After a 2016 report from Amnesty International was used in support of actor Maxine Peake’s allegation that Israeli secret services taught US police the technique used in the killing of George Floyd, the organization clarified it has never reported that “neck kneeling” is a technique taught by the Israeli secret services. Read Here
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1. TAKE ACTION: B’NAI B’RITH INTERNATIONAL – ACT AGAINST THE IRANIAN THREAT
By B’nai B’rith International
As the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, the Iranian government have promoted global instability for decades, posing a serious threat to the security of the US and our allies, including Israel. In 2015, the United Nations Security Council enacted—through Annex B of Resolution 2231—an arms embargo; a travel ban on Iranian individuals and entities associated with Iran’s nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs; and a prohibition on supporting Iran’s ballistic missile program.
Unfortunately, since the resolution’s passage, Iran has maintained support for terrorist organizations, continuing to advance its ballistic missile program and stockpile more enriched uranium. The arms embargo, set to expire in October 2020, must be extended to maintain pressure on the Iranian regime. Urge your senators to support Senate Resolution 509 and call on the U.N. to maintain its arms embargo on Iran. Read Here
SPECIAL FEATURE
(4 Pieces)
1. STUDENTS ACROSS THE WORLD CHALLENGED TO RAISE ANTI-SEMITISM AWARENESS IN UNIQUE VIDEO CONTEST
By JNS
A unique video contest for students across the world was launched, in order to advance public debate surrounding anti-Semitism, hatred and intolerance. “Students Speak Out Against Anti-Semitism. A Creative Video Production Contest” is being sponsored and organized by the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement (CAM) and B’nai B’rith International.
Students across the world are being asked to create 2-3 minute videos, which promote a better understanding of anti-Semitism, tolerance and communicate a message of equality. Organizers said that the unique public awareness campaign is designed to harness the creativity of students in order to boost education about anti-Semitism and the prejudice, bigotry, hatred and violence it engenders. Read Here
2. PODCAST: B’NAI B’RITH AND CAM LAUNCH THE STUDENTS SPEAK OUT CREATIVE VIDEO CONTEST TO HELP COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM
Together with the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement (CAM), we recently launched a creative video contest to engage high school and undergraduate students around the world in the fight against anti-Semitism. On this episode, host CEO Dan Mariaschin speaks with B’nai B’rith’s own Program Director for Strategic Engagement Sienna Girgenti and CAM Director Sacha Roytman-Dratwa about the contest and why CAM and B’nai B’rith’s partnership is an important tool for inspiring a new generation of activists against the world’s oldest form of hatred – anti-Semitism. Listen Here
3. THE NEW GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT THAT IS FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM WORLDWIDE
By ALAN ROSENBAUM
A series of panels at the Jerusalem Post’s virtual conference, ‘COVID-19 and the Jews: Challenges and Opportunities,’ provided viewers with a close-up look at the fight against anti-Semitism, both among interfaith groups, and among supporters of grassroots campaigns. The panels, hosted by the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement, can be watched in the video below. Read Here
4. AMID SURGING GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM, #ISRAELFIGHTS4HUMANITY CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS JEWISH STATE’S EFFORTS AGAINST CORONAVIRUS
By Algemeiner Staff
With antisemitism surging around the world amid the coronavirus pandemic, an activist group has launched an initiative to highlight Israel’s role in fighting the disease. Participants in the #IsraelFights4Humanity campaign — organized by the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement — are encouraged to share a video detailing Israeli efforts to mitigate the crisis.
