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SPECIAL FEATURE
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1. UK’S LORD ERIC PICKLES JOINS COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM MOVEMENT’S ADVISORY BOARD
By CAM
The Combat Anti-Semitism Movement (CAM) announced that the UK’s Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust issues, Lord Eric Pickles, has joined its Advisory Board. Pickles has long been one of the strongest, most prominent public voices against anti-Semitism in the UK. Read Here
2. THE IHRA DEFINITION EXPLAINED
By CAM
Agreeing upon and working from a universal definition of anti-Semitism is critical in order to combat various forms of anti-Semitism. The Combat Anti-Semitism Movement’s (CAM) pledge draws upon the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism and its list of specific behaviors used to discriminate against the Jewish people and the Jewish State. Learn more about the IHRA definition and its list of behaviors in this guide. Read Here
3. SCHOOL-YARD ANTI-SEMITISM: THE ANTIDOTE IS HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
By Dalya Meyer (Tulane University, Class of 2022)
In a nation as diverse as the United States, a lack of Holocaust and tolerance education naturally leads to gaps in awareness and empathy among children, with long-term consequences. Holocaust education is something that should not just be taught in one lesson during a high school history course, but incorporated into curricula for students as young as elementary school. If all schools began to adopt mandatory Holocaust and tolerance education, we may begin to see a change in the next generation of children. Read Here
4. GLOBAL CHAOS IS BREEDING ANTI-SEMITISM. GLOBAL LEADERS MUST END IT
By SIMA VAKNIN-GILL, CAM ADVISOR
The dominant issues of the day – coronavirus and the struggle for black rights – have been manipulated beyond belief to fuel unprecedented levels of anti-Semitism. THESE EXTRAORDINARY last few months are a worrying laboratory for understanding what happens when anti-Semitism against Jews as individuals, part of a community, or represented by Israel, is allowed to flourish. When the classic bigoted anti-Semitism of the Right meets the new “rational” anti-Semitism of the Left, it is more dangerous than ever. Read Here
UNITED STATES
(13 Articles)
1. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL VANDALIZED IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
By CAM
A Holocaust Memorial in Charleston, South Carolina was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti this past week. The memorial, located in downtown Charleston’s Marion Square, features the names of local Holocaust survivors and was erected in 1999. Read Here
2. TWITTER PERMANENTLY BANS FORMER KKK LEADER DAVID DUKE
By JTA
Twitter has banned David Duke, a prominent white supremacist and former leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Duke has repeatedly violated Twitter’s rules about “hateful conduct,” the company said Friday. Duke’s final tweet included a link to an interview he had conducted with Germar Rudolf, who was convicted of Holocaust denial in Germany. Read Here
3. DALLAS SYNAGOGUES’ ONLINE TISHA B’AV SERVICE ZOOM-BOMBED WITH ANTI-SEMITIC MESSAGES
By SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN
A group of Orthodox synagogues in Dallas, Texas held a combined virtual Tisha B’Av prayer service on Zoom that was disrupted by an anti-Semite who sent messages calling for violence against Jews and the State of Israel. The messages included “Bomb Israel,” “Free Palestine,” “Hail Hitler,” and “Kill All Jews.” The anti-Semite who sent these messages also displayed a swastika on the screen, along with “F*ck Judaism.” Read Here
4. NICK CANNON OBSERVES TISHA B’AV FAST WITH MEDITATION PRAYER AND LEARNING ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM
By SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN
Nick Cannon, who came under fire in the past month after making anti-semitic remarks, shared on social media that he had observed the Tisha B’Av fast. Cannon noted the history of the Jewish fast day and how he is educating himself about combating anti-Semitism by reading “How to Fight Anti-Semitism” by Jewish journalist Bari Weiss. Read Here
