against Canadians were not punishable. read more »
Report: British Jews suffered record level of anti-Semitic attacks in 2009 05 Feb 2010
A record number of anti-Semitic incidents was registered in the UK in 2009, according to a report by the Community Security Trust. Prime Minister Gordon Brown called the figures “deeply troubling.” read more »
Russian newspaper editor jailed for anti-Semitic incitement 04 Feb 2010
A court in the Russian city of St. Petersburg has found the editor-in-chief of the newspaper ‘Orthodox Russia’ guilty of incitement to hate against Jews and sentenced him to three years in prison. read more »
Mussolini speech collection for iPhone withdrawn in Italy 04 Feb 2010
In Italy, the application ‘iMussolini’ for Apple’s iPhone, which allowed users to download speeches made by the former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, has been withdrawn, following legal threats and protests by Jewish groups. read more »
Ronald Lauder criticizes on-going misuse of UN racism conference; calls for change of United Nations attitude 21 Apr 2009
World Jewish Congress head wants UN to shine the light on human rights abuses everywhere read more »
World Jewish Congress Blasts UN Vote Threatening Freedom of Expression 27 Mar 2009
The WJC has strongly condemned Thursday's passage in the United Nation Human Rights Council of a resolution calling "defamation of religion" a human rights violation. The council adopted the text proposed by Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference that, in essence, deems criticism of Islam a human rights violation. read more »
"Prevent Holocaust revisionist Le Pen from chairing European Parliament opening," World Jewish Congress president Lauder demands 26 Mar 2009
Ronald Lauder: "Shame if Le Pen is allowed to become next European Parliament's doyen" read more »
World Jewish Congress: Durban Review Conference a failed endeavor; brings no redress to victims of human rights abuses 09 Mar 2009
The World Jewish Congress expressed deep disappointment that the adoption of the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference in Geneva last week again singles out Israel for blame. read more »
World Jewish Congress: Durban Review Conference a failed endeavor; brings no redress to victims of human rights abuses 09 Mar 2009
The World Jewish Congress expressed deep disappointment that the adoption of the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference in Geneva last week again singles out Israel for blame. read more »
WJC President Lauder calls on Hungary to condemn hate speech and act against racist incitement 25 Feb 2009
World Jewish Congress leader expresses concerns about rising anti-Semitism: "Anti-Jewish jibe by far-right Hungarian city councilor must not go unanswered" read more »
WJC President calls for suspension of all sporting events in UAE until Israeli participants are admitted 18 Feb 2009
Exclusion of Israeli players from tennis tournament "scandalous", says Ronald Lauder read more »
Materials
Two extracts from Annual Report on Antisemitism in Australia : 1 October 2009 to 30 September 2010 22 Nov 2010
During recent years, there has been a great deal of discussion and debate internationally on a perceived rise in antisemitic prejudices and anti-Jewish activity. download »
Antisemitism Report 2009 by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry 30 Nov 2009
This report marks the 20th year in which the author has compiled, analysed and reported on the many phenomena which together constitute antisemitism in Australia. download »
"Iranian Antisemitism: Stepchild of German National Socialism" by Matthias Küntzel
Many Iranians—including those in exile—claim that currently there is not any antisemitism in Iran. They point to the fact that the Jews of Iran today constitute the largest Jewish community in any Muslim country, which is true, and that even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does not attack “the Jews,” but rather “the Zionists.” download »
CST Report on Anit-Semitic Incidents in the UK 2009 05 Feb 2010
Executive Summary of a report from the UK's Community Security Trust (CST), revealing the highest recorded number of anti-Semitic incidents in the country during 2009. download »
WJC & Combating anti-Semitism
According to a recent report by the Stephen Roth Institute, there was an increase in anti-Semitic incidents world-wide of 6.6 per cent in 2007 compared with the previous year. Moreover, the number of severe violent attacks rose threefold in 2007. The recent Madoff scandal has inspired a new spate of anti-Semitic pronouncements and vandalism in several countries.
Anti-Semitism is still a deeply-rooted phenomenon in many liberal democracies, despite efforts by governments and independent organisations to tackle it. Hatred against Jews is nowadays also entrenched in many Muslim countries.
Anti-Semitism in all its forms must be combated vigorously by determined action of governments and civil society.
Of particular importance are the education of young people, the role of the media, and the action by police and the judiciary in bringing perpetrators of anti-Semitic crimes to justice.
Governments and international organisations need to provide adequate resources for the fight against hatred, notably by providing security to Jewish communities and by improving education.