Combat Anti-Semitism Movement Director Sacha Roytman-Dratwa stated, “Too often, Jews have been a convenient scapegoat in times of crisis. Sadly, the age of coronavirus is no different. Just as the pandemic has spread, so has the disease of antisemitism, often in its contemporary form of anti-Zionism.” “The best way to combat this is through education,” he noted. “That is why it is so important for as many people as possible to understand that Israel is one of humanity’s greatest assets in overcoming COVID-19.” Read Here
UNITED STATES
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1. ROGER WATERS SORRY FOR ‘EVOKING AN ANTI-SEMITIC TROPE’ WITH ‘PUPPET MASTER’ JIBE
By Jewish News Reporter
Musician Roger Waters has apologised for “evoking an anti-Semitic trope” in relation to a Jewish billionaire and for suggesting that Israelis trained US police in restraint manoeuvres such as killed unarmed black man George Floyd. Waters, who co-founded the band Pink Floyd, was quick to issue a lengthy apology for comments he made in an interview with the Middle East Media Research Institute. Read Here
2. WINONA RYDER URGES MEL GIBSON TO ‘ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY’ FOR HIS BEHAVIOR AFTER HE DENIES MAKING ANTI-SEMITIC ‘OVEN DODGER’ COMMENT
By Shiryn Ghermezian
Jewish American actress, Winona Ryder, fired back at actor Mel Gibson after he denied making anti-Semitic remarks towards Ryder two decades ago. Ryder addressed Gibson’s response, saying: “I believe in redemption and forgiveness and hope that Mr. Gibson has found a healthy way to deal with his demons, but I am not one of them. Around 1996, my friend Kevyn Aucoin and I were on the receiving end of his hateful words. It is a painful and vivid memory for me. Only by accepting responsibility for our behavior in this life, can we make amends and truly respect each other…” Read Here
3. A FAMED HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITER HAS PREVIOUSLY BACKED UP WINONA RYDER’S CLAIM THAT MEL GIBSON CALLED JEWS ‘OVEN DODGERS’
By JTA
Following actress Winona Ryder’s allegations towards actor Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic remarks, the Los Angeles Magazine uncovered a year-old podcast episode in which a famed Hollywood screenwriter, Joe Eszterhas, backed up Ryder’s claims. In an episode of the podcast “The Originals,” Eszterhas said Gibson repeatedly called Jews “oven dodgers,” “Hebes” and “Jew boys” in his presence. Read Here
4. ACTRESS EMMY ROSSUM CALLS OUT ANTI-SEMITISM IN HOLLYWOOD, AMID LATEST MEL GIBSON CONTROVERSY
By Shiryn Ghermezian
Jewish actress and “Shameless” star Emmy Rossum posted a Twitter thread about anti-Semitism in the film industry, prompted by the latest controversy involving Mel Gibson. Rossum commented, “This stirred up a lot for me in a time when I’m already pretty stirred….not a surprising or unique experience of the bigotry that pervades our industry at all.” On multiple occasions I’ve had people be surprised to learn that I’m Jewish. They usually react with “Oh! Wow. You don’t really LOOK Jewish,’” she wrote. “As if ‘looking Jewish’…is something I should want to avoid. This makes me sick.” Read Here
5. CANDIDATE FOR MICHIGAN CITY COUNCIL UNDER FIRE FOR ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVISM
By JNS
A candidate for Ann Arbor City Council in Michigan has come under fire for her anti-Israel activism. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, an Iranian native, has called for boycotts of Israel and staged anti-Israel protests outside of Ann Arbor’s Congregation Beth Israel, where every Saturday for the last 16 years, a group of protesters has harassed congregants outside the synagogue. Protesters have placed signs in front of the synagogue that say “Jewish Power Corrupts,” “Zionism is Racism” and “RESIST Jewish Power,” among other statements. Read Here
6. SWASTIKA, RACIST GRAFFITI IN VALLEJO CALIFORNIA BEING INVESTIGATED AS A HATE CRIME
By Gabriel Greschler
A Swastika with the words “White Power,” and an anti-Black slur was found graffitied on the wall of a public bathroom at a park in Vallejo, California. According to the Vallejo police department, the vandalism is being investigated as a hate crime, “Hate crimes will not be tolerated in our community, let alone in one of the most diverse cities in America.” Read Here
7. BIRACIAL JEWISH WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS SET ON FIRE IN ATTACK INVESTIGATED AS HATE CRIME
By JTA
Althea Bernstein, a biracial Jewish woman, was attacked and set on fire by four white men in Madison, Wisconsin while her car was stopped at a light with her window down. One man sprayed liquid and threw a lighter on her, setting her on fire. Bernstein was treated at a hospital for burns. The police are probing the incident as a hate crime. Read Here
8. SWASTIKA PAINTED ON STREET OUTSIDE BANGOR SYNAGOGUE IN MAINE
By Judy Harrison
A group of teenagers painted a swastika outside Maine’s oldest synagogue, a possible hate crime that Bangor police are investigating. A member of Congregation Beth Israel saw several teenagers outside the building. They had painted a white swastika on the street. As the synagogue member interrupted them, they attempted to paint over the Nazi symbol, then fled. Read Here
