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THIS WEEK’S CONTENT
breaking news
2 shot dead, several injured as German synagogue targeted in Yom Kippur attack
By TOI Staff
Tragedy struck in Germany on Yom Kippur. Two people were shot dead in the city of Halle by a neo-Nazi gunman outside a synagogue as dozens of Jews prayed inside. The perpetrator sought to enter the synagogue but security measures in place helped to “withstand the attack,” which was live-streamed by the gunman. Read Here
TAKE ACTION
This section highlights opportunities for you to get involved in combating anti-Semitism. Read the content below to learn more.
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1. SUPPORTING HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
By Jessica Press
This week we ask you to take action by supporting Holocaust education. In its mission to bring Holocaust education to as many people as possible, our partner, the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, is kicking off a campaign to create an endowment to allow for the upkeep, greening, and security of The Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza, the oldest Holocaust memorial in the U.S. The PHRF will also be conducting educational programming such as teacher trainings. Their endowment goal is $9 million. They welcome donations of any amount and encourage people to watch their powerful new video (below), to visit the website and, of course, the Plaza itself. Read Here
2. VENTURE CREATIVE CONTEST – ROUND ONE
Anti-Semitism is once again on the rise, just 75 years after the Holocaust. This irrational hatred of Jews and the world’s only Jewish state harms both innocent victims and perpetrators infected by bigotry. The resurgence of anti-Semitism poses a challenge to all people of conscience:
How can we work together to stop anti-Semitism?
This contest is crowd-sourcing new solutions to help end “the world’s oldest hatred.” The contest is sponsored by the CombatAntiSemitism.org coalition. People of all ages, backgrounds, and nationalities are encouraged to participate by creatively addressing one of the categories below:
Round 1 Deadline: December 1, 2019 (future rounds coming soon)
NOTABLE SUPPORTERS
CAS is pleased to announce that Ambassador Richard Schifter has signed the Combat Anti-Semitism pledge! Ambassador Schifter serves as the chairman of the American Jewish International Relations Institute and formerly served as Deputy Representative to the UN and Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs.
UNITED STATES
(16 Articles)
1. VANDALS SMASH WINDOWS OF BROOKLYN SYNAGOGUE DURING ROSH HASHANAH PRAYERS
By JTA
The windows of the Rivnitz synagogue in Brooklyn were smashed by vandals during Rosh Hashanah services. A video showed people throwing milk crates at the synagogue in Williamsburg. Police said they were searching for two females who were seen in the video. Read Here
2. SWASTIKA FOUND ON CAR IN BOROUGH PARK
By News 12 Brooklyn
Police say an investigation is underway after a swastika was found etched into a car in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park. According to the Williamsburg News, the vehicle belongs to a member of Hatzolah, a Jewish emergency medical service. The hate crimes unit has been notified. Read Here
3. SWASTIKA FOUND IN BROOKLYN RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
By Aaron Bandler
A swastika was found in an apartment building in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park by an elderly couple in a hallway; the husband is a Holocaust survivor from Hungary. The New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force is reportedly investigating the matter. Read Here
4. TEEN ALLEGEDLY ATTACKS JEWISH WOMAN IN BROOKLYN, PULLING OFF HER WIG
By JTA
Police said a Jewish woman reported being harassed in Brooklyn on Rosh Hashanah. She was approached by a female teenager who “pulled her scarf and wig from her head.” The perpetrator was accompanied by another teenager. The police’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating. Read Here
5. WHITE SUPREMACIST PROPAGANDA FOUND AT TEMPLE EMANUEL IN WINSTON-SALEM, NC
By John Hinton
White supremacist propaganda was found at Temple Emanuel in Winston-Salem, NC and on an online blog naming the synagogue. Officials at Temple Emanuel are enhancing their security for the High Holy Days in response to the discovery. Read Here
6. ANTI-SEMITIC LITERATURE FOUND AT WHITEFISH, MT BUSINESSES
By Maren Siu
Literature spouting anti-Semitism circulated around to multiple businesses in Whitefish, Montana. The fliers contained white nationalist references. The Montana Human Rights Network believes the fliers were dropped off specifically on Rosh Hashanah. Watch Here for more information. Read Here
7. SWASTIKAS FOUND ON IOWA BRIDGE
By Aaron Bandler
Multiple swastikas were found on a popular bridge in Rock Valley, Iowa. The City of Rock Valley said that the swastikas were spray-painted in white on the Kiwanis Bridge’s poles and drawn in blue chalk along the pavement. Read Here
8. OHIO MAN INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES FOR THREATENING SHOOTING AT JCC
By Marcy Oster
James Reardon of New Middletown, Ohio was indicted in US District Court with one count of transmitting an interstate communication threat and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, for using a firearm while making threats against the Youngstown Jewish Community Center in a video posted on social media. Read Here
9. NEW LIST OF WHITE SUPREMACIST MEMES, SYMBOLS, SLOGANS ADDED TO ADL GUIDE
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
The Dylann Roof Bowl Cut, the Moon Man and the Happy Merchant are among a group of new symbols, memes and slogans included in the Anti-Defamation League’s “Hate on Display” online database. The group expanded its listings to include symbols that in recent years have been adopted by the alt-Right segment of the white supremacist movement. Read Here
10. ROSS FARCA, CONCORD, CA MAN WHO THREATENED MASS SHOOTING AGAINST JEWS, BACK IN COURT, PRELIM HEARING SET
By GABE STUTMAN
Ross Farca, who threatened a mass shooting against Jews on a gaming website, appeared in Contra Costa Superior Court for a scheduling hearing to set a date for a preliminary hearing — similar to a grand jury proceeding — when a judge will determine if there is enough evidence to proceed to trial. Read Here
