April 11, 2023
THIS WEEK’S GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM REPORT
This week, neo-nazis are planning a protest against a Florida Sheriff who called antisemites a bunch of “scumbags” earlier this year.. The National Socialist Party (NSM), which styles itself as the “largest and most active National Socialist party in America today,” is planning to hold the protest on April 22. This follows a recent white supremacist march in Maine, where the group held a banner that said “Defend White Communities.” While most onlookers were surprised, taking pictures of the group and whispering uncomfortably to friends, the protest demonstrates a concerning pattern in the rise of antisemitic incidents both in the state and nationwide.
In the UK, antisemitic graffiti at a bus stop in Sussex Avenue, Canterbury has sparked concerns within the Jewish community after a vandal sprayed swastikas and the Star of David. In Germany, an antisemitic march unfolded in two Berlin neighborhoods with large Muslim presence, Kreuzberg and Neukölln, and centered on the current controversy on the Temple Mount. Israel’s Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor slammed a rally of mainly five hundred German Muslims who on Saturday blasted calls for the obliteration of Israel and Jews in Berlin.
In the Middle East, amidst rising Israeli-Palestinian tensions, two horrific antisemitic terror attacks took place. Lucy, Rina, and Maya Dee were killed by a Palestinian terrorist in a West Bank attack last Friday; the terrorists in the shooting have yet to be caught. Alessandro Parini, a 35-year-old from Italy traveled to Israel for Easter and was murdered in a Tel Aviv terror attack on Friday. In addition to Parini, another seven British and Italian tourists were injured.
This week’s global antisemitism report highlights 22 new media reports of antisemitic incidents. The total includes 11 (50%) from the far-right, 2 (9.1%) from the far-left, 7 (31.8%) with Islamist motivations, and 2 (9.1%) unidentifiable in nature.
UNITED STATES
FLORIDA: NEO-NAZI GROUP PLANNING PROTEST OF SHERIFF WHO CALLED ANTISEMITES ’SCUMBAGS
By KATE ANDERSON
Neo-nazis are planning a protest against a Florida Sheriff who called antisemites a bunch of “scumbags” earlier this year, according to the group’s website. The National Socialist Party (NSM), which styles itself as the “largest and most active National Socialist party in America today,” is planning to hold the protest on April 22 outside city hall, according to NSM’s website. The city has been experiencing a rash of antisemitic incidents over the past several months, prompting Sheriff Mike Chitwood to organize efforts to “stand with our Jewish neighbors.”
NEW YORK: BRONX WOMAN SAYS MAN THREW CONCRETE SLAB THROUGH HER WINDOW BECAUSE SHE DISPLAYED ISRAELI FLAG
By ALI BAUMAN
The NYPD’s hate crimes task force is investigating after someone hurled concrete through a Jewish woman’s apartment window. She showed us security camera footage, which she claimed shows the moment a man walked up and hurled something through her second-story window. The heavy slab of concrete missed her by inches. Rochelle believes the man targeted her window for the Israeli flag and pro-Israeli sticker she displays.
CALIFORNIA: MAN CAUGHT PAINTING ANTISEMITIC SYMBOLS ON NEW JOHN REED FITNESS CENTER
OKLAHOMA: OKLAHOMA CITY RESIDENTS DISTURBED BY ANTISEMITIC MESSAGES ON THEIR DRIVEWAYS
PORTLAND NEO-NAZI MARCH REFLECTS RISE OF ANTISEMITISM IN MAINE
CONNECTICUT: NEW HAVEN, HAMDEN MAYORS CONDEMN HATE AMID CIRCULATION OF RACIST AND ANTISEMITIC FLYERS
IOWA: VANDALS HIT DES MOINES PARK MULTIPLE TIMES
MASSACHUSETTS: SCHOOL OFFICIALS INVESTIGATING RACIST INCIDENTS AT JABISH BROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL IN BELCHERTOWN
THREE SUSPECTS WANTED IN CONNECTION TO TWO ALLEGED ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS IN QUEENS
WORLD NEWS
UNITED KINGDOM
RACISTS TARGET BUS STOP IN SUSSEX AVENUE, CANTERBURY WITH ANTISEMITIC GRAFFITI
By BRAD HARPER
Antisemitic graffiti at a bus stop has sparked concerns the community could be put in fear. The racist vandal sprayed swastikas and the Star of David on the shelter in Sussex Avenue, Canterbury. Ward councillor Dave Wilson says there is “no excuse” for the offensive vandalism. “It is abhorrent and puts people in fear,” the Labour representative said. “The Jewish community requires our protection as well as the other minority communities in the district.”
