UK Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer, dismissed a senior lawmaker from the shadow cabinet for praising an interview with an actress who accused Israel of complicity in George Floyd’s murder. Labour MP Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow education secretary, shared a link on Twitter to an interview, and after she was confronted for sharing the anti-Semitic conspiracy, she refused to an issue an appropriate apology. Read Here
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1. CAM INNOVATION CONTEST: ROUND 2 (ONE WEEK LEFT!)
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We are specifically interested in pairing older members of our community with a buddy to talk to, problem-solve with, and check-in with. We are seeking French, Hebrew, Spanish, Farsi, and English- speaking individuals of all ages to participate. We are also seeking individuals who can help set up food delivery services for members of our community.
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SPECIAL FEATURE
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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
UNITED STATES
(14 Articles)
1. BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO ANTI-SEMITIC EMAILS
By Nick Muscavage
The Bonnie Watson Coleman for Congress campaign called for an investigation into anti-Semitic materials created to look like they came from the congresswoman. The fake email with the headline “Don’t buy from Jews” sent to the New Jersey Representative’s supporters is not the first time that materials have been mocked up to look like they are coming directly from her campaign. Read Here
2. ST. LOUIS RESIDENTS CALL TO CHANGE THE NAME OF TOWN DUE TO ANTI-SEMITIC HISTORY
By Tamar Beeri
St. Louis residents began a petition to change the city’s name as its namesake, King Louis IX, was a known anti-Semite and Islamophobe, who had burned 12,000 manuscript copies of the Talmud, and spearheaded many persecutions against the Jewish people. Additionally, they called for the statue of him to be taken down. Read Here
3. JEWISH FASHION BRAND OWNER TO TURN ANTI-SEMITIC GRAFFITI INTO MURAL
By JNS
The Jewish founder and owner of a British fashion brand that sells modest attire is hoping to turn recent anti-Semitic vandalism to her Brooklyn store into a mural. The store was vandalized with the word “Jew” just one day before its planned reopening as New York entered phase 2 of the Corona Pandemic. Read Here
4. JEWISH DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL SAYS IT WON’T BACK ILHAN OMAR, MUM ON ENDORSING HER PRIMARY OPPONENT
By Jackson Richman
The Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) affirmed it will not back Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in her upcoming primary. Omar is set to face Melton-Meaux, who has been critical of Omar’s anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements, in an Aug. 11 primary for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District. Read Here
5. FACEBOOK REMOVES 900 MORE ACCOUNTS LINKED TO WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS
By David Klepper
Facebook has removed another 900 social media accounts linked to white supremacy groups after members discussed plans to bring weapons to protests over police killings of black people. The accounts were tied to the Proud Boys and American Guard groups, two groups that had already faced bans from Facebook. Read Here
6. ACTRESS WINONA RYDER RECALLS BEING OVERLOOKED FOR MOVIE ROLE BECAUSE SHE LOOKED ‘TOO JEWISH’
By Shiryn Ghermezian
Actress Winona Ryder recently revealed in an interview that she was once overlooked for a movie role because she looked “too Jewish.” Ryder discussed the anti-Semitism she encountered in the film industry, revealing an incident with actor Mel Gibson, who is known for his past anti-Semitic behavior, who called the actress an “oven dodger.” Read Here
7. ROGER WATERS: SHELDON ADELSON IS ‘PUPPET MASTER’ PULLING TRUMP, POMPEO’S STRINGS
By Stuart Winer
Pink Floyd co-founder, Roger Waters, tells a Hamas-affiliated TV station that Israel is training US police how to kill black people because the IDF is so efficient at murdering Palestinians.’ Additionally, the musician claimed US Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson is a puppet-master pulling the strings of the Trump administration. Waters said Adelson “believes that only Jews, only Jewish people, are completely human…and everybody else on Earth is there to serve them.” He also referred to US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman as “Greenberg.” Read Here