11. JEWS PREPARE FOR HIGH HOLIDAYS AS WHITE SUPREMACIST INCIDENTS SOAR IN MASSACHUSETTS.
By Paul Singer
Incidents of white supremacists distributing fliers, posters and literature around Massachusetts have increased dramatically this year. In 2018, 35 such incidents were recorded in the state; this year so far, there have been 60 incidents, and the total for the year will wind up being more than double. Read Here
12. NEW VIDEO MAY SIGNAL DANGEROUS CHANGE FOR NEO-NAZI TERROR CELL
By Mack Lamoureux and Ben Makuch
A neo-Nazi terror group, Atomwaffen Division, has released a propaganda video that one expert is calling “incredibly significant” and “essentially a declaration of war.” The group has already been linked to 5 murders, and was named in an FBI investigation involving an alleged bomber in Las Vegas who stockpiled explosives and firearms for a planned attack on the city’s Jewish community. Read Here
13. $4 MILLION OUTLAY FOR STEPPED-UP SECURITY INITIATIVE
By STEVE LIPMAN
In response to fatal attacks at synagogues in the US and a spike in anti-Semitic attacks on Jews in NYC, UJA-Federation of New York announced a new $4 million initiative to upgrade security at Jewish institutions. The plan will include the hiring of seven full-time professionals to oversee Jewish security needs — five based locally in Long Island, Westchester, Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan. Read Here
14. TWO MEN ARRESTED FOR SWASTIKA GRAFFITI ON NY MASONIC LODGE
By Aaron Bandler
Anthony Dean, 20, and Gaven Wasson, 18 were arrested for spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti on a Masonic Lodge sign in Queensbury, N.Y., which included a swastika. Police concluded that suspects had no any anti-Semitic intent. “They were just trying to be cute,” Lt. Steve Stockdale said. Read Here
15. FOX SPORTS REPORTER WHO KVETCHED OVER ‘STINGY’ JEW HIRED BY EVANGELICAL SCHOOL
By Ben Sales
Emily Austen, a reporter who was fired by Fox Sports in Florida for derogatory comments about Jews and minorities, has been hired by the evangelical Christian Liberty University. Fox dismissed Austen in 2016 after she recorded an interview in which she said talked about “Jews in Boca,” including one who was “stingy,” and said Jews “would complain and b*tch about everything.” Read Here
16. TEXAS EXECUTION HALTED OVER CLAIMS JUDGE WAS ANTI-SEMITIC
By Agencies
Randy Halprin, a Jewish death row inmate who was part of the “Texas 7” gang of escaped prisoners and faced execution in less than a week won a reprieve after claiming the former judge at his trial was anti-Semitic and frequently used racial slurs. Read Here
ISRAEL AND THE REST OF THE WORLD
(4 Pieces)
1. IN-DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE UK
TOM WATSON: I WAS GOING TO ATTACK CORBYN’S FAILURE TO ADDRESS ANTI-SEMITISM IN MY LABOUR CONFERENCE SPEECH
By Lee Harpin
Tom Watson poured scorn on Jeremy Corbyn’s claim to be dealing with anti-Semitism: “It’s no good just condemning something – it’s about actually doing something about it.” Mr Watson said his party still had “a very long way to go” before restoring “anything near trust with the Jewish community.” He also hit out at the “sickening intimidation” of Jewish delegates and other allies at the entrance to the annual Labour conference. Read Here
‘ANTI-SEMITISM DENIER’ RE-ELECTED TO LABOUR’S TOP DISCIPLINARY PANEL
By JC Reporter
Stephen Marks, who signed a petition in support of an activist who claimed Jews “were the chief financiers of the slave trade” has been re-elected to Labour’s top disciplinary body, the National Constitutional Committee, which is meant to deal with anti-Semitism cases. Read Here
SPEAKERS AT UK LABOUR PARTY EVENT DENY ANTI-SEMITISM PROBLEM, DENOUNCE IHRA DEFINITION
By Benjamin Kerstein
Speakers at a Labour event, Labour Against the Witchhunt, dismissed the idea of anti-Semitism within the party, denounced the internationally-accepted definition of anti-Semitism and accused the “the State of Israel and its lobby” of a conspiracy to “smear the left” with “false accusations of anti-Semitism.” Read Here
OUTRAGE OVER CORBYN’S ROSH HASHANAH VIDEO FEATURING ACTIVIST WHO SAID KADDISH FOR HAMAS MEMBERS
By JC Reporter
A Rosh Hashanah video by Jeremy Corbyn has sparked outrage. In the video, the opposition leader visits a grocer in London, where he discusses the Jewish New Year symbols of honey and apples as a way to promote Labour’s “Green Industrial Revolution” program. Entering the shop alongside Mr. Corbyn is Rob Abrams, a Jewish anti-Zionist activist who led a Kaddish in Parliament Square for the 62 Palestinians killed on the Israel-Gaza border, at least 50 of whom were Hamas operatives. Read Here
JEWISH MP LOUISE ELLMAN FACING NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON EVE OF YOM KIPPUR
By Jewish News Reporter
Labour Party members in Liverpool have been criticized for holding a vote of no-confidence in their Jewish MP on Yom Kippur. Dame Louise Ellman MP who is being challenged, has been a prominent critic of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of the anti-Semitism crisis. Read Here
PM BORIS JOHNSON SAYS LABOUR ARE ‘FRATRICIDAL ANTI-SEMITIC MARXISTS’
By Mathilde Frot
Prime Minister Johnson in an address to his Conservative Party said: “Let’s get Brexit Done. “Let’s get this thing done, and then let’s get ready to make our case to the country against the fratricidal anti-Semitic Marxists.” Read Here
LABOUR MP SORRY FOR LIKING FACEBOOK COMMENT CLAIMING ISRAEL DISGRACES JEWS
By Mathilde Frot
Emma Dent Coad, Labour’s MP for Kensington, apologized for liking a Facebook comment claiming Israel “disgraces all of us Jews worldwide.” A spokesperson for the MP said: “Emma liked this in error and apologizes.” Read Here
LABOUR MP ELLIE REEVES CONDEMNS HER LOCAL PARTY’S DECISION TO HOST 9/11 CONSPIRACY THEORIST
By Daniel Sugarman
Politicians have condemned their local Labour Party for inviting a speaker who promoted the work of a 9/11 conspiracy theorist who claims “Israelis blew up the twin towers with the help of Zionists” in the US Government. MP Ellie Reeves, along with seven Labour councillors in Lewisham, signed a letter registering their concern at the invitation to Professor Piers Robinson, a former academic at Sheffield University. Read Here
HOLOCAUST EDUCATOR ISSUES STARK WARNING OVER THE HEATED POLITICAL RHETORIC POLITICIANS USE
By Rosa Doherty
James Smith, president of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, said politicians of all parties have a responsibility to take a strong position on all forms of intolerance and “mind their language.” Mr. Smith warned that the threats posed by anti-Semitism are in danger of intensifying if politicians fail to take a firm lead. Read Here