9. 2 OHIO LITTLE CAESARS EMPLOYEES FIRED FOR MAKING PEPPERONI-SWASTIKA PIZZA
By JTA
A Little Caesars restaurant in Ohio fired two employees who made a swastika out of pepperoni on a couple’s pizza. The couple tweeted a photo of their pizza with the caption, “It’s not funny. It’s not funny. Especially with everything going on in the world right now.” After firing the two employees, who allegedly made the pizza as a prank and did not intend to give it to customers, Little Caesars issued a statement claiming, “We’re deeply disappointed that this happened, as this conduct is completely against our values.” Read Here
10. RACIST, ANTI-SEMITIC GRAFFITI, STICKERS FOUND IN FREDERICK CITY, MARYLAND OVER THE WEEKEND
By WFMD
Graffiti and stickers spewing racist and anti-Semitic messages were discovered in parts of the City of Frederick and Frederick County, Maryland. Frederick Mayor Michael O’Connor directed the Public Works to remove all the spray painting, stickers and other materials as quickly as possible. Read Here
11. NEW FOX STREAMING CHANNEL SCRAPS SCHEDULED LIVE BROADCAST OF SPEECH BY LOUIS FARRAKHAN FOLLOWING OUTCRY
By Benjamin Kerstein
A new Fox Broadcasting Company streaming channel, Fox Soul TV, canceled a scheduled live feed of an address by anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, an infamous anti-Semite, after facing a torrent of criticism. Fox Soul TV, a news channel geared toward African Americans, advertised the July 4 speech under the title “The Criterion The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan Speaks Live,” but soon after removed the ad. Read Here
12. JAKE TAPPER IS TOLD TO ‘WATCH YOUR MOUTH’ BY RAPPER ICE CUBE AFTER HE SLAMMED NATION OF ISLAM LEADER LOUIS FARRAKHAN FOR BEING AN ‘ANTI-SEMITIC MISOGYNIST’
By James Gordon
CNN Host Jake Tapper was told to “watch your mouth” by rapper Ice Cube after he called Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, a “vile anti-LGBTQ anti-Semite misogynist.” Ice Cube has come under harsh criticism recently, after he tweeted multiple anti-Semitic images to his Twitter, and declined to issue an appropriate apology. Read Here
13. CONSTRUCTION UNION APOLOGIZES, WITHDRAWS AD AFTER ACCUSATIONS OF ANTI-SEMITISM
By MATT LEVIN CALMATTERS
After Jewish state lawmakers accused the state construction workers union of running a political advertisement evoking anti-Semitic stereotypes in its a depiction of a Jewish state senator, the powerful labor union has issued an apology and withdrawn the ad. The controversial Facebook ad, placed by the State Building and Construction Trades Council, features an image of Sen. Scott Wiener, from San Francisco, against a backdrop of a Monopoly game board, clutching a handful of cash. Read Here
WORLD NEWS
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1. IN-DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE UK
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: WE NEVER REPORTED THAT “NECK KNEELING” IS TAUGHT BY ISRAELIS TO US
By Ailbhe Rea
‘I WAS INACCURATE’, SAYS MAXINE PEAKE AFTER LINKING GEORGE FLOYD DEATH TO ISRAEL
By Mathilde Frot
Actress Maxine Peake has responded to backlash over previous comments appearing to link George Floyd’s killing to claims U.S. police had learned tactics from Israeli forces. The Silk star drew criticism with her suggestion that “tactics used by the police in America, kneeling on George Floyd’s neck, were learnt from seminars with Israeli secret services.” Taking to Twitter, she said she condemned racism and anti-Semitism. “I feel it’s important for me to clarify that I was inaccurate in my assumption of American Police training & its sources.” Read Here
BLACK LIVES MATTER UK: ‘POLITICS IS GAGGED OF THE RIGHT TO CRITIQUE ZIONISM’
By Jack Mendel
Communal Leaders have criticized the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK after the movement claimed politics is “gagged of the right to critique Zionism.” The Board of Deputies president Matie van der Zyl published a tweet criticizing the movement saying it was “beyond disappointing” that a “supposedly anti-racist organization has leaned into the anti-Semitic trope that British politics is “gagged” in terms of debating Israel. Read Here
BLACK LIVES MATTER UK CLAIMS TO BE VICTIM OF ‘MEDIA ANTI-SEMITISM SLURS’
By Lee Harpin
Black Lives Matter UK (BLMUK) issued a statement claiming the movement has become the victim of “media anti-Semitism slurs” a day after it sparked fury by suggesting politicians were “gagged” from criticizing Zionism. BLMUK also insisted it was still “not known” whether George Floyd died in America as a result of restraint methods taught to police by Israel. Read Here
JEWISH MAN ‘SCARED TO LEAVE THE HOUSE’ AFTER AN ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK IN BURNLEY
By Dominic Moffitt