5. JEWISH CEMETERY TARGETED WITH WHITE SUPREMACIST GRAFFITI IN VIRGINIA
By CAM
White supremacist graffiti was found on the walls of the Sir Moses Montefiore Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery in Henrico County, Virginia. The numbers “777” were spray-painted on the gate of the Sir Moses Montefiore Cemetery. The numbers 777 represent a Neo-Nazi or White Supremacist symbol called the “Triskele.” The Triskele was an ancient European symbol that was adopted by the Nazis. Read Here
6. HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN NEW MEXICO VANDALIZED
By CAM
The exterior of the New Mexico Holocaust Museum, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico was damaged by vandals. The large display window on the front of the New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education was shattered. Behind the broken window was a large photograph that was part of an exhibition depicting a civil rights march in the early 1960s. Notably, the vandalism took place as the funeral of U.S. Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis was being broadcast live on television. Read Here
7. LARRY JOHNSON, FORMER KANSAS CITY CHIEFS RUNNING BACK, TWEETS THAT JEWS ARE INVOLVED IN SEX TRAFFICKING, PEDOPHILIA, AND MORE
By MARCY OSTER
Larry Johnson, a former running back who played seven seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs, tweeted multiple times to his nearly 150,000 followers that a Jewish “cabal” is involved in “Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Pedophilia, Ritualistic Child Torture, Perversion, Human Sacrifice/Murder.” Johnson later noted the attention his tweets had garnered, posting: “I angered ‘Rabbis’ from here to Israel.” Read Here
8. 4 MEN ARRESTED FOR HANGING ‘HITLER WAS RIGHT’ BANNER ON BRIDGE IN ARIZONA
By MARCY OSTER
Four men were arrested for hanging a banner reading “Hitler Was Right” on a railroad bridge in Arizona. They were caught posing and taking pictures with the sign. The banner also included a link to a website that contained “bigoted and explicitly racist pronouncements.” The Sheriff’s Office is not pursuing hate crime charges against the men, aged 27 to 38. Read Here
9. ‘UMBRELLA ACADEMY’ UNDER FIRE FOR ALLEGED USE OF ANTI-SEMITIC TROPES
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy has come under scrutiny as of late for including anti-Semitic undertones in a few situations throughout the series. The show has come under fire mainly for its depiction of an underground society of “lizard people” who control the world from the shadows, and a Yiddish-speaking handler who was implied to be Jewish in the series. Read Here
10. CORI BUSH, CANDIDATE WHO EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR BDS, DEFEATS LONGTIME CONGRESSMAN IN MISSOURI DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
By RON KAMPEAS
Cori Bush, a civil rights activist who has expressed support for the boycott Israel movement, defeated a longtime pro-Israel incumbent in a Democratic congressional primary in St. Louis. Bush defeated Lacy Clay by 3 percentage points, 48.6% to 45.5% in the primary. In a now-deleted page on her campaign website, Bush expressed support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, or BDS. Read Here
11. WESTFORD, MA POLICE INVESTIGATING HATE CRIME AFTER DOZENS OF SPOTS VANDALIZED
By JASON LAW
At least 26 locations in Westford, Massachusets, have been vandalized with offensive and anti-Semitic messages in the past 10 days. Deputy Chief Mark Chambers said the vandalism is “anti-Semitic in nature” and is consequently being investigated as a hate crime. Read Here
12. EXECUTIVE AT ISRAELI COMPANY SAID HOLOCAUST WASN’T AS BAD AS PEOPLE SAID
By PRISCILLA DEGREGORY
Alison Greene, a Jewish former employee of El Ad Group, has filed a lawsuit against her former boss William “Bill” Harvey who allegedly made Holocaust-denying comments. According to the lawsuit, Harvey made the anti-Semitic comments in front of Greene and another exec in 2017, first by saying “his friend’s wife is a ‘fake jew,’ because none of her family members died in the Holocaust.” Harvey “refused to apologize” for his numerous anti-Semitic comments and tried to justify them. Read Here