8. U.S. ARMY SOLDIER CHARGED WITH PLOTTING WHITE SUPREMACIST TERRORIST ATTACK
By Ursula Perano
U.S. Army soldier, Ethan Melzer, was charged with terrorism offenses after allegedly sending information on his unit to the neo-Nazi group O9A in the hopes of facilitating a “mass casualty” attack on his fellow soldiers. O9A is known to actively support white supremacy and anti-Semitism, and expresses admiration for Nazis and Islamic jihadists. Read Here
9. NEVADA JEWISH MAN STABBED, ASSAILANT SHOUTED ‘HEIL HITLER’
By Aaron Bandler
A Jewish man was stabbed in Carson City, Nevada as the assailant shouted, “Heil Hitler!” Witnesses say the assailant asked the victim for money before stabbing him in the head and shouting, “Heil Hitler, you piece of s—!“ and “Sieg heil!” and gave a Nazi salute. Police have arrested a suspect in connection to the attack. Read Here
10. CHELSEA HANDLER APOLOGIZES FOR POSTING LOUIS FARRAKHAN VIDEO CLIP
By JTA
Comedian Chelsea Handler apologized for posting a video clip of the anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on her Instagram account. She had previously defended leaving up to her post. Handler issued an apology claiming she did not consider the context of Farrakhan’s anti-Semitic rhetoric when posting the video. Read Here
11. SARSOUR GROUP SAYS ‘NO ZIONISTS’ AT CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY
By Ariel Behar
In an event meant to commemorate Juneteenth, Linda Sarsour and the group Muslims4Abolition, actively excluded Zionist Jews from participating. An advertisement for the event made it clear that it was open to everyone except “Cops & Zionists.” This is not the first time Linda Sarsour has excluded Zionists from her activism, in 2017 she claimed women could not be both feminist and Zionist. Read Here
12. HUNTSVILLE POLICE, RABBI SHARE MESSAGE TO COMMUNITY AFTER INCREASE IN ANTI-SEMITIC VANDALISM
By Sydney Martin
For the second time this month, Huntsville Police have discovered anti-Semitic vandalism spray-painted along Memorial Parkway in Huntsville, Alabama. In April, a Synagogue and Rabbi’s home in Huntsville were also targets of anti-Semitic vandalism. Read Here
13. ANTI-SEMITE TARGETS KENTUCKY MOM & AUTHOR ON FACEBOOK
By Combat Anti-Semitism Movement
Leah, a Jewish mom and author from Kentucky fell victim to anti-Semitism on Facebook and Facebook refused to address the matter. When Leah published a poem about racism to her Facebook page but was confronted with an anti-Semitic meme alluding to Jews being burned to ash during the Holocaust. Facebook refused to take the down post and said “…the content you reported does not go against our standards…” Read Here
14. MASSACHUSETTS MAN WHO ATTEMPTED ARSON ATTACK AT JEWISH RETIREMENT HOME INDICTED ON TWO COUNTS
By Algemeiner Staff
A Massachusetts man suspected of an arson attack at a Jewish retirement home was indicted on two counts. John Michael Rathbun tried but failed to ignite a partially-filled five-gallon fuel canister next to the driveway entrance to the retirement home, and now faces a criminal trial for transporting explosives with the intent to kill and attempted destruction of property. Read Here
WORLD NEWS
(4 Pieces)
1. IN-DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE UK
UK LABOUR LEADER SACKS SENIOR MP FOR SHARING ‘ANTI-SEMITIC CONSPIRACY THEORY’
By TOI Staff
MAN SHOUTS “SHAME NAZIS DIDN’T PUT THE GAS HIGHER” AT JEWISH MOTHER AND BABY ON THE BUS
By Campaign Against Anti-Semitism
A man shouted “shame Nazis didn’t put the gas higher” and “The Germans should have killed all of them” at a Jewish mother and her baby traveling on the 67 bus in Stamford Hill, London. The assailant was a 60-year-old man, and authorities are still investigating the incident. Read Here
DOG FAECES AND EGGS THROWN AT JEWISH FAMILY’S HOME IN STAMFORD HILL
By Campaign Against Anti-Semitism
Dog feces and eggs were thrown at a Jewish family’s home in Stamford Hill in what the victims believed was a racially motivated attack. The incident left the family shaken and scared. Read Here
HUDDERSFIELD LABOUR MEMBER QUITS OVER ANTI-SEMITIC ALLEGATIONS
By Tony Ernshaw
Paul Connolly, a Huddersfield Labour member, quit the party after being accused of making anti-Semitic comments on social media. Connolly was suspended in March after tweets were highlighted exposing him for anti-Semitism. Connolly referred to “Jewish hate-mongers” and “the Israeli lobby.” Read Here