WEST HAM FC ‘DISGUSTED’ BY VIDEO SHOWING ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ABUSE BY FANS
By Express & Star
West Ham have said they are “disgusted” at a video showing some of their fans singing anti-Semitic chants from a game. The club responded by banning a supporter for life in relation to the footage. Read Here
COUNCILOR CONDEMNS ANTI-SEMITIC GRAFFITI: ‘IT IS NOT THE KIND OF LEWES WE KNOW’
By JENNIFER LOGAN
Oli Henman, a Lewes town councilor, condemned anti-Semitic graffiti discovered in the town and said the graffiti was ‘disturbing’. “This is a pattern now that we have seen over a number of months of similar kinds of graffiti. What we are facing effectively is hate crime.” Read Here
MAN WHO DISPLAYED HUGE SWASTIKA FLAG ON HOME WILL FACE NO FURTHER ACTION
By Paul Harper
A man who displayed a large red flag with a swastika on the side of a house in Wales will not face charges. A 55-year-old man was arrested for racially aggravated public order offence in relation to the flag. The Crown Prosecution Service decided no further action should be taken against the man. Read Here
2. IN-DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM IN GERMANY
2 shot dead, several injured as German synagogue targeted in Yom Kippur attack
BY TOI Staff
Tragedy struck in Germany on Yom Kippur. Two people were shot dead in the city of Halle by a neo-Nazi gunman outside a synagogue as dozens of Jews prayed inside. The perpetrator sought to enter the synagogue but security measures in place helped to “withstand the attack,” which was live-streamed by the gunman. Read Here
MAN CRYING ‘ALLAHU AKBAR’ TRIES TO RUN INTO BERLIN SYNAGOGUE WITH KNIFE
BY TOI Staff
A 23-year-old Syrian refugee from Damascus, armed with a knife attempted to run into the Neue synagogue in central Berlin. The man was tackled by security personnel at the entrance. He was heard calling out “Allahu Akbar” and “F*ck Israel” and was hit with pepper spray and disarmed. Read Here
BERLIN POLICE REMOVE SIGN PROTESTING ANTI-SEMITISM AT PRO-PALESTINIAN RALLY
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Berlin authorities confiscated a sign protesting anti-Semitism at a pro-Palestinian rally from Ruben Gerczikow, vice president of the European Union of Jewish Students, because his message provokes the demonstrators at the event where two anti-Semitic Palestinian rappers were supposed to sing. Read Here
TRIAL BEGINS FOR GERMAN NEO-NAZI GROUP ACCUSED OF PLOTTING ATTACKS
By DEBORAH COLE 
The trial of a neo-Nazi terrorist cell accused of plotting violent political upheaval in Germany opened amid reports the country’s far-right scene is growing more armed and radical. Eight members of the Revolution Chemnitz group will answer to charges of forming a right-wing terrorist organization. Read Here
GERMAN CITY RETRACTS PRIZE AFTER ARTIST REFUSES TO DENOUNCE ISRAEL BOYCOTTS
By JTA 
The German city of Aachen nixed an award to a Lebanon-born artist after discovering that he is a supporter of the boycott Israel movement. Walid Raad will not get the prestigious Aachen Art Prize of approximately $10,900, the mayor said. Read Here
GERMANY SEES SURGE IN WEAPON SEIZURES FROM FAR RIGHT
By Nik Martin
An expert has warned of “massive rearmament” by neo-Nazi groups after German police seized 61% more weapons during raids on the radical right in 2018 than the previous year. 1,091 weapons were seized from crimes by far-right extremists including handguns, rifles, explosives, detonators, knives, batons, and projectiles. Read Here
NEO-NAZI PROTESTORS IN GERMANY CALL FOR PALESTINIAN HELP AGAINST ISRAEL
By Zeev Avrahami
Dozens of neo-Nazis marched through Dortmund, Germany calling for Palestinian support to eradicate Israel. The demonstration involved seventy neo-Nazis marching through the streets, holding Third Reich flags and chanting, “Palestine help us, Israel still exists” and “Israel no more.” Read Here
BERLIN HAS ‘SERIOUS ANTI-SEMITISM PROBLEM’ SAYS CITY COMMISSIONER, AS NEW STATS REVEAL OVER 400 INCIDENTS TARGETING JEWS IN FIRST HALF OF YEAR
By Ben Cohen
According to Berlin’s anti-Semitism commissioner, there were 404 reported anti-Semitic incidents in Berlin during the first half of 2019 — an average of two per day. 30% of the incidents involved far-right perpetrators, the larger number are committed by pro-Palestinian Muslims. Read Here
3. IN DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST
IRAN GUARDS CHIEF: DESTROYING ISRAEL NOW NOT A DREAM BUT AN ‘ACHIEVABLE GOAL’
By AFP 
General Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard said destroying the Jewish State was now an “achievable goal. “We have managed to obtain the capacity to destroy the impostor Zionist regime. This sinister regime must be wiped off the map and this is no longer a dream but it is an achievable goal.” Read Here
IRAN’S REGIME LASHES OUT AT GERMAN ANTI-SEMITISM COMMISSIONER IN RESPONSE TO ‘POST’ ARTICLE
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Iran’s foreign ministry blasted Uwe Becker, a German commissioner tasked with combating anti-Semitism, after he said that Chancellor Merkel should withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and re-impose sanctions on Tehran for its nefarious conduct. The Iranian regime-controlled PressTV wrote that “Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi condemned the remarks by Uwe Becker.” Read Here
JORDANIAN PHYSICS PROFESSOR HISHAM GHASSIB: JUDAISM IS A DESPICABLE RELIGION THAT SHOULD NOT BE RESPECTED
By MEMRI 
Jordanian physics professor Hisham Ghassib said in a lecture that he strongly discouraged colleagues from respecting and defending Judaism as a religion. Ghassib said that Judaism, the Talmud, and the Torah are “primitive” and “despicable” and Zionism turned them into a fascist ideology. He added that “global Jewry” is very powerful because of its control of the international banking system. Watch Here
TERRORIST WHO MURDERED RINA SHNERB WORKED FOR BDS GROUP
By Arutz Sheva Staff
The Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs confirmed a report that the head of the terror squad that murdered Rina Shnerb, Sammer Arabid, worked for the Palestinian Authority BDS organization Al-Dameer, which supports and promotes boycotts against the State of Israel. Read Here
EGYPT PARLIAMENT SPEAKER PRAISES HITLER TO DEFEND GOVERNMENT SPENDING
By TOI Staff
Ali Abdel Aal, the speaker of Egypt’s parliament, praised Adolf Hitler to justify spending on government construction projects. He implored lawmakers to back Egyptian President el-Sissi amid anti-government protests and asked lawmakers to support Sissi’s “project to build the modern Egyptian state.” Read Here
4. IN DEPTH: OTHER WORLD NEWS
AUSTRALIAN JEWISH BOY FORCED TO KISS MUSLIM CLASSMATE’S SHOES, DRAWING OUTCRY
