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Dear Friends,

As Jewish communities worldwide celebrate Hanukkah, civic, political and religious leaders across North America have united in solidary to “Shine a Light on Antisemitism.” In Austin, Texas, the Jewish community gathered to light a menorah on the highway overpass where Neo-Nazis recently hung antisemitic banners, as a symbol of Jewish pride in the face of antisemitism.

The three political parties comprising Germany’s new center-left government signed a coalition agreement which reiterated commitments to Israel’s security and the fight against antisemitism while also pledging to promote Jewish life in the country.

Wishing all of our Jewish friends and partners a very happy Hanukkah. May this year’s festival of light rededicate our shared commitment to combat antisemitism!

The CAM Information Hub has observed an increase in antisemitic incidents this week, principally related to public displays of Jewish life during the celebration of Hanukkah. Community menorahs were vandalized in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Queens, New York; Los Angeles, California; Kyiv and Dnipro, Ukraine; and Hof, Germany. In London, Jewish teens celebrating Hanukkah were forced to flee because of intimidation by men who shouted slogans about Palestine, gave Nazi salutes, and spat on them.

Leaflets stating that the Covid-19 is a Jewish conspiracy were left at homes in Beverly Hills, California, and graffiti targeting Blacks and Jews was scrawled on a synagogue in Highland Park, Illinois. New York Police are searching for three women who assaulted three Jewish children in the streets of Brooklyn, and in Belgrade, Serbia, an axe was thrown through the chapel window of a Jewish cemetery.

The University of Toronto Student Union passed a resolution barring “pro-Israel” kosher food providers on campus, a political litmus test which would all but deprive Jewish students of the free exercise of religion. Ahead of renewed negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, a top Iranian general said “We will not back off from the annihilation of Israel, even one millimeter. We want to destroy Zionism in the world.” A Palestinian Authority official consoled the son of a deceased terrorist by instructing him to “grow up and kill Jews.”

This week’s global antisemitism report highlights 48 new media reports of antisemitic incidents. The total includes 21 (43.8%) from the far-right, 4 (8.3%) from the far-left, 8 (16.7%) with Islamist motivations, and 15 (31.3%) unidentifiable in nature.

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The Kyiv Jewish Forum – co-hosted by the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine, the Center for Jewish Impact, and the Combat Antisemitism Movement – is an annual event bringing together top global leaders to discuss and share their insights on the most pressing issues facing Jewish communities worldwide.

The purpose is to foster dialogue that will help bring about much-needed solutions to challenges such as rising antisemitism, the growth of the anti-Israel boycott movement, and the effects of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The third edition of the Forum coincides with the 30th anniversary of the establishment of official diplomatic relations between Israel and Ukraine.

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