13. NYPD RELEASES IMAGE OF MAN SUSPECTED IN ATTACK ON BROOKLYN CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE
By THOMAS TRACY and CATARINA MOURA
A Brooklyn City Council candidate says his tooth was chipped when an unknown assailant walloped him in the face in what he calls an unprovoked hate attack. No words were exchanged between the attacker and Boris Noble, 35 — who police suspect was targeted because he wore a yarmulke. Cops say they’re investigating the incident as a hate crime. Read Here
WORLD NEWS
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1. IN-DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE UK
BLACK BRITISH PAPER PULLS RAPPERS REMARKS ABOUT JEWS BUT DEFENDS PUBLISHING THEM
By JTA
The Voice, a British weekly aimed at the African-Caribbean community, pulled an interview with the rapper Wiley in which he repeated anti-Semitic tropes about Jews. While the paper pulled the interview, they still defended their decision to publish it in a statement claiming, “As a black media outlet, we are here to give our people a voice…That doesn’t mean we will always agree with everything that is published.” Read Here
LABOUR MP APOLOGIZES FOR CLUMSY ANTI-SEMITIC TWEET
By CODY LEVINE
Barry Sheerman, a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, apologized for posting an anti-Semitic tweet. The veteran MP apologized for cryptic tweets in relation to Richard Desmond and Philip Green, both of whom are prominent British businessmen and Jewish, in which he said, “Apparently there has been a bit of a run on silver shekels!” Sheerman later deleted the tweet and issued an apology saying. Read Here
UNITE UNION TO REVIEW DONATIONS FOLLOWING LABOUR ANTI-SEMITISM LAWSUIT
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The leader of the largest union benefactor for the Labour Party, Len McCluskey, said that he will be re-evaluating Unite’s political contributions following the party’s decision to pay out damages to ex-staffers over their handling of internal anti-Semitism. Read Here
CORBYN’S LOCAL LABOUR PARTY TO DEBATE REJECTING IHRA ANTI-SEMITISM MEANING
By AARON REICH
The local Labour Party of Islington North, led by Jeremy Corbyn, will debate calling to reject the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism. The motion calls to debate rejecting the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism as well as the Board of Deputies’ “Ten Pledges.” The Ten Pledges were made as a means to help the Labour Party win back support from the Jewish community after numerous allegations surfaced of anti-Semitic beliefs among members of the party under Corbyn’s tenure as leader. Read Here
LIB DEM EX-LEADER OF HERTFORDSHIRE COUNCIL ACCUSED OF BLOCKING ADOPTION OF ANTI-SEMITISM DEFINITION
By Lee Harpin
The former leader of Three Rivers District Council in Hertfordshire has been accused of blocking attempts by the body to adopt the internationally recognised definition of anti-Semitism. A motion on hate crime put forward by Liberal Democrat councillor Sara Bedford – which was narrowly passed at an extraordinary council meeting – noted that “half of all religious hate crime is directed against Muslims, whilst almost 20 per cent is anti-Semitic” and included a clause preventing any future debate on the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism. Read Here
2. IN DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM IN GERMANY
NEO-NAZIS & ANTI-SEMITIC DISPLAYS AT BERLIN CORONAVIRUS PROTEST
By CAM
A mass demonstration took place in Germany’s capital city of Berlin over the weekend, bringing together roughly 20,000 people to protest restrictions related to the coronavirus. Many Neo-Nazi groups supported and attended the rally, displaying anti-Semitic imagery. Dubbed as the “Day of Freedom,” the name of the rally is in reference to a 1935 documentary by Nazi propagandist, Leni Riefenstahl. Read Here
GERMAN TRAIN STATION VANDALIZED WITH NAZI FLAG AND ANTI-ISRAEL GRAFFITI
By i24 NEWS
Anti-Semitic graffiti was found on the wall of a train station in Mühlhausen, Germany. According to local authorities, at least one suspect vandalized the train station by painting a Nazi flag on the wall, alongside a picture of a man urinating on an Israeli flag. Local authorities said that they have opened an investigation into the incident, and are currently looking for suspects. Read Here
