Antisemitic events
27-05-2010 / Canada
Canada - Public servant claims rights victory following antisemitism complaint
A Jewish public servant has won a major human rights victory against the federal government after complaining that her workplace at the Ottawa headquarters of Passport Canada was poisoned by antisemitism.
In a stinging decision, federal adjudicator Michele Pineau ruled that some of Valéry LaBranche’s fellow employees discriminated against her because of her adherence to the laws of...
26-05-2010 / Germany
Germany – Grandson of slain trainer attacked
The grandson of athletics trainer Amitzur Shapira, may he rest in peace - one of Is the Israeli Olympic team-members that were assassinated at the Munich Massacre – was victim to a violent assault which– just like that horrific incident during the Olympic Games – was a result of a burning hatred towards Jews.
The incident took place during the early evening, at the bus station of...
26-05-2010 / Israel
Israel - Swastikas sprayed on Holocaust survivors monument in Dimona
Dimona municipality workers on Wednesday were shocked to discover dozens of swastikas sprayed on a monument for late Member of Knesset Yuri Stern and Dimona residents who fought in the Red Army against the Nazis during World War II.
Some of the Nazi symbols were also sprayed on the municipality building. Police opened an investigation and said they expects to make arrests soon....
26-05-2010 / Russia
Russia - Jewish group concerned by series of antisemitic incidents in Ulyanovsk
The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FEOR) released a statement expressing concern over a string of antisemitic incidents in Ulyanovsk. According to FEOR, on April 20 (Hitler's birthday) graffiti reading "death to the kikes" appeared in several parts of the city. On May 1, antisemitic leaflets were circulated at a Communist party meeting, and on May 9 (Victory Day), a group of...25-05-2010 / Russia
Russia – Antisemitic leaflets
These leaflets were slicked in Tver during the V-Day. The leaflet says "Only 65 years after WWII we understood who our enemy is. Stop fraternal wars!"
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25-05-2010 / Poland
Poland - Cemetery in Sosnowiec desecrated
Vandals destroyed 56 tombstones in the Jewish cemetery on ul. Commerce in Sosnowiec. Some of them have only been overturned, many broke into pieces. As is clear from the preliminary findings of the police, this incident took place last week, late at night.
Source: http://www.jewish.org.pl/
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24-05-2010 / United States
USA - Comedy Central's antisemitic video game: 'you lied to me, Jew producer'
Around the same time they were caving in to pressure to delete all Mohammed references from an episode of "South Park," the geniuses at Comedy Central posted an online video game containing truly staggering antisemitic images.
This abomination was originally called "I.S.R.A.E.L. Attack!" due to the lead character being a murderous robot named "I.S.R.A.E.L." -- "Intelligent Smart Robot...
24-05-2010 / Britain
Britain - Wembley's soccer shocker
Football's authorities may have tried to kick racism out of the sport but this t-shirt slipped through the Wembley turnstiles at the FA Cup final at the weekend.
Jewish Chelsea supporter Michael Coplans spotted it as spectators left the stadium after the game.
Taking its wearer to be a fan of opposing club Portsmouth, he said; "I can only think the 99 is a reference to their financial...
22-05-2010 / Britain
Britain - BNP Councillor: “about 300,000 people died in the Jewish Holocaust”
The Nothing British about the BNP group revealed this ugly photograph, showing Stoke on Trent’s first BNP councilor, Steve Batkin, posing in front a war memorial.
Batkin is on the far right of the photograph. (Any pun here is entirely accidental. Besides, you can see in the photograph that from Batkin’s perspective, the three men with stiff arms are all to his right.)
Now, local...
18-05-2010 / Greece
Greece - New antisemitic attack in Greece
Just days after a violent attack against the Jewish cemetery of Salonika, in northern Greece, the Holocaust Monument on the island of Rhodes was desecrated, marking a dangerous increase of antisemitism in Greece, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) reported.