A Jewish man was left unable to see out of one eye after three men battered him in an unprovoked attack. Ashley Walne, from Burnley, was standing outside his home when he was approached by the three assailants who called him a “dirty Jew” before attacking him. Walne says he is known for wearing his kippah around town and says he receives verbal abuse on a daily basis as a result. Read Here
RE-INSTATED PLAID MEMBER ACCUSED OF PROMOTING ANTI-SEMITISM
By BBC
The Board of Deputies of British Jews has called on Plaid Cymru to expel a party member they accuse of promoting anti-Semitism. They urged party leader Adam Price to show he is “serious about anti-Semitism” by “permanently excluding” Sahar Al-Faifi from Plaid. It follows her now deleted Twitter post linking police violence in the US with Israel. She said the tweet was based on a report which was later corrected. Read Here
BLACK LIVES MATTER IS ACCUSED OF ANTI-SEMITISM AFTER POSTING PHOTO OF MURAL FEATURING JEWISH STEREOTYPES ON FACEBOOK ADVERTISING PROTEST MARCH IN OXFORD
By JOE MIDDLETON
A Black Lives Matter group has been accused of anti-Semitism after posting a controversial mural as a cover photo for a Facebook event. The mural, ‘Freedom of Humanity’, was removed from East London in 2012 after concerns that it contained ‘vile anti-Semitic tropes’ such as the idea that Jewish people controlled the world. The image was posted online by Black Lives Matter Oxford, who are independent of but support Black Lives Matter. Read Here
2. IN DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM IN GERMANY
GERMAN COURT RULES TRAVEL PORTAL CAN ‘DISCRIMINATE’ AGAINST ISRAELIS
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
A Munich court has affirmed the right of a travel portal to deny service to an Israeli passenger because of a layover in Kuwait, which boycotts the Jewish state. Shmuel M, an Israeli who lives in Germany, wanted to travel from Munich to Sri Lanka back in 2018, with a layover in Kuwait. His ticket was canceled because of Kuwait’s boycott against Israelis. Shmuel filed a lawsuit against the travel portal, which decided against him this past week. Read Here
GERMAN MAGAZINE ACCUSED OF ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS TURNS TERRORIST INTO THE VICTIM
By Benjamin Weinthal
The Hamburg based magazine, Der Spiegel, recently found itself caught in an anti-Israel scandal after publishing an article blaming Israeli border police for shooting a supposed Palestinian terrorist. A video showed alleged Palestinian terrorist Ahmad Mustafa Erekat ramming his car into soldiers before being shot and killed by Israeli border police. Spiegel’s coverage of the attack revealed a one-sided look into the story putting Israel at total blame. Read Here
GERMAN–IRANIAN DISSIDENTS URGE MP TO RESIGN FROM ANTI-SEMITIC BDS NGO
By Benjamin Weinthal
Three prominent German-Iranians who have gone to great lengths to oppose the BDS campaign against Israel urged Green Party MP Omid Nouripour to resign from a BDS group due to its anti-Semitism and racism. Nouripour is on the advisory board of the German Palestinian Society, a hardcore BDS group, and in 2015, Nouripour co-authored a pro-BDS Green Party initiative to sanction Jewish products from the disputed West Bank territory. Read Here
3. IN DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST
PAKISTAN COULD SOON FREE CONVICTED KIDNAPPER OF US REPORTER DANIEL PEARL
By Kathy Gannon
A recent ruling in Pakistan’s Supreme Court paves the way for a man convicted for involvement in the murder of Jewish American journalist Daniel Pearl to walk free later. The Supreme Court refused to suspend a lower court’s ruling exonerating Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh of Pearl’s murder before a 90-day detention order expires. Read Here
GERMAN INTEL SAYS IRAN ‘MASSIVELY PROMOTES ANTI-SEMITISM, ISRAEL HATRED’
By Benjamin Weinthal
Iran’s clerical regime is a leading sponsor of Jew-hatred, the domestic intelligence agency for the city-state of Berlin disclosed June 25 in a report on antisemitism. The Berlin report noted that German right-wing extremist politician Udo Voigt, who is considered a neo-Nazi, demonstrated support for Iran’s regime. “In his function as a former member of the European Parliament for the National Democratic Party, Voigt, for example, regularly showed solidarity with the Iranian regime,” the report said. Read Here
4. IN DEPTH: OTHER WORLD NEWS
PROTESTERS AT ANTI-ANNEXATION RALLY IN BRUSSELS SHOUT ANTI-SEMITIC SLOGANS
BY Benjamin Kerstein
Protesters at a rally in the Belgian capital of Brussels against possible Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank chanted anti-Semitic slogans. Some 400 people took part in the demonstration, which was organized by the Association Belgo-Palestinienne. Protesters were caught on video calling for a “war against the Jews in the streets” and shouting, “Khaybar, Khaybar, oh Jews the army of Muhammad will return.” Read Here
‘I LOVE NAZIS AND GAS OVENS, NOT YOU,’ HEAD OF BELGIAN GROUP COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM IS TOLD
By Algemeiner Staff