BDS ‘JEW-HATER’ CONVICTED FOR VIOLENT ASSAULT IN GERMANY
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
A Berlin court convicted a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activist for assaulting people during a presentation by an Israeli survivor of the Holocaust at Humboldt University in the capital. In a dramatic setback to the claim of the BDS campaign that it is a nonviolent initiative targeting the Jewish state, the Berlin court declared Stavit Sinai guilty for her violent conduct. Sinai’s conviction appears to be the first criminal penalty for violent BDS activity in Germany. Read Here
3. IN DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST
FRENCH INTELLECTUAL BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY SLAMS ‘DISGRACEFUL’ TURKISH GOVERNMENT MEDIA FOR STOKING VIOLENT ASSAULT IN LIBYA
By Ben Cohen
The French public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy has lambasted Turkey’s pro-government press for its alleged role in a violent attempt to derail his investigation of a gruesome massacre in the Libyan town of Tarhuna. The philosopher recalled how his itinerary was leaked on social media to Turkish and Qatari Facebook pages. Turkish state media actively reported his visit, provocatively describing Lévy as a “controversial French Jewish intellectual” and then referring to him repeatedly as a “Jewish writer.” Read Here
4. IN DEPTH: OTHER WORLD NEWS
‘YOU JEWISH F**KING DOGS!’- ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK TARGETS JEWS IN MELBOURNE
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Jewish man and his son were assaulted in an anti-Semitic incident in Melbourne, Australia, when a man began yelling at them, calling them “Jew dogs” in the middle of the Jewish community in the suburb of Caulfield. The two were standing along a busy road in the area when a man in his 30s or 40s began yelling at them, “What are you looking at Jew dogs? Stop staring at me c**ts, If you keep looking at me I’m gonna smash your f**king faces in you Jew dogs.” Read Here
TOP AUSTRALIAN JEWISH GROUP EXPRESSES HORROR AFTER CHILD OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS SEES HOUSE ADORNED WITH SWASTIKAS
By Algemeiner Staff
A top Australian Jewish group expressed horror after the child of Holocaust survivors saw a property in Queensland with swastikas and the symbol for the SS on the front gates. The 71-year-old woman commented on the sight, “Both my mother, father, and stepmother survived the horrors of the Holocaust and subsequently lost their parents, siblings, large extended families, friends, and their entire communities. This sight turned my stomach and made me furious that, in this day and age, we still have people advocating for genocide.” Read Here
FACEBOOK BANS FRENCH COMEDIAN FOR ANTI-SEMITISM
By FRANCE 24
Facebook permanently banned French comedian, Dieudonne, a convicted anti-Semite, from its platform and Instagram following Dieudonne’s publishing of content that mocked Holocaust victims. The company issued a statement saying some of his posts used “dehumanizing terms against Jews.” Read Here
ANNE FRANK MEMORIAL TREE VANDALIZED IN FRANCE’S CORSICA
By AFP
A commemorative tree grown from a cutting of the horse chestnut Anne Frank wrote about in her diary during World War II has been vandalized on the French island of Corsica. The damage to the tree was discovered just hours before an annual event was hosted on the Mediterranean island to remember the Holocaust. An investigation has been opened into the willful destruction of property. Read Here
FRENCH HOLOCAUST DENIER ALAIN SORAL ARRESTED
By JTA 
Police in France have again arrested Alain Soral, one of the country’s most prominent purveyors of anti-Semitic sentiment. Soral, who has previously been sentenced to prison for inciting racial hatred and denying the Holocaust was apprehended at his Paris apartment in connection with his website, “Equality and Reconciliation.” The website outlines conspiracy theories about how Jews exercise their power and calls for a revolution. Read Here
ON CAMPUS
(2 Articles)
1. BRISTOL PROFESSOR: CST IS A CASE OF INFLUENCE PEDDLING BY A FOREIGN STATE
By JACK MENDEL