By JTA 
In Melbourne, Australia, a five-year old Jewish student began wetting himself in class after he was subjected to anti-Semitic bullying over the course of months, while a 12-year-old Jewish student was forced to kiss the feet of a Muslim child and was physically assaulted. Both Jewish students had to leave their public schools because their families felt the principals did not provide them adequate support. Read Here
For more details on this harrowing story watch the video below:
‘THEY DON’T WANT TO CALL IT ANTI-SEMITISM’
By Rebecca Davis
The mother of the 12-year-old Jewish student who was verbally abused, physically assaulted and forced to kiss the feet of a Muslim boy shares their harrowing ordeal in detail: “They didn’t even want to call it anti-Semitism. They didn’t want to call it bullying because if religious vilification happens one or more times, then they have to take some form of action. Instead, the school’s solution was a five-day suspension of the ringleader while the victim “had to learn coping mechanisms and how to be more resilient”. Read Here
JEWISH GROUPS DEMAND ITALY TAKE ACTION AGAINST WINE BOTTLES SALUTING NAZIS
By JNS 
Italy is facing renewed backlash for allowing the continued sale of wine bottles that feature Adolf Hitler and Nazi slogans on its labels. The wine bottles, produced by Italian winemaker Vina Lunardelli as part of a “Historical Series,” features Nazi slogans, and pictures of Hitler and notorious SS members. Read Here
ANNE FRANK: ROME REMOVES ANTI-SEMITIC GRAFFITI
By Wanted In Rome
Rome authorities have removed graffiti against Anne Frank from a wall on Via dei Durantini. The message read: “We enter without knocking like in the attics of Amsterdam …because we have to find that liar Anne Frank.” Read Here
‘BEWARE OF PARASITES’: ANTI-SEMITIC POSTERS PUT UP IN WARSAW AHEAD OF ELECTIONS
By TOI Staff
Anti-Semitic posters have been put up all over the Polish capital Warsaw ahead of the country’s national elections. The posters include images of prominent Jewish figures along with the slogan “Beware of parasites.” The posters call for an end of restitution to Jewish owners and their heirs of property that was seized during the Holocaust, saying it is a “mafia” program, and demand that Poland “Stop the Jewish occupation” of the country. Read Here
ANTI-SEMITIC GRAFFITI PAINTED ON WALL OF FORMER KRAKOW GHETTO
By JTA and Katarzyna Markusz 
Polish police are looking for vandals that painted a swastika and other graffiti on the wall of the former ghetto in Krakow. The graffiti read “whores Jews, get the f**k out of Poland” alongside a swastika. Police investigated in the area but did not find any clues leading to the vandal. Read Here
ANTI-SEMITIC SLOGAN AGAIN DRAWN ON THE WALL OF THE TARNÓW CEMETERY IN POLAND
By Paweł Chwał
The wall of the Jewish cemetery in Tarnow was again covered with anti-Semitic graffiti with the inscription: “Confederation against Jews # 447,” referring to Act 447, unanimously adopted by the American Congress requesting Poland to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors. Read Here
SWEDISH CENTER PARTY PROMOTING CIRCUMCISION BAN
By Hagay Hacohen
Sweden’s Jewish Central Council condemned the Swedish Center Party for moving to proceed with a ban on circumcision, noting that circumcision is “a central tenet of life and ritual for Jews and Muslims. Read Here
OSLO SYNAGOGUE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL BRASS PLATES VANDALIZED ON EVE OF ROSH HASHANAH
By David Israel
Vandals painted black over Holocaust memorial brass plates right outside Oslo’s synagogue on Rosh Hashanah. According to Norwegian media, a kek flag, used by the alt-right movement, was hung in a window across the street from the Synagogue. Read Here
IN BELGIUM, JEWISH LEADERS WORRY THAT ANTI-SEMITISM HAS GONE MAINSTREAM
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The defense of anti-Semitic incidents by authorities and the responsible parties has prompted concern that anti-Semitism is gaining mainstream acceptance in Belgium. Many Belgian Jews are afraid to be publicly identified as Jews for fear of attack. Read Here
HIT BY TERROR AND ECONOMIC WOES, NICE’S JEWISH COMMUNITY FACES UNCERTAIN FUTURE
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Nice has been a haven for Jews for 1,000 years but the combined effects of anti-Semitism, terrorism, financial problems and assimilation have taken their toll. Zacharie Frankel, a Nice native, dates the turn in the Jewish community’s fortunes to the anti-Semitic violence that began during the 2nd Intifada. Read Here
FRANCE: CANCELLATION OF A DIEUDONNÉ SHOW IN PARIS
By i24News 
Police in France asked anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonné to cancel the second performance of his show entitled “Yellow Vests.” In his last show, he claimed that the gas chambers never existed, while inciting hatred. Read Here
JEWISH CEMETERY NEAR BUENOS AIRES VANDALIZED
By TOI Staff
A Jewish cemetery in La Tablada, Argentina was vandalized shortly before the start of Rosh Hashanah. Part of the cemetery’s exterior wall was knocked down, a number of tombstones were damaged and bronze plaques on some of the graves were stolen. Read Here
MISSISSAUGA, CANADA MPP RESCINDS CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO PALESTINIAN CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
By Hailey Montgomery
Mississauga MPP Kaleed Rasheed has rescinded a certificate of appreciation to Palestine House-Toronto whose representative participated in an anti-Semitic rally in Mississauga where Israel was compared to Hitler and violence was threatened against against Jews. Read Here
ONTARIO POLICE CHARGE TWO MEN IN PROBE INTO ANTI-SEMITIC, RACIST PROPAGANDA
By The Canadian Press
Police have charged two men from Burlington, Ontario with promoting hate after racist and anti-Semitic propaganda was posted around the city. Read Here
ANGLICAN CHURCH OF S. AFRICA PASSES BDS RESOLUTION
By Ilanit Chernick
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa decided to support the BDS movement. ACSA, which has over four million followers, represents Anglican Christian communities in South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique and Angola. Read Here
SOUTH AFRICAN WRITER TO BE PROSECUTED OR ANTI-SEMITIC RANT
By Nicola Miltz 
South African writer Matome Letsoalo is to be prosecuted for a string of vicious anti-Semitic comments he posted on Twitter. He is facing crimen injuria charges for several hateful tweets such as “@SAJBD [South African Jewish Board of Deputies] The #Holocaust Will be like A Picnic When we are done with all you Zionist Bastards. F*** All Of You.” Read Here
ON CAMPUS
(15 Articles)