LIBEL CASE BEGINS OVER CORBYN’S ‘ENGLISH IRONY’ INTERVIEW WITH MARR
By JC Reporter
A libel case against Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, brought by the Jewish activist Richard Millett was adjourned so that the Judge could consider new submissions from lawyers. The case revolves around Corbyn’s appearance on BBC’s Andrew Marr Show in 2018, when he was questioned about his remarks on “Zionists” who, he had previously claimed, “do not understand English irony”. Read Here
ANTI-SEMITIC GRAFFITI IN FISH ISLAND, LONDON TO BE INVESTIGATED AND REMOVED
By Campaign Against Anti-Semitism
“F*** Zionist lies” was graffitied earlier in Fish Island and Tower Hamlets, and is now be investigated and removed by Tower Hamlets following an intervention by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism. Read Here
2. IN DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM IN GERMANY
GERMAN CELEBRITY CHEF FACING POTENTIAL CRIMINAL CHARGES OVER ANTI-SEMITIC RANTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
By Algemeiner Staff
German celebrity chef, Attila Hildmann, is being investigated by police in Berlin for a series of anti-Semitic postings on social media. Hildmann’s posts on the Telegram social media platform have attacked Jews and “Zionists” as “parasites” and “subhumans.” Many of the themes he has pushed are familiar in neo-Nazi circles — for example, the claim that the “Jewish tribe of Zionists” sought to destroy Germany after World War I with financial reparations. Hildman also suggested that the “Holocaust was funded by Zionists.” Read Here
ISRAELI AUTHOR PREVAILS OVER GERMAN ‘ANTI-SEMITE’ IN A LEGAL DISPUTE
By Benjamin Weiner
A Berlin court rejected a lawsuit filed by an alleged German anti-Semite against the publishing house of Israeli author Arye Sharuz Shalicar because of critical passages in his book confronting Jew-hatred. Shalicar’s 2018 book “The New German Antisemite”, sharply criticizes the reportedly anti-Israel activist Reiner Bernstein for being a “Jew-hater.” Read Here
GERMAN CHURCH COVERS ANTI-SEMITIC SCULPTURE IT WAS FORCED TO KEEP
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
A church in Germany was forced to keep an anti-Semitic gargoyle of a Jew kissing a pig’s rear end, so it did the next best thing: covered it up. Dozens of anti-Semitic reliefs can be found in churches across Germany. One recurrent theme is the Jew Sow, featuring a female swine with Jews suckling from her udders. Read Here
3. IN DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST
‘MAY THE RACE-RELATED FLAMES IN THE US BURN IT, ALONG WITH THE SONS OF ZION’
By JNS
Gaza-based Islamic scholar, Taher al-Lulu, claimed America is the “greatest Satan” in an interview that aired on Palestinian Today TV in Gaza and Lebanon. Citing the Quran, al-Lulu said that “the Jews and the polytheists” are the strongest in enmity towards the Muslims, and prayed that the race-related “flames” currently engulfing America will burn the United States, the “sons of Zion,” and the “hypocrites and cowards” who have abandoned Palestine in its confrontation with the “global conspiracy.” Read Here
PA REACHES A NEW LOW – HONORS MURDERER OF MOM AND THREE TODDLERS
By Itamar Marcus
The Palestinian Authority recently chose to honor a terrorist in TV broadcast. The broadcast honored Jum’a Adam who in 1988 threw a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli bus, killing a mother and her three toddlers, along with an Israeli soldier attempting to save them. Adam has not only been praised by the Palestinian media but has been awarded over 1 million sheckles since his arrest by the PA. Read Here
SAUDI CLERIC ATTACKED FOR DENOUNCING ANTI-SEMITISM
By Hany Ghoraba
Saudi cleric Mohammed Al-Issa is being attacked by Islamists, led by those on Qatar’s state-owned network Al Jazeera, who are questioning his connections with “Zionists.” Senior Al Jazeera anchor Ahmed Mansour mocked a video showing Al-Issa in Auschwitz, and receiving an award for his efforts in combating anti-Semitism. “We congratulate Saudi Sheikh Mohammed Al-Issa, Secretary General of ‘The Association of Bin Salman,’ for the warm hospitality of the Zionists and their honor and grant him the Great Medal of the Zionist?!” Read Here
4. IN DEPTH: OTHER WORLD NEWS
POLISH STATE TV INCITED HATRED AGAINST JEWS, MEDIA ETHICS PANEL SAYS