The public prosecutor’s office in Brussels announced that it was formally investigating a series of anti-Semitic insults and threats directed at Joël Rubinfeld — president of the Belgian League Against anti-Semitism (LBCA). One of the messages posted on Facebook Messenger told Rubinfeld: “I love the [gas] ovens and the Nazis, but not you.” Read Here
LITHUANIA MAY DEDICATE 2021 TO THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR OF HOLOCAUST POGROM
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Lithuanian lawmakers want to make 2021 the year of Juozas Luksa-Daumantas— a nationalist accused of participating in a Holocaust-era massacre of Jews. Advocates for Luksa-Daumantas, who was killed in 1951 by Soviet security services, deny charges that he participated in a Holocaust massacre, and say he was a patriot who fought Soviet occupation. Read Here
ANTI-SEMITIC FRENCH ‘PSEUDO-COMEDIAN’ DIEUDONNÉ BOOTED FROM YOUTUBE FOR RACIST CONTENT
By Ben Cohen
Anti-Semitic French comedian Dieudonné Mbala Mbala’s YouTube channel was abruptly closed down as part of the online video platform’s effort to remove racist content. Dieudonné has been convicted numerous times in France for violating laws against hate speech, and Holocaust denial. Read Here
ISRAELIS ARE THE ENEMY, MUSLIMS SHOULD FIGHT THEM – MALAYSIAN FORMER PM
By Donna Rachel Edmunds
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said in an English-language interview with Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen TV, that Muslims should stop fighting among themselves or attacking the West, and should focus on “the enemy” – Israel. Mohamad claimed Muslim in-fighting was helping Israel and its allies, and Muslims should turn their attention on Israel itself, which he falsely claimed was created through the displacement of a Palestinian state by Western powers to rid themselves of Jews. Read Here
SUSPECT ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH ANTI-SEMITIC, NAZI GRAFFITI IN BARRIE, ONT.
By Daina Goldfinger
A 50-year-old man has been arrested and charged after painting anti-Semitic and Nazi messages and symbols on windows, properties and a local playground in Barrie, Ont. The suspect was charged with nine counts of mischief under $5,000 and the Barrie Police Service’s intelligence unit is looking to determine whether the incident falls under the parameters of a hate crime. Read Here
Toronto Sign Stating Jews Are ‘Not Occupiers’ Vandalized
By Aaron Bandler
A sign that was placed on a street in northern Toronto stating that Jews aren’t occupiers was vandalized. The sign had read, “Jews are owners! Not occupiers!” The word “not” was removed from the sign, so it now reads, “Jews are owners! Occupiers!” Read Here
ON CAMPUS
(1 Articles)
1. LEWIS-PALMER SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT’S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC PHOTO LEADS TO CALL FOR RESIGNATION IN COLORADO
By Debbie Kelley
A Monument, Colorado parent is calling for the resignation of Lewis-Palmer School District 38 Board of Education President Matthew Clawson after what she said she believes was an offensive, anti-Semitic photo appeared on his Facebook page. A photo of a group of children with short mustaches similar to that worn by Adolf Hitler and two older kids raising their hands in a gesture often associated with a Nazi-type salute was posted on Clawson’s Facebook page. Read Here
ANALYSIS
(4 Pieces)
1. THE BATTLE OVER BDS – TRENDS, LESSONS, AND FUTURE TRAJECTORIES
By Asher Fredman
For the first 10 to 15 years of the modern BDS movement, the global BDS campaign enjoyed a comfortable operating environment. While the counter-BDS community’s response to specific challenges was, at times, successful, it largely failed to disrupt the BDS momentum. During this period, and especially following the Goldstone Report and the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident in 2009- 2010, the counter-BDS community developed its capacities, built its network, and learned by trial and error. Read Here
2. RE-EXPOSING MEL GIBSON’S ANTI-SEMITIC HATE
By David Baron
On rare occasions, you can convert a truly repentant anti-Semite into an ally in the battle against hatred and bigotry. With Gibson, there was never a chance of that happening. One is left wondering why his friends in the industry won’t confront him on his bigotry. Ignorance is no excuse, and failure to call out hate is unacceptable — especially these days. Read Here
3. THE NEW BLOOD LIBEL
By Ben-Dror Yemini
Roger Waters never stops. “The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis,” Waters claimed, “was done with a technique invented by the IDF, by the occupation forces.” From there he launched into vivid descriptions of “cutting off the blood supply of the carotid artery to the brain,” a method, he insisted, was created by “Israeli experts” who teach American law enforcement officers “how to murder the blacks.” Well, for the information of all anti-Semites, it was actually the U.S. Supreme Court who permitted American policemen to use the “suffocation technique” in 1976. Read Here
4. How Blindness to Anti-Semitism Threatens Parties and Movements
By ALEX RYVCHIN , CO-CEO, EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN JEWRY
