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04-09-2008 / United States
USA - Fallsburg man charged with arson, hate crimes
A Fallsburg man was charged with felony arson and hates crimes in connection with a bungalow fire and spray-painted slurs.
Town of Fallsburg Police said Edward Smith, 44, allegedly started a fire at Skopps Bungalows on Seldon Road and
also spray painted slurs and threats.
Police said the investigation is continuing and more arrests are suspected.
Source:
www.crownheights.info
02-09-2008 / Russia
Russia - Nizhny Novgorod court gives antisemitic vandal suspended sentence
Evgeny Aleshin an 18 year old student who
vandalized Jewish graves in the Krasnaya Etna cemetery
multiple times over the course of May and June was given a two and a half year suspended sentence. In a rare departure from standard prosecutions of similar cases, the youth was convicted of "mockery over the bodies of the dead and their burial motivated by ethnic hatred" rather than just "hooliganism." The defendant, Evgeny Alyoshin, admitted to a friend that he "doesn't like Jews" and prosecutors pointed out the fact that graves that he singled out Jewish graves for vandalism, while ignoring
thers.
Source:
www.fsumonitor.co
28-08-2008 / Russia
Russia - The site "Vkontakte" removes antisemitic community
The popular website "Vkontakte" removed at the request of prosecutors and the Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia (FEOR) profiles of a number of persons
who distribute antisemitic video.
Source:
www.jewish.ru
28-08-2008 / Britain
Britain - Academic says leaders must confront hatred
Philosophy professor Shalom Lappin, of King's College, London, calls for a more aggressive reaction to antisemitism in a
aper written for the Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism at Yale University.
In This Green and Pleasant Land: Britain and the Jews, Professor Lappin says that increased hostility to Israel, both in public discourse and in the media, is fuelled by a "perception of Jews as an illicit collectivity with no claim to legitimacy or
ecognition".
Current hostility to Jews in the UK, he argues, is frequently packaged as "progressive political comment", but its origins are in "traditional social attitudes that have been integral to Britain's history for centuries".
This week he told the JC: "It is not true that change can be brought about by quiet diplomacy by an elite of elders. When a community finds itself under attack, it should react robustly, with activism and in the public domain."
Professor Lappin, a supporter of Peace Now and of the anti-boycott campaign, said that Israel should be held accountable to the same norms as other countries, and that criticism on such a basis was legitimate. However, he said, the community should react when such criticism spilled over into antisemitism.
"There are some wonderful people in this community who fight antisemitism, such as the Community Security Trust, but too often - when for instance Jewish students come under attack - the community leadership stands off and just offers quiet advice from the outside. The reaction is anaemic."
Source:
http://archive.thejc.com
By Bernard Josephs
26-08-2008 /
Europe - Jewish group urges EU to strengthen legislation against racism and antisemitism
The European Jewish Congress (EJC) called on upon the European Union member states to strengthen the existing legislation against racism and antisemitism.
The call follows
the desecration of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin
as well as recent acts of antisemitism in countries around Europe.
“We urge the European Union leadership to implement the legislation against racism and antisemitism and to promote a policy of tolerance and education in the European Union. This is the most fitting response,” said Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress.
“Condemnations of these attacks need to be backed up by strong actions and governmental policies. The EJC is committed to developing tools and educational programs that encourage tolerance and understanding in Europe.”
The EJC President added: “The lessons of the Holocaust are universal ones, which serve to remind all of humankind of the dangers inherent with hatred, intolerance and ignorance.”
Source: www.ejpress.org
26-08-2008 / Greece
Greece - YouTube removes memorial desecration video
The video, which was removed, shows the boy urinating but his face is hidden by an Israeli flag with the symbol for "no" pasted over it.
Source: www.jta.org
25-08-2008 / Russia
Russia - Moscow schools will teach one day of tolerance
Students in Moscow will take part in a "Day of Tolerance" on the first day of the school year (September 1). The course, entitled "We are diverse, that is our wealth," will teach inter-ethnic tolerance and tolerance towards people with different traditions and social classes.
Source: www.fsumonitor.com
22-08-2008 / Canada
Canada - Canadian internet service provider shuts down internet hate site
A quick responding Canadian Internet Service Provider (ISP) has closed down an Internet site promoting antisemitic hate after being alerted by Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC).
When FSWC reported "realjewnews.com" to its Canadian ISP, its content was reviewed and determined to violate the master service agreement as well as Canadian values. Although the Canadian ISP swiftly and decisively removed the offending site, within days, it reappeared on another server, this time in another country.
Source:
www.redorbit.com
22-08-2008 / Britain
Britain - The Sun pulls antisemitic DVD
Community leaders have praised Britain's biggest newspaper for swiftly removing an advert on its website for the most virulently antisemitic film ever made.
The Eternal Jew, a vile Nazi propaganda film released in 1940, had been available to purchase on DVD for £19.99 in the classified advertising section of The Sun newspaper's popular Sun Local website until it was taken down.
The Sun newspaper's Lorna Carmichael said the advert was taken down as promptly as possible and the paper is now urgently reviewing how its automated classified service operates on the internet.
Source:
www.totallyjewish.com
By Nicholas Sinclair
21-08-2008 / Australia
Australia - Officer sorry for not thwarting attack
cean Grove on October 14, 2006 during Simchat Torah
.
In a statement read on his behalf
, Senior Constable Terry Moore, off-duty policeman who was driving the bus in which the attackers were passengers, expressed regret “that he did not immediately confront those persons [the bus passengers] in an attempt to stop any further act of racial and religious vilification by some of the occupants of the bus”.