1. WHY DO U.S., UK UNIVERSITIES INVITE FAR-RIGHT ANTI-SEMITIC LEADERS?
By Seth Frantzman
The frequent invitation to anti-Semitic leaders raises questions about the vetting process of these invitations and why the same institutions that supposedly have policies against racism and hate speech and claim they want campus to be a safe space, host hatred against one minority group. The leading western academic institutions seem to have decided that those who are “against the Jews” are the ones who are most prized. Read Here
2. Notts Trent suspend student over ‘anti-Semitic’ picture on Tinder profile
By Rubin Verebes
A Nottingham Trent University student has been suspended for taking a picture with a sleeping Orthodox Jewish man on a train and photoshopping a Palestinian flag on his mouth for his Tinder profile. Nottingham Trent University launched an immediate investigation. Read Here
3. NYU STUDENT WHO FOUGHT BDS MOVEMENT ON CAMPUS: ‘WHEN YOU’RE SILENT, THERE CAN BE NO JUSTICE’
By Algemeiner Staff
“When you’re silent, there can be no justice,” New York University student leader Ben Newhouse said at The Algemeiner’s 6th annual “J100” gala. Newhouse recalled his efforts to fight the anti-Israel BDS movement on campus, drawing a response from the university, which issued a condemnation of the boycott initiative. “No one should have to go through what I went through at NYU…‘Never again’ begins with your voice.” Read Here
Watch Newhouse’s speech below:
4. UCU sorry after Holocaust Memorial Day memo failed to mention Jews
By Jewish News Reporter
University and College Union (UCU), a trade union for academics, apologized for “drafting errors” after its memo about Holocaust Memorial Day failed to mention Jews. In its memo, UCU said Holocaust Memorial Day remembers Nazi victims including Roma, Sinti, beggars, alcoholics, drug addicts, prostitutes, pacifists, black people, disabled people, Freemasons, LGBT+ people, Jehovah’s Witnesses, non-Jewish Poles, and Slavs, but did not mention Jews. Read Here
5. JEWISH STUDENTS CALL FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM TO CANCEL CHRIS WILLIAMSON INVITATION
By Daniel Sugarman
Jewish students at the University of Nottingham have called for a speaking invitation to Chris Williamson to be withdrawn, citing the politician’s “history of Jew baiting.” The university’s Centre for British Politics invited him to speak as part of a series on “British Politics in Crisis.” The MP was suspended from the Labour party after video emerged of him saying Labour had been “too apologetic” regarding anti-Semitism. Read Here
6. CAPITAL REGION COLLEGES MARKED BY WHITE NATIONALIST GROUP
By Rachel Silberstein
At least three college campuses in Albany, NY were vandalized with stickers associated with a white nationalist organization. Campus security staff at Siena College, the College of Saint Rose, and Hudson Valley Community College are working with local and state law enforcement to identify at least two suspected perpetrators who were caught on camera. Read Here
7. WHEN ANTI-SEMITES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LIBERAL INSTITUTIONS
By By Ofir Dayan, Daughter of Israel’s Consul-General in New York, Dani Dayan
Liberal institutions take pride in how they protect everyone and let everyone express their voice, citing their deep moral obligation to these values. In practice, this infinite inclusivity allows the malignment of various groups, and in this case, the Jews. We must not sit idly by when such events take place, and we must counter them and their organizers. Read Here
8. BRITISH TEENAGER GOES PUBLIC ABOUT MONTHS OF ANTI-SEMITIC ABUSE
By Algemeiner Staff
A British teenager has gone public about a torrent of anti-Semitic invective she faced. Charlotte Nathan, who attends school in Northwich, England, was moved to speak about her experiences after receiving a derogatory message on Snapchat that said, “I wanna fart in your face to remind you of how your grandparents died.” Read Here
9. SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN TRAINING TO BECOME EDUCATION ‘CHAMPIONS’ OF THE HOLOCAUST
By Michelle Marchante
60 Florida school principals participated in a training to help students understand, process and navigate the world through a deeper understanding of the Holocaust. The session in Boca Raton was the first principal-focused training the ADL conducted as part of its Echoes & Reflections Holocaust education initiative. Read Here
10. SCHOOL: THREATENING POST ON GOOGLE CAME FROM OUTSIDE US
By WICS/WRSP Staff
Several anti-Semitic images appeared when one searched for Mt. Zion High School on Google. A caption on one of the photos read, “Best shooting range I’ve been to.” According to the school district, the sources of the post came from outside the US. Read Here
11. ANTI-SEMITIC GRAFFITI ON SCHOOL SAFETY SIGN SPARKS OUTRAGE IN QUEBEC
By Joel Goldenberg
A school safety sign in Côte St. Luc was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti, and quickly removed and cleaned. The graffiti included a swastika and a Hitler-type mustache on a girl’s face. Read Here
12. 3 SWASTIKAS FOUND AT PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL IN NY
By News12
Symbols of hate were found in Pelham Middle School in Pelham, NY. School officials say three swastikas were spotted at Pelham Middle School, but it’s not clear where they were found on the campus. Read Here
13. STATE POLICE TO ASSIST HATE SPEECH GRAFFITI INVESTIGATION AT SCARSDALE HIGH SCHOOL
By Michael McKinney
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is directing the New York State police’s Hate Crimes Task Force to assist Scarsdale police and school officials in their investigation of hate-filled graffiti found at Scarsdale High School for the second time this month. Read Here
14. SWASTIKAS FOUND AT GLEN ROCK, NJ SCHOOL, THIRD INCIDENT FOR DISTRICT IN THE PAST YEAR
By Keldy Ortiz
Two swastikas were discovered in a bathroom at Glen Rock Middle School. The sixth-grade boys’ bathroom was closed when building staff found the anti-Semitic symbols. Police were alerted and are investigating the symbols. Read Here
15. SWASTIKA FOUND IN FAIR LAWN, NJ MIDDLE SCHOOL, DAYS BEFORE ROSH HASHANAH
By Shaylah Brown
A swastika was discovered etched on the back of an auditorium chair at Memorial Middle School in Fair Lawn, a week after another swastika was found in the boy’s bathroom of the same school. The school is unaware of when the anti-Semitic symbols were placed in both locations. Read Here