ANTISEMITIC REMARKS OUTSIDE A SYNAGOGUE IN LONDON
GERMANY
GERMAN MUSLIMS CALL FOR ‘DEATH TO ISRAEL’ AND ‘DEATH TO JEWS’ IN BERLIN
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
The reportedly antisemitic march unfolded in two Berlin neighborhoods with a large Muslim presence, Kreuzberg and Neukölln, and centered on the current controversy on the Temple Mount. Israel’s Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor slammed a rally of mainly five hundred German Muslims who on Saturday blasted calls for the obliteration of Israel and Jews in Berlin.
OTHER WORLD NEWS
BONE-CHILLING ANTISEMITIC DISPLAY IN POLAND SPARKS CONDEMNATION
By ITAMAR EICHNER
In a near-identical display from 2019, residents in Pruchnik held an antisemitic ceremony, in which they conduct a field trial, hang and then burn a effigy marked with Jewish stereotypes; ‘It is apparent that the Polish government has failed to address the roots of this hatred towards Jews,’ says official. The incident sparked global condemnation, leading the municipality to announce the ending of the tradition. However, just last week, unknown individuals hung the same effigy on the outskirts of the town and set it ablaze. City officials had to intervene by removing the doll from the area.
FINLAND: FASCIST PARTY LEADER CHARGED OVER ANTISEMITIC TWEET
KYIV TO NAME STREET FOR UKRAINIAN NAZI COLLABORATOR AFTER PUBLIC VOTE
FINLAND: FASCIST PARTY LEADER CHARGED OVER ANTISEMITIC TWEET
MIDDLE EAST
ITALIAN TOURIST ALESSANDRO PARINI IS TEL AVIV TERROR ATTACK VICTIM
By JERUSALEM POST
Alessandro Parini, a 35-year-old from Italy, was a lawyer from Rome who went to Israel for Easter and was murdered in the Tel Aviv terror attack on Friday. In addition to Parini, another seven British and Italian tourists were injured. “We went to the beach when suddenly a car showed up,” said Parini’s friends who were with him. “The terrorist ran toward us. [Parini] fell to the ground and started bleeding from his head.
MOTHER WOUNDED IN TERROR ATTACK DIES, 3 DAYS AFTER SHOOTING THAT CLAIMED 2 DAUGHTERS
By EMANUEL FABIAN
Lucy Dee has died of her wounds, three days after the West Bank terror attack in which her two daughters were also slain. Dee, 48, was critically injured in the Friday shooting in the Jordan Valley and her condition had been dire since. The terrorists in the shooting have yet to be caught. The two sisters, Maia and Rina, were laid to rest yesterday. The family lives in Efrat. The three were also British nationals.
HAMAS LEADERS IN QATAR CALL PALESTINIANS TO I’TIKAF IN AL-AQSA MOSQUE WITH INTENTION OF WAGING JIHAD
GLOBAL WINDS BLOWING AWAY FROM ‘ARROGANCE, ZIONISM,’ RAISI TELLS ASSAD
MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF MUSLIM SCHOLARS: MUSLIMS MUST LIBERATE AL-AQSA BY ANY MEANS
ON CAMPUS
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY DROPS ANTISEMITISM CHARGE AGAINST GRADUATE STUDENT
By YEZEN SAADAH
A graduate student worker who lost her on-campus job and was charged with counts of vandalism and antisemitism after writing on a discarded mailbag will be rehired by the university. Naye Idriss, the student and a member of the union, was fired from her job working in the Bobst Library mailroom last semester after writing “free Palestine” on a discarded Israeli mailbag, and “fuck” over the word “Israel.”