Laws against anti-Semitism and other forms of racism need to be adopted and enforced properly in every country.
Neo-Nazi groups
In several countries, neo-Nazi groups are gaining ground. Marches and rallies are increasingly being held by extremist organisations. Sometimes, they intentionally pass by Jewish sites or are held to coincide with important Holocaust-era anniversaries.
All forms and expressions of neo-Nazism, xenophobia and intolerance are unacceptable and have to be condemned.
The full force of the law needs to be applied to those who are a danger to democracy liberty and Jewish communities.
Marches by extremist, anti-Semitic neo-Nazi groups should be banned where national laws provide for such a possibility. Where such laws do not exist Government leaders should speak out unequivocally against such groups.
Anti-Zionism = Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism often comes in the form of excessive, unbalanced criticism of Israel, including calls for boycotts of Israeli products, etc. In 2007, a British trade union called for the boycott of Israeli academics. The Paris and Turin book fairs in March and April 2008 were boycotted by many Muslim countries and intellectuals because Israel was invited as the guest of honour. Institutes of higher learning continue to contemplate boycotts of Israeli academics. In most cases, such expressions of anti-Zionism are simply another form of anti-Semitism
Israel’s thriving democracy is rightly open to criticism. However, unfair and biased attacks against Israel or Jews supporting Israel need to be condemned and countered.
Boycotts of Israel in any form are unjustified and unacceptable.
Subtle media that blurs anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism in order to inflame and exacerbate public dislike of both Israel and Jews should be exposed.
The media and the Internet
Along with everybody else, extremists are increasingly making use of the internet, the most wide reaching form of mass media. Extremist groups use the internet to advertise themselves and their ideologies, publicise their activities, communicate with their members and raise funds. Young, impressionable, people are increasingly being misled by hate propaganda disseminated in this way.
Technological advances have also reduced the cost of producing and distributing books and leaflets and television and radio shows can be produced and broadcast over the internet for little or no cost.
Governments, regulators, online retailers and internet service providers need to address the proliferation of anti-Semitic and other hate material on the internet and adopt clear guidelines on this issue, especially when children and teenagers and targeted.
Anti-Semitic broadcasters or newspapers must not benefit from state-funding. Where possible, licenses for TV and radio broadcasters should be granted only if these do not disseminate hate propaganda.
Self-regulation by internet service providers and online retailers to prevent the spread of anti-Semitic, xenophobic or racist material is the appropriate way to deal with this issue. Online retailers and companies must take their responsibilities seriously, or risk being exposed. It is morally wrong and distasteful to make money with items glorifying the Nazis.
Companies that knowingly accept the publication, or promote the sale, of anti-Semitic or racist materials on their platforms and websites should be condemned, and in extreme cases boycotted. However, freedom of speech should not be restricted and efforts to combat hate propaganda in the media should not primarily consist of bans and censorship, but through creative use of the internet in support of Israel and the Jewish people.
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Priority Issues
WJC & The Iranian Threat
Iran's nuclear ambitions pose a threat to its neighbors and the world. Iran is a leading sponsor of terrorism. Iranian leaders, above all President Ahmadinejad, repeatedly question or deny the Holocaust and threaten Israel. read more »
WJC & Combating anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism is still a deeply-rooted phenomenon in many democracies, despite efforts by governments and NGOs to tackle it. In addition to 'traditional' anti-Semitism, new forms and expressions of anti-Semitism are being manifested around the world. read more »
WJC & Fighting terrorism
Jews, and Jewish sites, are often the main targets of terrorists. The WJC works to fight terrorism by advocating a halt in arms proliferation to terrorist groups, better international cooperation, and the protection of Jewish institutions. read more »
WJC & Supporting Israel
Around the world, Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state is constantly questioned. The WJC and its affiliates actively defend the legitimacy of Israel on all levels and support the state against unfair and biased attacks. read more »
WJC & the Legacy of the Holocaust
Seven decades after the Shoah, some countries still have not returned stolen Jewish property. The WJC defends the rights of the victims and their heirs. It also strives to ensure that the greatest crime in the history of mankind is not denied or trivialized. read more »
WJC & Jews from Arab Lands
The plight and concerns of Jews who fled from,or still live in, Arab lands after 1948 are not well-known. The WJC is committed to raising this issue with governments and international organizations. read more »
WJC & Promoting Inter-Faith Dialogue
The WJC has always spearheaded dialogue between the three Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Inter-faith cooperation can make an important contribution to peace around the world and to better understanding between communities in our societies. read more »
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