BY Katarzyna Markusz
A prominent media ethics watchdog in Poland has accused a state broadcaster of inciting anti-Semitic sentiment. The claim follows a TVP report which had warned that a leading presidential candidate would offer compensation for property lost to Jews during or after the Holocaust. Read Here
CAMPAIGN POSTERS OF THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT OF LYON WERE TAGGED WITH ANTI-SEMITIC MESSAGES
By Carole Blanchard
Anti-Semitic messages were discovered on campaign posters of David Kimelfeld, the outgoing president of the Metropolis of Lyon. A photo published on Twitter shows a poster tagged with a Star of David and another with the message “Satanist.” Read Here
ELDERY FRENCH JEWISH WOMAN LEFT TRAUMATIZED AFTER ‘ANTISEMITIC’ ASSAILANTS HURL BLOCK INTO HER PARIS HOME
By Algemeiner Staff
An 84-year-old Jewish woman is suffering from severe trauma after a concrete slab was hurled through a ground-floor window of her home in a suburb of Paris. The woman, who has not been named, was watching television in her living room when the object smashed through a glass window. The woman was not physically hurt, but she was “deeply shocked and remains traumatized.” The attack has been identified as antisemitic because the woman kept a visible mezuzah on the front door. Read Here
ANTI-SLAVERY STATUE DEFACED IN AMSTERDAM-AREA JEWISH CEMETERY
BY JTA
An anti-slavery statue titled “Elieser”, which commemorated the suffering of slaves, inside an Amsterdam Jewish cemetery was the subject of vandalism. Orange paint covered the statue with the letters, “WLM,” likely standing for “White Lives Matter.” Read Here
BRAZILIAN PASTOR AND CONGREGANTS PRAY FOR ANOTHER HOLOCAUST
By JTA
A Brazilian pastor prayed to God to “destroy the Jews like vermin” and bring about a second Holocaust during a sermon in Rio de Janeiro. Video footage shows the pastor calling out, “Massacre the Jews, God, hit them with your sword, for they have left God, they have left the nations.” Congregants repeating his words passionately. Read Here
‘4TH REICH’: MELBOURNE KINDERGARTEN DEFACED
BY Evan Zlatkis
Australian Acting Multicultural Affairs Minister Alan Tudge has condemned the daubing of a kindergarten in Melbourne’s Albert Park with the words “4th Reich” and a Star of David as “a despicable act of a coward”. The graffiti was reported to the Anti Defamation Commission (ADC) by a shocked non-Jewish pedestrian who was walking past the school. Read Here
ON CAMPUS
(5 Articles)
1. CALLS GROW FOR OUSTER OF FLORIDA STATE U. STUDENT SENATE PRESIDENT
By Jerusalem Post Staff
Two petitions have been launched calling for the ouster of Florida State University Student Senate President, Ahmad Daraldik after he published anti-Semitic messages to social media. Daraldik defended comments he wrote on his social media profiles of an anti-Semitic nature, including “f— Israel” and “stupid Jew”, in addition to publishing a website comparing Israeli to Nazi Germany. Read Here
2. POMONA SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT SHARES AND ENDORSES ANTI-SEMITIC COMMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
By Jordan Esrig
The 2020-2021 Senior Class President at Pomona College posted comments to her social media account accusing Zionist Jews of “hating” brown people and criticized them for purportedly “worshipping” the Second World War. The post was overlayed on top of a tweet comparing Yemen’s current humanitarian crisis to the Holocaust, in response to the tweet she added “once again, Zionist -Israel- birthright- vacation- stuck- on- comparing- holocaust- to-racism-WW2-worshipping bitches, this should be right up to ur alley. Oh, wait u hate brown ppl.” Read Here
3. TOP CANADIAN JEWISH GROUP CALLS FOR ‘CONCRETE ACTIONS’ AGAINST YORK UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WHO EQUATED ZIONISM WITH WHITE SUPREMACY
By Algemeiner Staff
A York University professor defamed Zionism and downplayed Holocaust denial. Faisal Bhabha — an associate professor at York’s Osgoode Hall Law School — said during an online debate, “Zionism isn’t about self-determination, it’s about Jewish supremacy…I’m equating white supremacy with Jewish supremacy.” Bhabha also said, “Accusing Israel of exaggerating the Holocaust could be, a plausible argument.” B’nai Brith Canada called for Bhabha to be removed from teaching a course on human rights at the school, saying, “Any version of human rights that does not include a firm rejection of anti-Semitism is ethically and morally bankrupt.” Read Here