He said that he would use his experience to assist in educating other police officers as to how to respond to a similar situation.
Source:
www.ajn.com.au
18-08-2008 / United States
USA - 2-year sentence for confronting Elie Wiesel
Eric Hunt convicted of
confronting Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel in a San Francisco hotel will be released from jail after a judge sentenced him to two years, but gave him credit for time served and good behavior.
However, the judge ordered 24-year-old Eric Hunt to enter into ongoing psychological treatment when he returns to New Jersey and pay a $1,000 fine. He also will be on 48 months of probation.
Source: Associated Press
18-08-2008 / Czech
Czech - 2 tourists were arrested after they salute and shouted "Heil Hitler"
2 Spanish tourists were arrested after they salute and shouted "Heil Hitler" in front of the Old New Synagogue in Prague.
15-08-2008 / Ukraine
Ukraine - Odessa newspaper editor on trial for antisemitic articles
Igor Volin-Danilov, editor of "Nashe Delo," faces a possible prison term for publishing an article entitled "Kill the Best of the Goys" that, according to the prosecutor, "uses falsified translations and interpretations of the Talmud" in order to present a picture of Judaism as "criminal and amoral" that "insults the Jewish people, its religion and traditions." The paper has published several antisemitic articles in the past.
Source: www.fsumonitor.com
15-08-2008 / Germany
Germany - A man sentenced to three months in jail for performing “Hitler Salute”
A 24-year-old man was sentenced to three months in prison. The judge saw it proven that the accused had performed the “Hitler Salute” and yelled other Nazi-slogans such as “Jews out!” (“Judean raus!”) Repeatedly at a local carnival event in Krefeld. The sentence was reduced to probation for three years.
14-08-2008 / Venezuela
Venezuela - Chavez meets with president of world Jewish congress
President Hugo Chavez met President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), Ronald Lauder, and the President of the Latin American Jewish Congress, Jack Terpins, pledging to work together against antsemitism and open up channels of communication despite strong differences on Mideast politics.
Both Chavez and leaders of the World Jewish Congress called the meeting a success.
"There may be some differences of opinion on some issues, on major issues such as Iran and also the Middle East," Michael Schneider, the organization's secretary-general, said after the meeting. "But when it comes to antsemitism, I think we're on the same page."
"We mentioned our concerns about antsemitism and asked him what his position was," Schneider said. "And he said he was certainly not an anti-Semite."
The socialist president said it was a "very important meeting," but did not elaborate.
Schneider said Chavez offered to meet with his Brazilian and Argentine counterparts to jointly condemn "all forms of antsemitism, discrimination against minorities and anti-Muslim sentiment."
Source: The Associated Press
13-08-2008 / United States
USA – Rep. Howard Berman presented a bill to counter antisemitic and anti-Israel attacks at the UN Durban Review Conference
H. Res. 1361:
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should lead a high-level diplomatic effort to defeat the campaign by some members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to divert the United Nation’s Durban Review Conference from a review of problems in their own and other countries by attacking Israel, promoting antisemitism, and undermining the Universal Charter of Human Rights and to ensure that the Durban Review Conference serves as a forum to review commitments to combat all forms of racism.
Source:
www.govtrack.us
13-08-2008 / France
France - shopkeeper remanded in custody for anti-Semitic shirts
French authorities have opened a preliminary inquiry into
the sale of T-shirts bearing anti-Semitic slogans in Paris.
The owner of the shop and a saleswoman were taken into custody Tuesday evening, according to Le Monde.
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/
11-08-2008 / Lithuania
Lithuania - neo-Nazi charged with incitement in procession
For the first time, a participant in a neo-Nazi march in Vilnius that featured antisemitic and anti-Russian slogans could face prison time after prosecutors charged him with inciting ethnic hatred.
Paulus Patsyulyavichyus allegedly participated in the March 11 procession, which featured signs and chants of "Jews out!" and "Lithuania without Russians." Three other marches have been ordered to pay fines in earlier court cases.
Source:
www.fsumonitor.com
08-08-2008 / France
France - Sarkozy son files complaint over anti-Semitic graffiti
Jean Sarkozy, the 21-year-old son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has filed a complaint against unknown persons over anti-Semitic graffiti, the daily Le Figaro reported Friday.
The younger Sarkozy's complaint followed a number of graffiti messages smeared on buildings in an up-scale suburb of Paris, with the message "Sarkozy, thieving Jew" .
A suspect, 63, had been arrested by police, a man with a previous record of known anti-Semitic
comments.
Source: www.enews20.com
05-08-2008 / United States
USA - N.J. justices add religion jokes to workplace ban
Derogatory comments about a Jewish police officer's religion were more than just teasing and constituted a hostile work environment, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
The decision could have widespread impact, as the court determined that the standard for demonstrating religious discrimination is the same as that for sexual or racial harassment.
The 5-0 decision by New Jersey's highest court upheld a Camden County jury ruling in favor of the Haddonfield police officer Jason Cutler.
A lawyer for the police department said the ruling means ethnic jokes are essentially barred from the workplace, but a Jewish civil rights group applauded the ruling because it would encourage employees to think twice before making such remarks.
Cutler said a former chief referred to him as "the Jew," and once asked him "where (his) big Jew ... nose was." In addition, a lieutenant had told him "Jews are good with numbers" and "Jews make all the money."
Source:
www.dailyrecord.com
