Antisemitic events
07-12-2009 / Russia
Russia – Antisemitic graffiti
In the city of Troitsk, located in the Moscow County, antisemitic graffiti as well as swastikas have been sprayed on two stores. The graffitis have been sprayed on the signs of the "Expret" ("Эксперт") and the "Eldorado" ("Эльдорадо") stores . View Larger Map ...07-12-2009 / Austria
Austria – The Jews and Israel are to blame for Antisemitism in Hungary
In an interview to the NFZ newspaper, the official representative of the FPO (Austrian Freedom Party), Johann F. Balvany, accuses the Jews and Israel for the constant increase and radicalization of antisemitism in Hungary.
As a result of "the surrender of the country to Israeli capital", "Israeli diplomatic advisors who receive substantial remuneration", "the penetration of the...
07-12-2009 / United States
USA - Antisemitic graffiti found in Worcester synagogue
Rabbi Matthew Berger found an antisemitic symbol outside of the Temple Emanuel in Worcester MA .
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07-12-2009 / Argentina
Argentina - Six tombs vandalized in Jewish cemetery in Buenos Aires
Six tombs in a Jewish cemetery in the Argentine capital were vandalized.
Julio Schlosser, general secretary of the AMIA organization, told the Jewish news agency that the tombs were vandalized in the Liniers cemetery, in the western part of the city.
“They completely destroyed them. They lifted off the lids of the tombs and dug the earth from the graves, something never seen...
06-12-2009 /
Europe – Study: antisemitism up, Islamophobia down
For the last eight years, the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence at the University of Bielefeld has been running an annual study called "German Conditions" to learn about "group focused enmity“ such as xenophobia, sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and prejudices against unemployed, disabled, homeless or homosexual people in Germany.
Due to the financial crisis...
06-12-2009 / Belarus
Belarus - Antisemitism in Belarus
Despite a certain liberalization throughout 2008, Belarus still remains one of the few states on the territory of the former Soviet Union, which has retained nearly all attributes or a totalitarian regime. In the national sphere, policy is of utmost importance, and current policy is one where the authorities provide little or no help to ethnic minorities which are engaged in preserving their...06-12-2009 / Moldova
Moldova - Antsemitism in Moldova
There has not been noticeable activity of any political parties the program or propaganda materials of which incorporate Antsemitic ideas. There are no Antsemitic periodicals with even small influence. However, an absence of organized political Antsemitism does not imply an absence of judophobic individuals. The peculiarities of the Holocaust in the Rumanian-occupied zone are the probable...06-12-2009 / Britain
Britain - Antisemitism in England
A group of Jews and Christians protested outside Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church at the PSC’s Carol Service, with Caryl Churchill, author of the antisemitic play “Seven Jewish Children”. The vicar of the Church, Simon Perry, buys into the PSC’s propaganda. He is on record as supporting the event and believes “people here would endorse the PSC (Palestine Solidarity Campaign)”....06-12-2009 / United States
USA - Menorah damaged in Holbrook
An aluminum menorah was damaged when vandals knocked it down in front of a store on Long Island.
Vandals wrestled and twisted it to the ground in front of the "Friendly Drug Store" on Main Street in Holbrook.
Suffolk County police say its hate crimes unit is trying to identify three youths who were videotaped attacking the candelabrum.
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05-12-2009 / Belgium
Belgium – An Antisemitic graffiti
An Antisemitic graffiti has been sprayed on the commemorative tablet for the immortalization of the Righteous Among the Nations at the entrance of the Palais des Congrès (Convention Center) located at the Mont des Arts in Brussels.
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04-12-2009 / Russia
Russia - Israelis attacked outside Jewish Religious Community building in Moscow
Two citizens of Israel were attacked in Moscow near the building of the "Esh-a-Tora" Jewish Youth Religious Community." The attack, which resulted in the hospitalization of both the victims, took place around 10PM. Police are investigating the crime, the second likely antisemitic attack in Moscow this week. Source: http://www.ucsj.org/...04-12-2009 / Russia
Russia - Antisemitic attack in Moscow
A neo-Nazi attacked a young Jewish man in Moscow. The 25 year old victim was traveling in the metro when he was approached by a man who asked him what his ethnicity is. The assailant then yelled out "Heil!" and started to beat the victim after asking him if he was a Jew and threatening to kill him. Police detained alleged assailant, but only charged him with "minor hooliganism" and then...03-12-2009 / United States
Puerto Rico - Antisemitism injected into controversy over proposed primate facility
Antisemitism has been injected into a public debate over a proposed monkey-breeding facility in Puerto Rico, with some opponents accusing "Jewish economic interests" of attempting to destroy the island's environment. On November 30 an activist opposed to the monkey-breeding facility was prominently quoted in a local newspaper suggesting that an "Israeli company" was developing the facility...03-12-2009 / Sweden
Sweden - a bottle and stone were thrown at the synagogue
A glass bottle and a stone were thrown against two windows of the Great Synagogue in Stockholm by an unknown assailant. 
03-12-2009 / Ukraine
Ukraine - Ukraine academic: Israel imported 25,000 kids for their organs
Stories appearing on several Ukrainian Web sites claim Israel has brought around some 25,000 Ukrainian children into the country over the past two years in order to harvest their organs.
The claim, which was made by a Ukrainian philosophy professor and author at a pseudo-academic conference in Kiev, is the latest expression of a wave of antisemitism in the country. It comes a few months...
03-12-2009 / Israel
Israel - Lalov'a Rabbi's gravestone smashed by vandals
Jews who came to pray Monday at the area reserved for the Lalov Hassidic group on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem found that the gravestone of the Rabbi of Lalov had been smashed by vandals. The gravestone was dedicated recently, after 30 days had passed since the funeral of the rabbi.
The tombstone was smashed from both sides with heavy hammers and was in danger of collapsing....
01-12-2009 / United States
USA - Vandals paint swastikas on synagogue in El Paso
Vandals painted swastikas on a West Side synagogue in what FBI agents and police are investigating as a possible hate crime.
The swastikas were on a playground and an outdoor globe recognizing donors at Chabad Lubavitch of El Paso. Tagger-style graffiti was also on windows, walls and a door.
"I think the swastikas are a direct attack on the Jewish nation," Rabbi Yisrael Greenberg...
30-11-2009 / United States
USA – Antisemitic graffiti in Missouri
A Missouri City resident found a swastika and the words “Katie is a Jew” spray painted on his fence. The resident whose fence was vandalized is Asian, but a Jewish family with a daughter named Katie lives nearby. The incident occurred in the Lakeside Meadow at Brightwater neighborhood Source: http://www.fortbendnow.com/ View... ...29-11-2009 / France
France: Dieudonne: "I am supported by Iran"
The controversial French comedian, Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, admitted that he has received payments from Iran in order for him to wage a cultural struggle against Zionism. The comedian, who is considered a self-declared antisemite, further told of a meeting that he held in Teheran last week with Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
"We have received a sizable grant that will enable us...
29-11-2009 / United States
USA - Newspaper accused of antisemitism
Leader of campaign to drive advertisers away from Berkeley Daily Planet says editor 'addicted to anti-Israel expression just as an alcoholic is to drinking.' Editor in response: I have the old-fashioned basic liberal thing of believing that the remedy for speech you don’t like is more speech
A group of critics has accused The Berkeley Daily Planet's editor, Becky O’Malley, of...