The unidentified vandals used a heavy object in their attempt to smash the Magen David on one façade of the...
18-05-2010 / Canada
Canada - Antisemitic graffiti scrawled at Jewish hangout
Victoria police are looking for those responsible for spraying hate based graffiti in Clawthorpe Park.
Cst. Rick Anthony says the playground equipment was tagged with antisemitic graffiti, this includes swastikas and hurtful language.
The graffiti has been removed by city staff.
Source: http://www.cfax1070.com/
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17-05-2010 / Germany
Germany - Arson attack on synagogue
Police in the western Germany say they are investigating an arson attack on a synagogue in the city of Worms.
Overnight someone poured a flammable liquid on the stone building and set it alight.
Officers found several copies of a letter claiming responsibility for the attack which read, in badly worded German: "As soon as you don't leave the Palestinians in peace, we won't let...
17-05-2010 / United States
USA - Jewish graves desecrated
Vandals overturned at least nine Jewish graves in Shreveport's historic Oakland Cemetery. The culprits could face hate crime charges.
Source: http://www.shreveporttimes.com/
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17-05-2010 / United States
USA - Swastikas found scrawled on North Baldwin synagogue
Two swastikas were found scrawled on the doors of a synagogue in North Baldwin. The 4-inch swastikas were discovered inked near the front door handles of the Baldwin Jewish Center in North Baldwin, NY. Source: http://www.newsday.com/ View Larger Map // ...16-05-2010 / Sweden
Sweden - Ove Sviden: Jews Behind 9-11 and the Holocaust
A Center Party candidate for Parliamen, Ove Svidén, has for years publically argued on his internet site Peace.se that Jews are behind the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York as well as the Holocaust.
Before Svidén’s controversial ideas were exposed to the wider public, he held the rank of number 26 on the Center Party’s Stockholm list for the upcoming fall...
15-05-2010 / United States
USA - Pat Buchanan: There are too many Jews on the Supreme Court!
Pat Buchanan, everyone's favorite MSNBC pundit, wondered in his
syndicated column this week why Democratic presidents don't nominate white Christians to the Supreme Court anymore.
"If Elena Kagan is confirmed, Jews, who represent less than 2 percent of the U.S. population, will have 33 percent of the Supreme Court seats," Buchanan wrote. "Is this the Democrats' idea of...
15-05-2010 / Germany
Germany- Every 10 days a Jewish cemetery is vandalized, says German ministry
In Germany, a Jewish cemetery is vandalized every 10 days on average, according to interior ministry data released in a media report Friday.
Last year, the interior ministry reportedly recorded 38 cases of vandalism at Jewish cemeteries, of which 35 were attributed to right wing extremists. The findings were cited by daily Tagesspiegel.
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15-05-2010 / Greece
Greece - Vandals desecrate Jewish cemetery
Vandals desecrated a Jewish cemetery in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki and three youths were arrested for the attack.
The assailants smeared graffiti in the cemetery, police said.
The slogans say “Fire to the Jews”, “Juden Raus’, “Down the state, hail to the nation’, and have the emblem of the swastika.
Greece's Jewish Council said the...
14-05-2010 / Germany
Germany - Jewish cemetery desecrated in Delitzsch
The Delitzsch Jewish Cemetery near the German city of Leipzig has been completely vandalised. Unknown perpetrators broke through the cemetery’s gate at night, destroyed the memorial plaque and toppled all 30 gravestones at the site. The local mayor and police president visited the site to attract attention to the incident and encourage the public to help find the perpetrators.
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13-05-2010 / United States
USA - Speaker denounces Zionism in UCI protest
Islamic activist Amir Abdel Malik Ali spoke at noon at UC Irvine as part of "Israeli Apartheid Week" presented by the Muslim Student Union. He said before a crowd of several hundred that a movement is occurring in which people aren't afraid of being called antisemitic for criticizing Zionism and calling attention to Palestine. Click here to watch his speech.
Malik Ali has spoken at UCI in...