The allegation that Israel trains American officers to kneel on the necks of suspects is the sort of half-baked musing one might overhear on a university library lawn. Such theories now have a voice in the U.S. Congress and in national legislatures throughout the world. The campaign to attach Zionism to every injustice has its origins from Stalin’s and remains a vestige in far-left political movements today. Just as traditional anti-Semitism brought ruin and misery, anti-Zionism will corrupt noble movements and worthy causes unless it is finally stamped out. Read Here
STUDIES AND STATISTICS
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1. OVER 40% OF JEWISH COMMUNITY NOW CONSIDERS ANTI-SEMITISM A BIG PROBLEM IN NEW ZEALAND
By Miriam Bell
There’s been a significant increase in the amount of Jewish New Zealanders who think anti-Semitism is a “very big” or a “fairly big” problem, according to a new survey of New Zealand’s Jewish community. Back in 2008 when the last such survey was conducted, more than four out of five respondents (84%) thought that anti-Semitism was not a serious issue in New Zealand. But in the Shifting Jewry 2019 survey, 44% of respondents indicated that they thought anti-Semitism was either a “very big” or a “fairly big” problem. Read Here
2. WIESENTHAL CENTER REPORT HIGHLIGHTS FARRAKHAN’S EFFORTS ‘TO INJECT ANTI-SEMITISM INTO OUR SOCIETY’S MAINSTREAM’
By Aaron Bandler
The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s historical consultant Dr. Harold Brackman released a report highlighting Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s efforts “to inject anti-Semitism into our society’s mainstream.” In 1990, Farrakhan said, “I have warned you [Jews] that Allah will punish you. You are wicked deceivers of the American people. You have sucked their blood…You are the synagogue of Satan, and you have wrapped your tentacles around the U.S. government, and you are deceiving and sending this nation to hell.” Read Here
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WORLD ORT – ADAPTING TO CHANGING TIMES FOR 140 YEARS
By ALAN ROSENBAUM
This year, World Ort is celebrating its 140th birthday, and though it has postponed its general assembly, its accomplishments are not diminished in any way by the postponement of the celebrations. One of the things that has enabled World ORT as an institution to exist for 140 years, is its ability and its requirement to adapt to the environment around it. Read Here
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‘EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO EVERYTHING,’ SAYS WORLD ORT CHAIR
By ALAN ROSENBAUM
In an interview at the Jerusalem Post’s virtual conference, Robert Singer, Chair of the Board of Trustees of World ORT explained the significance of the organization’s credo. Singer said that World ORT is a big family, and as in any family, “education is key even through crisis periods.” Parents want to provide their children with the very best education, and children look to education as a social outlet for friends and for climbing the ladder of success. Read Here
B’NAI BRITH SEEKS INVESTIGATION AFTER MOSQUES GLORIFY SLAIN TERRORIST LEADER
By B’nai Brith Canada
B’nai Brith Canada is demanding answers after uncovering evidence that at least two GTA mosques held ceremonies mourning slain terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Qods Force, a designated terrorist entity in Canada, was killed in a U.S. airstrike on Jan. 3. Read Here
KKL-JNF TO BUILD AMPHITHEATER SAFE FOR LIVE-AUDIENCES AMID CORONAVIRUS
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
As the coronavirus disrupts life around the world, the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) has found a way to bring people together for events despite the required social distancing. KKL-JNF has developed plans to build an amphitheater where people can still sit together while being isolated, allowing for the possibility for crowds to safely watch performances that will no longer need to be cancelled due to social distancing concerns. Read Here
CORONA CARE ISRAEL OFFERS STRESS RELIEF TO US HEALTH WORKERS
By Abigail Klein Leichman
A group of Israeli mental health professionals has created “Corona Care Israel” in partnership with United Hatzalah of Israel to provide mental health care, grief counseling and emotional stabilization for first responders and medical professionals in the United States. The pilot project launched in New Jersey. If successful, it will be made available in other US states hard hit by Covid-19. Read Here
ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE HIJACKING OF BLACK LIVES MATTER
By ISGAP
ISGAP supports the struggle against systemic racism and a more inclusive democratic society. Their new video encourages people to “Keep our eyes on the prize,” by highlighting some supports of the BLM Movement who have used BLM’s platform to engage in anti-Semitism. Read Here
Government & Policy Update
This section highlights the work of government officials around the world that are combating anti-Semitism in their official capacities.