4. ‘NO PLACE FOR HATRED ON OUR CAMPUS’: PC LEADERSHIP CONDEMNS ANTI-SEMITIC, ANTI-CATHOLIC VANDALISM
By Shaun Towne
A man was accused of desecrating the Dominican Cemetery at Providence College, after he was found spray painting swastikas on graves, and attempting to light a nearby lawn on fire. The school’s president and president-elect spoke out to condemn the suspect’s actions. Read Here
5. ANTI-SEMITIC GRAFFITI LEFT BY VANDALS AT TRACY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA
By Kristi Gross
Vandals ransacked classrooms at Tracy Elementary School in Tracy, California leaving behind anti-Semitic messages. The school district says said two classrooms were broken into and vandalized with anti-Semitic symbols, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage. Read Here
STUDIES AND STATISTICS
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1. COVID-19 FUELING WORLDWIDE WAVE OF ANTI-SEMITISM, RESEARCHERS FIND
By STUART WINER
A report published the Kantor Center at Tel Aviv University found that the coronavirus pandemic has become a vehicle for an intense and exceptional wave of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionist propaganda that accuses Jews and Israel of either causing the virus or standing to benefit from it. “This new type of anti-Semitism, which partly reiterates classic anti-Semitic themes, includes conspiracy theories alongside medieval blood libels, now renewed in a 21st century format,” the study reads. Read Here
2. JEWS AND OTHER MINORITIES SUBJECTED TO MAJOR INCREASE IN ONLINE HARASSMENT IN 2020, ADL REPORT REVEALS
By Algemeiner Staff
Online harassment of Jews and other minorities has increased sharply this year, a new survey by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) revealed. The ADL report pointed out that 43 percent of Jews experienced identity-based harassment in 2020, as compared with 35 percent in 2018. Read Here
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CIJA CAMPAIGN AIMS TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM
By Paul Lungen
It’s no secret that Jews are the single most targeted religious group when it comes to hate crimes, but the chief executive officer of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) believes manifestations of anti-Semitism are becoming more brazen and shameless. CIJA recently launched its Maspik campaign, an invitation to community groups, individuals and other organizations “to join a broad alliance of Jewish and non-Jewish groups,” to say enough (maspik) to anti-Semitism. Read Here
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PARTNER CONTENT
NEW HEAD OF A SYNAGOGUE SECURITY AGENCY WANTS TO TRAIN JEWS IN COLLEGE
By BEN SALES/JTA
Evan Bernstein has a message for American Jews: The golden age is over. It’s time to protect ourselves. And that starts in college. Bernstein is the new CEO of the Community Security Service, a New York-based organization that trains volunteers to protect their own synagogues. He believes that American Jews face the most urgent physical threat in generations and US synagogues need to look more like their counterparts in Europe. Read Here
NOTE TO SOCIAL-MEDIA COMPANIES: ANTI-SEMITISM IS HATE CONTENT
By Ron Machol, COO of Zachor Legal Institute
Zachor Legal Institute recently sent letters to Facebook, YouTube/Google and Twitter, updating them about anti-Semitic postings that are present on their platforms. These postings violate their own hate-speech regulations, and we have asked them to remove this content immediately. To date, we have received no response. We are using the IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism as our guideline for recognizing this form of hate speech. Read Here
THE FUTURE OF COLLEGE: A JEWISH TOWNHALL
By The Tikvah Fund
Tikvah is pleased to announce a multi-part “townhall series” on the future of college assessed, analyzed, and debated from a Jewish perspective. We will be joined by some of America’s leading educators and experts—such as Jonathan Haidt, Alyza Lewin, and Ruth Wisse. The series is open to college-bound and college-enrolled students, to parents and grandparents concerned about the education of the rising generation, and to everyone who cares about how to strengthen Jewish liberal education in America. 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.