ANALYSIS
(4 Pieces)
1. JCPA CRCast: Creating a Culture of Security in the Jewish community
By JCPA
What are the current security challenges facing the American Jewish community? What is SCN’s role in addressing them? How can local Jewish communities create a culture of security? Michael Masters, CEO of the Secure Community Network, answers these questions in this video. Watch Here
2. Policing Anti-Semitism Everywhere
By Jonathan Marks
Former Republican member of Congress now running for Senate, Jason Lewis, made baseless, textbook anti-Semitic, charges of dual loyalty against pro-Israel politicians. We rightly blamed Democrats for failing to denounce Omar’s remarks about dual loyalty. But the Republican response to Lewis, who hasn’t even pretended to apologize, has been still more tepid. Read Here
3. THE SORRY TALE OF TWO PHOTOGRAPHS
By Ben Cohen
Over the last week, there have been two examples of viscerally anti-Semitic behavior: one in the UK, the other in Australia. At the root of both was the desire to inflict humiliation upon the victims as a punishment for their Jewishness. The lesson is that the dehumanizing element that is so essential to anti-Semitism remains with us. Read Here
4. The relationship between Yom Kippur and anti-Semitism
By GIL TROY
Anti-Semites have long fed off the paradoxes within Judaism, offended by the way Jews fit in so well yet choose to stand out so much. In the latest proof that anti-Semitism remains the most plastic hatred – endurable, artificial, yet pliable – the far left accuses Jews of enjoying “white privilege” while the far right accuses Jews of threatening white purity. It is often the shared hatred of the Jew that unites sworn enemies, making the mystery of who causes the hatred clear. As with all prejudice, focus on the accuser not the accused. Read Here
STUDIES AND STATISTICS
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1. ARGENTINA SEES 107% SPIKE IN ANTI-SEMITISM
By Ilanit Chernick
The number of anti-Semitic incidents in Argentina rose in 2018 by 107%. There were 834 acts of anti-Semitism in 2018. 71% of the incidents occurred online with 27% of the anti-Semitic content online had xenophobic connotations against Jews, 18% were fueled by events taking place in the Middle East, 17% used Nazi symbolism, while others drew from conspiracies about Jewish world domination and other related misconceptions. Read The Full Report Here
2. 3 OUT OF EVERY 4 LA COUNTY JEWS VIEW ANTI-SEMITISM AS SERIOUS – POLL
By Omri Nahmias
Three-quarters of Jewish people in Los Angeles County view anti-Semitism as a serious threat. A poll of more than 1,800 Jewish voters in LA county revealed strong support for the survival of Israel as a Jewish state and very significant fears of growing anti-Semitism. Read Here
3. UPDATED: ANTI-SEMITIC HATE CRIMES IN NYC HAVE RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY IN 2019
By Ben Sales
Hate crimes against Jews in NYC rose significantly over the first nine months of this year. The NYPD reported 311 total hate crimes through September, according to Deputy Inspector Mark Molinari, who heads the Hate Crimes Task Force. Molinari said 52% of the reported hate crimes, or 163, targeted Jews. Read Here
4. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AND DYNAMICS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
By The Jewish People Policy Institute
Anti-Semitism is rising by every metric and is no longer a secondary concern but has a significant impact on Israel and the Jewish people worldwide. The FBI reported that Jews are the most targeted religion-based group by hate crimes. Most of the more violent anti-Semitic attacks in the US seem unrelated to Israeli policies, although on college campuses the insidious BDS movement feeds on overblown portrayals of Israeli policies. This has taken a toll on American Jews: nearly three-quarters of American Jews polled felt less secure than they did two years ago. Read The Full Report Here
FEATURED PARTNER
Combat Anti-Semitism is proud to be a partner of UN Watch, a non-governmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, whose mandate is to monitor the performance of the United Nations by the yardstick of its own charter. Learn more about their important work in the video below.
1. COMBATING UN BIAS, PRO-ISRAEL ORGANIZATIONS HIGHLIGHT UNRWA INCITEMENT AND CORRUPTION
By ELIANA RUDEE
Geneva-based NGO UN Watch presented their exposé of 10 recent examples of terrorist incitement and anti-Semitism on UNRWA staff Facebook pages. The report highlights the endorsement and glorification of murderous terrorists like Hamas bombmaker Abdullah Barghouti, responsible for killing 67 Israelis and injuring hundreds more. Read Here
UN Watch is a Geneva-based non-governmental organization whose stated mission is “to monitor the performance of the United Nations by the yardstick of its own Charter”. It is an accredited NGO in Special Consultative Status to the UN Economic and Social Council and an Associate NGO to the UN Department of Public Information. UN Watch has been active in combating human rights abuses and often uses its allotted time at the UNHRC to allow for dissidents and human rights activists to speak. UN Watch is frequently critical of what it views as anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiment at the UN and UN-sponsored events.
SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR & COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM UPDATE
This section also highlights the work of government officials around the world that are combating anti-Semitism in their official capacities.
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1. White House High Holy Days Call With President Trump
By The White House
President Trump hosted a call with Jewish community leaders ahead of the high holidays in which he said: “As I said in my recent address to UN, America will never tolerate anti-Semitic hate. Our entire nation was stricken with shock and grief and righteous anger when two horrific anti-Semitic murderers attacked synagogues in California and Pennsylvania. To every survivor, family member and to the entire Jewish community, all of America embraces you with love. We pledge our undying and total resolve to excise the vile poison of anti-Semitism from our world.”