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1. US ANTI-SEMITISM ENVOY WARNS OF CONTINUED ONLINE HATRED AFTER COVID SUBSIDES
By JNS
As anti-Semitism has fomented during the coronavirus pandemic, hatred towards Jews as it pertains to the outbreak won’t go away once it ends, warned U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr. “The only thing new or novel about this absurd allegation is the coronavirus itself,” continued Carr. “Blaming Jews for the world’s maladies has been a standard feature of anti-Semitism for centuries.” Read Here
2. DEPUTY ANTI-SEMITISM ENVOY: CORONAVIRUS CONSPIRACY THEORIES A MODERN-DAY BLOOD LIBEL
By FAYGIE HOLT
U.S. deputy anti-Semitism envoy Ellie Cohanim warned of a new form of anti-Semitism emerging during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and urged Jewish leaders that it is time the U.S. Jewish community focused on proactive steps to erase hate. The “coronavirus conspiracy theory [is] a modern-day blood libel, where Jews or the State of Israel is blamed for the pandemic”. “To win the war on anti-Semitism, we have to take an offensive posture. “It’s time for the Jewish community to really take pride in our heritage and our history.” Read Here
3. BIPARTISAN LETTER CALLS ON EU TO DESIGNATE HEZBOLLAH IN ITS ENTIRETY AS TERROR GROUP
By JNS
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has called on the European Union to designate both the political and military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist group. The letter was spearheaded by Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in the US Senate, and Reps. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) and Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) in the US House of Representatives. They were joined by 26 additional members in both congressional chambers. Read Here
4. STATE DEPARTMENT: ‘THERE MUST BE JUSTICE’ FOR SLAIN JEWISH JOURNALIST DANIEL PEARL
By JACKSON RICHMAN
The U.S. State Department called for “justice” one day after Pakistan’s Supreme Court refused to suspend a lower court’s ruling freeing Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted of being part of the 2002 killing in Pakistan of Wall Street Journal Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl, paving the way for him to walk free. Read Here
5. NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATURE PASSES HOLOCAUST, GENOCIDE EDUCATION BILL
By JNS
The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a bill that would require Holocaust education in the Granite State. House Bill 1135 passed the state Senate in March and includes the text of state Sen. Jay Kahn’s Senate Bill 727. Gov. Chris Sununu is expected to sign House Bill 1135 into law, which would make New Hampshire the 14th state in the United States to mandate genocide education in public schools. Read Here
6. GOV. PRITZKER ADDRESSES ANTI-SEMITISM, “CRISIS OF MORALITY” DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
By Mike Miletich
Gov. JB Pritzker says Illinoisans have to work together to stop hate speech after the recent acts of anti-Semitism and extremism across the state. Posters brought to Reopen Illinois rallies compared Pritzker to Adolf Hitler, had large swastikas on display and called the Jewish governor a tyrant. While the COVID-19 pandemic has created a medical and financial crisis across the world, Pritzker says we also face a “crisis of morality” with acts of anti-Semitism, xenophobia and racism on the rise. Read Here
7. AMID RISING ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE, MANY VICTIMS STILL RELUCTANT TO REPORT ORDEALS, EU COORDINATOR SAYS
By Ben Cohen
Katharina Von Schnurbein — the coordinator on combating anti-Semitism of the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm — underlined the importance of individual EU states accurately monitoring hate crimes against Jews. Underreporting of anti-Semitic incidents in European Union member states may be as high as 80 percent, the bloc’s top official tasked with combating anti-Semitism said. Read Here
8. ‘I DON’T WANT LABOUR AND ANTI-SEMITISM IN SAME SENTENCE EVER AGAIN,’ STARMER SAYS
By Algemeiner Staff
UK Labour leader Keir Starmer defended his decision to fire Shadow Education Secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, saying, “I don’t want the Labour party and anti-Semitism in the same sentence ever again. Starmer fired the top party official who tweeted and praised an interview with a British actress who claimed that Israel was responsible for police brutality against minorities in the US — an assertion Starmer described as an “anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.” Read Here
9. IAŞI POGROM COMMEMORATION: ROMANIAN PRESIDENT DENOUNCES “ACTS OF UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY”