ALLEGED ANTISEMITIC ACTIVIST SPEAKS ON CAMPUS, RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT FREE SPEECH
MCGILL UNIVERSITY ENDS RESEARCH WITH ANTISEMITIC IRANIAN UNIVERSITY
POMONA, CMC RELEASE PLANS TO ADDRESS ANTISEMITISM ON CAMPUS
GWU FACES US FEDERAL PROBE AFTER CLEARING PROFESSOR ACCUSED OF ANTISEMITISM
ANALYSIS & OP-EDS
CONFRONTING THE DARKNESS OF ANTISEMITISM
By WILLIAM DAROFF
WHY THIS PASSOVER IS LIKE NO OTHER
By DAPHNE LAZAR PRICE
JEWS SHOULD OPPOSE RADICAL ETHNIC STUDIES CURRICULUM IN SILICON VALLEY SCHOOLS
By DAVID BERNSTEIN
‘SO MUCH DEATH- WHAT CAN WE DO AGAINST SUCH HATE?’
By DOV DANIEL
STUDIES & STATISTICS
2021 ANTISEMITISM REPORT IN ARGENTINA
By DAIA
DAIA’s Center for Social Studies presents a new edition of the Annual Report on Antisemitism in Argentina, a publication that it has been producing on a sustained basis for 25 years. Among the determining factors is the increase in demonstrations of violence around the soccer World Cup held between November and December in Qatar and the manifestations of hate have intensified, especially in the last quarter of 2022.
2022 JEWISH ON CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM ANNUAL REPORT
By JEWISH ON CAMPUS
In the 2022 report, “Jewish on Campus” found that a majority of submissions received were from female and religiously Reform, identifying students. There were significant spikes in submissions and their related ideologies during certain times of the year, some of which could be plausibly explained, such as in early autumn, a rise in historical antisemitism due to the harmful statements by prominent celebrities, while others were more difficult.
GOVERNMENT & POLICY
WHITE HOUSE ADDRESSING ANTISEMITISM AT THE START OF PASSOVER; OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL FAITHS TO COMBAT HATE
By: BASIL JOHN
“It really is a cautionary tale about what is also going on right now in America. Unfortunately, antisemitism is on the rise,” White House Jewish Liaison Shelley Greenspan said. During this year’s Passover, Christians and Muslims are also observing their own holidays of Easter and Ramadan. Greenspan says it’s a special opportunity for each faith to combat hate together. The administration is also planning to release the first-ever national strategy to counter antisemitism and says it will lay the groundwork for rooting out all forms of hate. Mitchell says that’s a mission his organization embraces.
US ENVOY LIPSTADT: ANTISEMITISM WON’T DISAPPEAR, BUT WE HAVE THE POWER TO ADDRESS IT
By: JACOB MAGID
“In an interview with The Times of Israel, Lipstadt lamented the number of reported incidents targeting Jews while suggesting the success of the administration’s efforts to combat antisemitism shouldn’t necessarily be gauged by them. Instead, she pointed to her efforts to get governments abroad to take the issue seriously, while conceding that success on this front won’t solve antisemitism.
BILL WOULD DEFINE ‘ANTISEMITISM’ IN STATE CODE AS INCIDENTS SKYROCKET IN SOUTH CAROLINA
MARYLAND HATE CRIME PACKAGE AIMS TO CURB MARYLAND’S RISING ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS
HUMANITY
MONTANA JEWISH PROJECT EXTENDS OPEN HOUSE INVITATION TO STATE LAWMAKERS
By THOM BRIDGE
Officials with the Montana Jewish Project and the Anti-Defamation League’s Pacific Northwest Office said they have invited Montana’s state legislators to attend the first-of-its-kind reception on April 13 at historic Temple Emanu-El, Montana’s oldest synagogue in Helena. They said the event comes during a time of rising antisemitism in Montana. The reception is open to all Montana legislators, who are now in session, and invitations were given out at the Capitol.
THOUSANDS ATTEND FUNERAL OF ISRAELI SISTERS KILLED IN JORDAN VALLEY TERROR ATTACK
#ENDJEWHATRED ANNOUNCES DAY OF EMPOWERMENT ON ‘END JEW HATRED’ DAY
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