Struggle against antisemitism
27-07-2010 / United States
USA - ADL Audit: 1,211 Antisemitic incidents across the Country in 2009
The number of antisemitic incidents in the United States remained at a "sustained and troubling" level in 2009, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which compiles annually a statistical audit of antisemitic assaults, vandalism and harassment.
The 2009 ADL Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, released today, counted a total of 1,211 incidents of vandalism, harassment...21-07-2010 / Israel
Israel - Israel signs agreement to fight antisemitism with 87 countries
More than 80 countries signed an agreement to cooperate in the fight against antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
The Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights signed the agreement at Israel's Foreign Affairs Ministry .
"This agreement is a step that doubles the power of 87 states'...20-07-2010 / United States
USA - NY synagogues get increased anti-terrorism funds
New York City nonprofit and religious groups including more than 25 synagogues will receive nearly $6 million in anti-terrorism grants, up 40 percent from last year, a US congressman said on Monday. Citing a foiled plot targeting Bronx synagogues in 2009, Representative Anthony Weiner, a Democrat, told Reuters that cultural, nonprofit and religious institutions need extra resources for...19-07-2010 / United States
USA - U.S. lawmakers seek action against campus antisemitism
U.S. Congress members of Congress signed a letter expressing concern about how the federal Department of Education is responding to antisemitism on college campuses.
The Zionist Organization of America lobbied for the letter, which was signed by 36 lawmakers and sent last week to Department of Education secretary Arne Duncan. The letter raised questions about the department’s Office for...12-07-2010 / Poland
Poland – An artist has set fire to a barn which was a representation of a memorial to massacred Jews
An artist, who called on Poles to post their antisemitic thoughts on his internet site, printed them and burned them in a barn that was a memorial to those slaughtered in the Jedwabne pogrom in July 1941.The representation was intended for the former horror village and not to lead to the death of the artist, who emerged from the barn unscathed.
A controversial gesture: Last...27-06-2010 / Russia
Russia - Suspended sentence for antisemitic vandal
Court in Izhevsk, gave a one year suspended sentence to a man who painted swastikas and antisemitic threats on the walls of the local Jewish community center. Andrey Mokrushin and an unidentified youth, both of whom are members of the neo-Nazi group Russian National Unity, committed the crime on March .
Source: http://www.ucsj.org/
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Britain - Neo-Nazis jailed over anti-Jewish internet posts
Michael Heaton, 42, of Leigh, Greater Manchester, and Trevor Hannington, 58, from Hirwaun, described Jews as "scum" and encouraged people to kill them.
The self-proclaimed neo-Nazis were both cleared of soliciting murder. Heaton was convicted of stirring up racial hatred - a charge Hannington admitted.
Heaton was jailed for 30 months and Hannington for two years.
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23-06-2010 / Chile
Chile – Neo-Nazi who threatened Lily Perez given a prison sentence
The Criminal Court in Vina del Mar ruled against Elliot Quijada, who had threatened to kill the RN Senator, Lily Perez, and convicted him of incitement to hatred against the Jewish People and of illegal possession of weapons.
This person, who had in the past founded the Neo-Nazi group “Martillo del Sur” [Hammer of the South] was charged with payment of a fine amounting to UTM 50 (one...13-06-2010 / France
France - France bans Hamas TV
France's CSA Broadcast Authority has officially ordered French-based companies to ban the Al-Aksa television station of Hamas from broadcasting using their satellites. The order followed a warning from the European Commission, which told France to stop allowing the hate filled broadcasts on its Eutelsat satellite.
The CSA has taken similar steps regarding other terrorist channels, and...08-06-2010 / United States
USA - Obama: Helen Thomas remarks 'offensive'
President Barack Obama says he considers veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas’ remarks about Israel “offensive
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Asked during an interview with NBC about Thomas’ comments urging Israel to get “out of Palestine,” Obama said he believes those statements were “out of line.” At the same time, he said he recognized Thomas’ long service...08-06-2010 / United States
USA - 2 charge in synagogue vandalism
Two people were arrested in connection with vandalism at Temple Am David last week.
Ryan Johnson, 20, of Warwick, and a juvenile were charged. Police said the two are also responsible for several other instances of graffiti on buildings in Warwick that were not religious in nature.
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USA – Breaking off contact with Helen Thomas
Deserting the correspondent
who said that the Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine”, and then when asked where they should go to, replied: “home, to Poland or to Germany”.
Political commentator Craig Crawford, who co-wrote the book “Listen Mister President” with Helen Thomas, announced that he wishes to interrupt their co-writing of an additional book, because of...07-06-2010 / United States
USA - Journalist Helen Thomas retires following remarks she made
Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas announced Monday that she is retiring, effective immediately, in the wake of a controversy over her comments on Israel, according to a report from her employer, Hearst News Service.
Source: http://www.ynet.co.il/
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USA - Thomas apologizes for saying Jews don't belong in Israel
White House correspondent Helen Thomas issued an apology for saying in an interview that Jews do not belong in Israel and should "return to Germany or Poland."
After making a vitriolic statement against the presence of Jews in the State of Israel, Thomas issued an official statement of apology, saying, “I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the...04-06-2010 /
A little fun with antisemitism
In his usual way, Andrew Klavan in “Clavan on the Culture” illustrates the darkness and stupidity of antisemitism using humor.
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Russia – Criminal cases submitted due to incitement for nationalist and religious hatred
The prosecutor of Izhevsk in the Pervomaisky district approved the submission of indictments in criminal cases against two residents of the city of Votkinsk - Mokrushina Andrew, born in 1989, and a 17 year old youngster. They are accused of incitement for hatred or hostility, under sub-section 1 of article 282 to the penal law of the Russian Federation, and of contempt for human dignity....30-05-2010 / Switzerland
Switzerland - Anti-racist associations rally in Geneva against controversial French comedian
Several associations fighting antisemitism rallied in Geneva to protest against the presence of controversial French comedian Dieudonne at a show in the lake city.
"Some politicians and associations have chosen to accept and ignore the incitement of hatred usually expresses by Dieudonne", said the Swiss Coordination against Antisemitism and Defamation (CICAD).
This is not the first...25-05-2010 / Britain
Britain – Antisemitic milkman and father sentenced
A father and son described as “Nazi zealots” have been jailed for a total of 12 years at Newcastle Crown Court.
Ian Davison, a 41-year-old disc jockey, became the first man in England and Wales to be convicted of a terrorism-related offence involving the lethal poison ricin. He was given 10 years in prison.
Davison, from County Durham, had already pleaded guilty to six offences...24-05-2010 / United States
USA - School collects 6 million soda tabs to commemorate Holocaust
After thirteen years, a Jefferson City, Missouri school has finally collected six million soda can tabs.
“Six million is an atrocious number,” Jefferson City sixth-grade teacher Beth Ayres told the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle.
Ayres was speaking to the newspaper about her school’s thirteen-year long project to collect six million coke tabs to equal the number of Jews murdered...
23-05-2010 / Italy
Italy – Fascists plotting to target Jews were arrested
The Rome Police Department arrested during the weekend a gang of neo-fascists plotting to attack Riccardo Pacifici, head of the Jewish community, and Mayor Gianni Alemanno.
The police department holds tapes in which the heads of the “Militia” Organization refer to Pacifici, saying “we want to turn a pig into an angel. We want to teach the Jews a lesson. They should know we are...