2. HOW ISRAEL ACHIEVED THE IMPOSSIBLE AT THE UN
By Danny Danon
To clear the air of the anti-Semitism that pervaded the UN, we launched a long but justified battle. We have led proposals for resolutions that were voted on in the General Assembly and designed to isolate nations that support terrorism, and to block anti-Israel declarations. We have not allowed the rise of modern anti-Semitism to go ignored. The General Assembly was summoned for a special session to discuss the fight against anti-Semitism, and a proposed resolution to condemn anti-Semitic crimes was passed. Read Here
3. DANON, NEW US ENVOY TO UN TO WORK FOR COALITION AGAINST HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH
By Herb Keinon
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon held his first working meeting with new US Ambassador Kelly Craft. The two discussed strengthening cooperation between the two countries, and steps that can be taken in the Security Council against Iran and its proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah. Read Here
4. UK’S ANTI-SEMITISM ADVISER PLEDGES ‘MOST ROBUST CONSEQUENCES’ FOR JEW-HATERS
By Lee Harping
John Mann, the British government’s new anti-Semitism adviser vowed that those responsible for spreading hatred against the Jewish people will face the “most robust consequences”. Mr. Mann spoke of the “dichotomy” of “how not to overstate the problem so people become irrationally fearful of their everyday existence while at the same time not understating the problem.” Read Here
5. IN ROSH HASHANAH MESSAGE, BORIS JOHNSON VOWS TO DEFEND JEWS FROM ANTI-SEMITISM
By TOI Staff
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed to protect Jews against anti-Semitism in the UK, in a video message to Jews ahead of Rosh Hashanah. “I will always be there to defend you against the shameful anti-Semitism that we are increasingly seeing, and which is such a terrible blight on our country.” Read Here
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6. LONDON’S SADIQ KHAN WISHES HAPPY ROSH HASHANAH
By Leon Sverdlov
London’s Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan wished a happy Rosh Hashanah to the city’s Jewish community, saying they “should celebrate and be proud of the enormous way [they] contribute to making London the greatest city in the world…I know it is also a worrying time. Anti-Semitic incidents have hit a record high…We know from our history that we ignore these incidents at our peril. And where anti-Semitism can lead when left to fester. As Mayor, I am committed to continuing to fight against the scourge of anti-Semitism with City Hall and the Metropolitan Police taking a zero-tolerance approach.” Read Here
7. TOP UK CABINET MINISTER: EVERYONE ‘HAS A DUTY TO STOP’ ANTI-SEMITISM
By Algemeiner Staff
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid reiterated his support for the Jewish state at a Conservative Friends of Israel meeting. Javid said, “When I look at Israel…it is a country that aligns with all of our values…” He also condemned anti-Semitism in the UK, declaring, “Everyone in this room has a duty to stop it. Anyone with a sense of history knows full well why the Jewish community feels uneasy now, and nowadays we don’t have to look to the past to learn, sadly you just have to look around you.” Read Here
8. AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT MPS PLEDGE TO CLASSIFY BDS AS ANTI-SEMITIC
By Benjamin Weinthal
Austrian lawmakers vowed they will declare the BDS campaign targeting Israel as anti-Semitic during the next legislative session at an event hosted by the Jewish-Austrian Students organization. Sibylle Hamann from the Green Party compared BDS to the Nazi-era “Don’t buy from Jews” campaign. Read Here
9. Watch: AUSTRALIAN PM MORRISON STANDS FOR UP ISRAEL
By Australian Jewish News
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said while at the White House that he and his government have taken a stance against the bias and unfair targeting of Israel at the United Nations. Read Here
10. MERLINO CALLS FOR URGENT REVIEW
By REBECCA DAVIS
Victoria’s Education Minister James Merlino has ordered an “immediate review” into how two Melbourne schools responded to incidents of anti-Semitic bullying. Merlino said, “I utterly condemn anti-Semitism and it is absolutely not tolerated in any of our schools. Every child should feel safe and happy when they are at school. I am still very concerned by the parents’ reports and I have asked for an immediate review into how both schools have handled these matters. If further changes are necessary to guard against anti-Semitism and the impact it can have on our community we stand ready to make them.” Read Here
11. JOSH FRYDENBERG URGES MORE HOLOCAUST EDUCATION AFTER ANTI-SEMITIC BULLYING ATTACKS
By Guardian Staff
Victoria’s Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he is deeply concerned about a rise in anti-Semitism in schools, urging more history lessons about the Holocaust to prevent it. “If they [bullies] understood and comprehended the atrocities of the Holocaust, they would be as insulted as anybody about these recent attacks.” Read Here
12. GERMAN ANTI-SEMITISM COMMISSIONER CALLS ON MERKEL TO EXIT IRAN NUKE DEAL
By Benjamin Weinthal
One of Germany’s commissioners tasked with combating anti-Semitism, Uwe Becker, urged Chancellor Merkel to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal to protect Israel’s security. “The current escalation with Israel should be reason enough for Germany to advocate the….Iran nuclear agreement…[as] dead, and for the necessary sanctions against Tehran to become effective again in their entirety.” Read Here
13. Rosh Hashanah Greeting From the European Commission
By Hamodia
Katharina von Schnurbein, EU coordinator on combating anti-Semitism, released a Rosh Hashanah greeting: “Shanah tovah from Brussels… Europe’s Jewish communities are sources of strength, inspiration and diversity for society at large. My thoughts are with the Jewish communities which had to endure painful and lethal attacks, in Pittsburgh and Poway but also here in Europe. This past year has seen attacks against synagogues and community centers, against Jews on the way to Shabbat prayer or students on campus from far-right, far-left and Islamists. When Jews are under attack, democracy is under attack…” Read Here
14. ‘JEWISH LIFE MUST FLOURISH IN EUROPE’: EU COMMISSIONER SENDS ROSH HASHANAH MESSAGE TO CONTINENT’S JEWS
By Algemeiner Staff
The European Commission’s first vice-president, Frans Timmermans gave a Rosh Hashanah greeting: “May you celebrate Rosh Hashanah surrounded by your loved ones…The enduring traditions of Rosh Hashanah remind us of the deep values of Judaism and allow us to celebrate its remarkable heritage and contribution to our continent. We know that where extremism flourishes, the poison of anti-Semitism is not far away. Based on our own terrible history of the Shoah, we have a special responsibility to tackle it wherever it rears its head.” Read Here