(13 Pieces)
1. BILL REQUIRING BLACK HISTORY, HOLOCAUST EDUCATION IN FLORIDA’S SCHOOL CURRICULUM SIGNED INTO LAW
By Fox35 Orlando
A bill requiring the Florida Department of Education to develop standards and curriculum to teach students about the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and Black history was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Specifically, the events of the Holocaust, the official Florida definition of anti-Semitism, and state African-American history are covered in the legislation. Read Here
2. FLORIDA JEWISH LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS CALLS ON FSU STUDENT SENATE PRESIDENT TO STEP DOWN
By Aaron Bandler
Members of the Florida Jewish Legislative Caucus issued statements calling on Florida State University (FSU) Student Senate President Ahmad Daraldik to resign over his past social media posts. Daraldik has been under fire for past social media posts stating “f— Israel” and “stupid Jew” as well as comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. Read Here
3. DEFENSE BILL WOULD SURVEY TROOPS ON IF THEY’VE FACED ‘RACIST, ANTI-SEMITIC OR SUPREMACIST’ ACTIVITY
By REBECCA KHEEL
Questions about whether troops have faced racism, anti-Semitism and supremacism on duty would be added to Pentagon workplace surveys under a provision in the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the annual defense policy bill. The provision is included in the military personnel subcommittee’s portion of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Read Here
4. ISRAELI UN ENVOY ACCUSES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OF ‘SYSTEMATIC DISCRIMINATION’
By ARIEL KAHANA
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Aviva Raz Shechter, delivered a strong rebuke of the U.N. Human Rights Council in her farewell address. Shechter accused the council of unfairly targeting Israel and fostering “institutionalized anti-Semitism” through its notorious Agenda Item 7. Agenda Item 7 is the only permanent item on the UNHRC agenda against a particular country. It targets Israel and Israel only, and requires Israel’s record on human rights to be debated in practically every meeting of the council. Read Here
5. AUSTRALIA TAKES A STAND AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
By EVAN ZLATKIS
The Australian government was the only country to vote against all five anti-Israel resolutions at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC), 43rd session. The UNHRC, which has a history of systemic bias against the Jewish State, passed five resolutions against Israel, leading the Australian Mission to blast its “disproportionate focus”. Meanwhile, Australia’s ambassador to the UN Sally Mansfield said the UNHRC “holds Israel to a higher degree of scrutiny than any other state”. Read Here
6. MEPS CALL FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS INTO EU FUNDING OF PALESTINIAN TERROR
By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
European Parliamentarians have called for a thorough investigation into how European taxpayers’ money is ending up in the hands of Palestinian terrorists, insisting that any loopholes in the law through which the money is slipping must be closed. “It should absolutely not happen that European taxpayers’ money lead to attacks on Israel,” Dutch MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen said in Brussels. Read Here
7. IN CALL WITH JEWISH LEADERS, UK LABOUR CHIEF VOWS TO ‘WASH CLEAN THE STAIN OF ANTI-SEMITISM FROM OUR PARTY’
By Algemeiner Staff
UK Labour party leader Keir Starmer held a meeting with representatives of British Jewish groups. Afterward, Starmer stated, “I am in no doubt that it will take time to rebuild trust between the Jewish community and the Labour party. Some of the problems will not be fixed overnight. But I was pleased to update the meeting on the work which has already taken place. We are beginning to wash clean the stain of anti-Semitism from our party.” Read Here
8. SADIQ KHAN URGES COMMUNITY: DON’T SUFFER IN SILENCE – REPORT ANTI-SEMITISM
By JENNI FRAZER
London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, has issued a plea to the Jewish community to report incidents of anti-Semitism. In conversation with Mill Hill Synagogue’s Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet, Mr Khan declared: “You mustn’t suffer in silence” — adding that as mayor he believed anti-Semitism to be everyone’s problem, not just London Jews. Read Here
9. GERMANY BANS ANOTHER NEO-NAZI GROUP IN ONGOING CRACKDOWN ON FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISTS
By Ben Cohen