By Romania Insider
In a message released to mark 79 years since the Iaşi pogrom, where up to 13,000 Romanian Jews died, President Klaus Iohannis called it “one of the most terrible pogroms of the Second World War” and denounced the “acts of unimaginable cruelty.” The President also argued that understanding these phenomena is a chance to prevent the horrors of the “dark past” from happening again, reiterating Romania’s commitment to combat anti-Semitism, hatred, and racism, and discouraging any attempt to deny the Holocaust. Read Here
10. BRUSSELS MAYOR CONDEMNS CALLS FOR ‘WAR AGAINST THE JEWS’ HEARD DURING PRO-PALESTINIAN RALLY IN BRUSSELS, ASKS POLICE TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENTS
By Yossi Lempkowicz
Brussels Mayor Philippe Close asked Police to investigate incidents during which slogans calling for a ‘war against the Jews’ were chanted during a pro-Palestinian rally in the Belgian capital. ‘’It appears that during the demonstration, individuals took advantage of this rally to openly call for hatred while chanting anti-Semitic words. Such words are intolerable and do not reflect the spirit of our capital where 184 nationalities coexist”, the Mayor declared. Read Here
11. REPORT: ISRAELI GOVERNMENT MULLS JOINING FACEBOOK AD BOYCOTT
By ILH Staff
Israeli Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel has asked the Government Advertising Agency to review its state-sponsored advertising on Facebook, which has seen hundreds of firms pull their ads over its lacking policy on hate speech and inflammatory rhetoric. Hendel’s move is believed to be part of Israel’s efforts to counter online delegitimization efforts waged against the Jewish state. Read Here
HUMANITY
(4 Pieces)
1. ISRAEL AND UAE TO COOPERATE IN FIGHT AGAINST CORONAVIRUS
By Algemeiner
Israel and the United Arab Emirates will cooperate in the fight against the coronavirus, a possible boost to Israeli efforts to normalize relations with Gulf Arab countries. Two private companies from the United Arab Emirates and two Israeli companies will work together on medical projects, including those to combat the new coronavirus, the UAE’s state-run news agency WAM said. Read Here
2. THE BAHIA BLANCA CITY COUNCIL IN ARGENTINA APPROVED THE IHRA DEFINITION OF ANTI-SEMITISM
By VAV
After the Argentine Republic adopted the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, the city of Bahía Blanca has adopted the the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism. The resolution before the city council was passed unanimously. Read Here
3. ISRAEL EMBASSY IN UKRAINE SENDS AID TO FLOOD VICTIMS
By Jerusalem Post Staff
The Israeli Embassy in Ukraine is helping locals at the request of Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmygal after a flood struck in the western region of the country. Initially, the embassy sent thousands of water bottles to flood victims in the Chernivitski and the Ivano-Frankivsk in the western region of Ukraine. However, this is only the first step, and tents and sleeping bags will also be provided. Read Here
4. MUSLIM MONTREALER LEADS CHARGE TO RENAME METRO STATION THAT HONORS ANTI-SEMITE
By JULIE MASIS
For more than half a century, a busy metro station in Montreal is named after an anti-Semitic admirer of fascism. Now, thousands of Quebecois have signed a petition to rename the station — thanks to the initiative of a Muslim Montrealer. “Anti-Semitism has no place in our society. There should be no monuments and no landmarks named after people who believe in such despicable ideologies,” said Naveed Hussain, a nurse who started the petition while recovering at home from a case of COVID-19. Read Here
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“Combat anti-Semitism (CAM) is a non-partisan, global grassroots movement of interfaith individuals and organizations united to combat anti-Semitism. CAM exposes anti-Semitic activity from across the ideological spectrum and highlights those working to fight against its resurgence. One of the most pernicious forms of modern anti-Semitism is the effort to deny and delegitimize the Jewish people’s right to self-determination and their profound historic, religious and cultural connection to their ancestral homeland, Israel. Humanity flourishes when religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity is respected, and we hope to encourage understanding and set an example through our work. Anti-Semitism is the oldest form of bigotry and by working to eliminate it, we hope tragedies like the holocaust or any incidents of hate inspired speech or violence perpetrated against the Jewish people, Israel, or any discriminated group are reduced significantly.”