15. HOLOCAUST DENIAL NOT A HUMAN RIGHT, EUROPEAN COURT RULES
By AFP
Holocaust denial is not a human right, European Court of Human Rights ruled, throwing out a complaint by German neo-Nazi politician Udo Pastoers who was convicted in Germany after giving a speech in which he doubted whether the Holocaust happened. Pastoers lodged a complaint against the conviction with the ECHR arguing his freedom of expression was violated. Read Here
16. AMERICAN JEWISH ORGS, PRAISING ROMANIA FOR PART IN COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM
By CORNELIU-AURELIAN COLCERIU/AGERPRES/TNS
Romania’s Foreign Minister Ramona Manescu held meetings with American Jewish organizations, where their leaders commended Romania for the leading part it has taken in the fight against anti-Semitism. Attending the meeting were leaders of the AJC, B’nai B’rith, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jews, ADL and the World Jewish Restitution Organization. Read Here
17. FLORIDA COUNTY PASSES RESOLUTION OPPOSING ISRAEL BOYCOTTS
By Marcy Oster
The Broward county commission in Florida unanimously passed a resolution saying that it “opposes the BDS movement targeting Israel, including all efforts to delegitimize the state of Israel and efforts to target US companies that are engaged in legal commercial activities.” It also notes that “the BDS Movement seeks to destroy the State of Israel as a homeland to the Jewish people and seeks to establish one or two Palestinian-majority states.” Read Here
18. ADDRESSING HATE: FJCC Leaders Meet with NYPD Brass, Elected Officials to Address Rise in Anti-Semitic Attacks
By Yeshiva World News
Responding to the increasing number of anti-Semitic attacks carried out against Jews in Brooklyn, a security meeting convened by the Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition and City Councilman Chaim Deutsch created a forum for high ranking members of the NYPD and Brooklyn’s elected officials to hear from members of the Jewish community and better understand their concerns. Read Here
19. Zelensky meets representatives of Jewish organizations in U.S.
By Unian
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with representatives of U.S. Jewish organizations and said “The promotion of anti-Semitism in Ukraine is a provocation. We are determined to prevent crimes committed on the basis of anti-Semitism.” The president thanked the Jewish community for strengthening the strategic relations of Ukraine and the US, as well as for supporting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of his country. Read Here
HUMANITY
(8 Pieces)
This section highlights the good deeds of Jews and others working to combat anti-Semitism in their communities.
1. MORE THAN 130,000 SEPHARDIC JEWS APPLY FOR SPANISH CITIZENSHIP BY DEADLINE
By Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
More than 130,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled en masse from Spain in 1492 have requested Spanish citizenship in the past four years, after a deadline for applications expired. For the past four years, Spain allowed the Sephardim to apply to become Spanish nationals without giving up their current citizenship. Read Here
2. CELINE DION WISHES ISRAEL ‘SHANA TOVA,’ ANNOUNCES 2020 TEL AVIV CONCERT
By Shiryn Ghermezian
Singer Celine Dion announced her first-ever concert in Israel in a video message in which she also wished the Jewish state a happy new year ahead of Rosh Hashanah. “Shana tova Israel,” the Canadian artist, 51, said. “I can’t wait to see you all for the very first time in Tel Aviv. I’ll see you soon.” Read Here
3. ROSH HASHANAH GREETINGS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD ARE CHANGING
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Washington put out “a happy and sweet new year” greeting this year. UAE Foreign Minister also wrote a “Shana Tovah” greeting on Twitter. These examples are small signs of increasing willingness of countries in the Middle East to express tolerance to Jews. Read Here
4. COMMUNITY MEMBERS CELEBRATE DIVERSITY IN RESPONSE TO ANTI-SEMITIC LEAFLETING
By Mazana Boerboom
After anti-Semitic and white supremacist graffiti and flyers were found throughout Missoula, Montana throughout the beginning of 2019, community leaders organized the first ever Missoula Together festival to counter discrimination and promote inclusivity. Read Here
5. WHY A JAPANESE-AMERICAN ARTIST PAINTED A MURAL OF NAZI FIGHTER HANNAH SENESH
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
Japanese-born Christian artist Julie Robertson just spent four days painting a mural of the late Jewish poet Hannah Senesh – the woman who died fighting Nazis as a British paratrooper. “To be able to hear the story of such a young girl that had such conviction to do something so dangerous…that’s my hero, so I really wanted to paint her.” Read Here
6. TOURISM BOARD VOTES TO SUPPORT STUDY ON DEVELOPING HOLOCAUST, GENOCIDE EDUCATION MUSEUM
By Michelle Rindels
A plan to build a museum focused on the Holocaust and Nevada survivors of genocide is one step closer to reality. The Nevada Commission on Tourism voted to express support for a privately funded feasibility study on establishing the Nevada State Center for Tolerance: Holocaust and Genocide Historical Resource Center or Museum. Read Here
7. ‘BALTIC TRUTH’ DIGS UP DIRT ON LATVIAN ACTIVITIES IN WORLD WAR II
By HOWARD BLAS
A small but intransigent film team is working to reveal that in Latvia, “national memorials to murderers lie feet away from the graves of their victims. The glorification of so-called war ‘heroes’ with Jewish blood on their hands is in full swing across the Baltic States.” Read Here
8. Reggae Singer Ziggy Marley Honored for Israel Support in Face of BDS Pressure
By Shiryn Ghermezian
Jamaican singer Ziggy Marley, son of reggae icon Bob Marley, reaffirmed his support for Israel when he was presented with the special artist’s award for peace at the “Celebrating Ambassadors of Peace” gathering. Marley said “I’ve been going to Israel since I was a teenager…We don’t play in Israel for political reasons, we play for the people to spread our message of justice, love and peace for all. Read Here
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“Combat anti-Semitism (CAS) is a non-partisan, global grassroots movement of interfaith individuals and organizations united to combat anti-Semitism. CAS 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 diversity is respected. We work to encourage understanding so tragedies like the Holocaust or any incidents of hate inspired violence never happen again.”