The German government’s crackdown on the far right continued with a ban on a group whose followers worship Adolf Hitler and admire ISIS. Police carried out raids in four different states against supporters of the anti-Semitic neo-Nazi Nordadler (Northern Eagle) group. Read Here
10. GERMANY DOUBLES PLEDGE TO AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU PRESERVATION FUND
By CELIA JEAN
Germany has increased its pledge towards a fund supporting the preservation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp, doubling the amount of 60 million euros the country had previously pledged in December to 120 million euros. Read Here
11. FOREIGN MINISTER: BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT CONSISTENT AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM, HATE SPEECH
By Sofia Globe Staff
The Bulgarian government pursues a consistent policy against anti-Semitism, xenophobia and hate speech, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said during a conference with the National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry. The Covid-19 crisis has led to increased anti-Semitism, xenophobia and hate speech around the world, Zaharieva said. “I would like to assure you that Bulgaria shares the concerns of the international Jewish community about…accusing Jews of spreading the coronavirus”. Read Here
12. BELGIAN COURT JAILS MAN FOR SENDING ANTI-SEMITIC DEATH THREATS TO JEWISH MP
By Algemeiner Staff
A court in Belgium sentenced a man to two years in prison and a fine of 800 euros for subjecting a Jewish member of parliament to a campaign of anti-Semitic harassment. The conviction came following a complaint filed by Viviane Teitelbaum — a parliamentary representative from the capital Brussels — against the unnamed man, who leveled death threats against her amidst a stream of anti-Jewish invective. Read Here
13. BDS VICTORY IN SPAIN OVERTURNED IN COURT TWO YEARS LATER
By JEREMY SHARON
Nearly two years after Israel’s national women’s water polo team was left without a venue for a game against the Spanish team due to a municipal BDS ordinance, an administrative court in Catalonia ruled that the boycott motion was illegal. In November 2018, Israel’s national women’s water polo team was set to play the Spanish team in the town of Molins de Rei. An administrative court in the province of Barcelona has now struck down Molins de Rei’s 2013 law as discriminatory. Read Here
HUMANITY
(4 Pieces)
1. IN POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH, ISRAELI LAB CLAIMS SUCCESSFUL VACCINE TRIAL ON RODENTS
By TOI Staff
The Israeli Defense Ministry-run Institute for Biological Research says it has been able to protect hamsters from COVID-19 in vaccine trials, and hopes to have a finished product for humans within a year. The Israeli lab is the first in the world to reach three major milestones,”finding an antibody that destroys the virus; that targets this coronavirus specifically; and that is monoclonal, lacking additional proteins that can cause complications for patients.” Read Here
2. NORTH FACE, PATAGONIA, REI WILL BOYCOTT FACEBOOK ADS TO PROTEST HATE SPEECH
By JTA
Several large companies have joined a campaign to boycott Facebook advertising until the social media giant changes its policies regarding advertising and hate speech. The campaign protests Facebook’s unwillingness to police hate speech or monitor posts for misinformation. North Face, Patagonia, and REI are among some of the companies that have agreed to not post ads on Facebook for the month of July. Read Here
3. PORTUGUESE DIPLOMAT WHO RESCUED 10,000 JEWS TO BE HONORED WITH A MONUMENT AT FAMED LISBON SITE
By JTA
Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, will be recognized with a monument in Lisbon. Mendes’ monument was announced by parliament in a resolution that read, “A moral legacy for all, his heritage is for the whole of civil society and above all a virtuous example for future generations.” In 1940, he gave visas to refugees fleeing the Nazi’s advance and is estimated to have saved around 10,000 Jews from persecution. Read Here
4. NFL QUARTERBACK KIRK COUSINS WISHES A ‘MAZEL TOV’ AND CITES TORAH IN A MESSAGE TO JEWISH STUDENTS
By JTA
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins scored a touchdown with his congratulatory message to the graduates of a Jewish student program. Cousins wished the graduates of the Jewish Student Union, a program of the Orthodox Union’s youth group NCSY, a “mazel tov” in a video address and mentioned the Torah several times. Read Here
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