Bristol University Professor, David Miller, claimed the Community Security Trust (CST) is a “straightforward story of influence-peddling by a foreign state”, after speaking at an event with numerous expelled Labour activists. The communal organization criticized Miller, saying it is “extremely concerned” by remarks he made at the ‘In Defence of Free Speech’ talk, organized by Labour Against the Witch hunt. The Union of Jewish Students condemned Miller’s comments and called on Bristol to take action against him. Read Here
2. REVISED CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL ETHNIC STUDIES CURRICULUM MITIGATES JEWISH BIAS CONCERNS
By GABE STUTMAN
After an outcry from the state’s largest Jewish organizations, more than 20 Jewish interest groups, the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, the Anti-Defamation League and a deluge of thousands of public comments, an ethnic studies curriculum for high schools that many felt unfairly maligned Israel and “erased” American Jews has been overhauled to remove criticisms of the Jewish state. The revision comes as ethnic studies appears set to become a graduation requirement for the state’s more than 1.7 million high schoolers by the 2024-25 school year. Read Here
ANALYSIS
(3 Pieces)
1. “AS A YOUNG JEWISH WOMAN, I’M GLAD WE’RE FINALLY TALKING ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM”
By ARIELLE TCHIPROUT
I’m a 25 year-old British-Israeli Jewish woman, and I have experienced anti-Semitism my whole life. But, up until now, I have felt my concerns ignored or dismissed. Whenever I have tried to speak out about these incidents, I have felt myself shouting into the abyss. Can anyone see me? Does anyone care? Although the anti-Semitism of recent years has been traumatic, I now feel liberated to discuss my Jewishness. For the first time, I feel seen and heard. Maybe not by everyone, maybe not quite yet, but the conversation about anti-Semitism is finally cracking open. I hope it lasts. Read Here
2. MALAYSIANS START TO REJECT TRADITIONALLY VIRULENT ANTI-SEMITISM, SCHOLAR SAYS
By RAPHAEL AHREN
Malaysia is often seen as one of the world’s most anti-Semitic countries. But a researcher who analyzed the Malaysian people’s sentiments towards the Jewish people and the State of Israel and has just written a book about the issue sees encouraging signs of change. Read Here
3. HATE IS HATE. OUR OUTRAGE AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENT
By Rachel Creeger
It’s been incredibly depressing to read the comments which aim to reduce the impact of the statements by Wiley and other celebrities along the lines of: is Judaism a race though? Isn’t it just a religion? Isn’t this really about Israel/Palestine? Is it really anti-Semitic to say “insert quote” or is it just asking a basic question? Isn’t everyone originating from the Middle East actually a Semite? Right now these questions are all distractions and diversions from the issue at hand. If you’re in any doubt, substitute the word anti-Semitism for any other form of racism, or Jews for any other minority in the context of your question. See if it changes anything. Ask yourself whether these questions would come up regarding another group of people. It isn’t a competition. Hate is hate. Read Here
STUDIES AND STATISTICS
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1. 44% OF UK MUSLIMS BACK ANTI-SEMITIC CONSPIRACY THEORIES, POLL FINDS
By ROBERT PHILPOT
Nearly half of British Muslims endorse some anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. The report, published by the Henry Jackson Society think tank, finds that 44 percent of Muslims agree with the statement that British Jewish people tend to be more loyal to Israel than to the UK. Forty-seven percent of Muslims with a college degree back the “dual loyalty” charge against British Jews, compared with 40% of those who did not attend university. Read Here
2. ANTI-SEMITISM ON THE INTERNET
By Yossi Aloni
Israel’s Diaspora Minister Omar Yankelevich presented the EU Ambassador with data regarding anti-Semitism on Twitter, as collected by the Diaspora Ministry’s Internet monitoring system. Over the last two months (June and July 2020) 14,210 anti-Semitic tweets have been posted in European countries. The largest number of anti-Semitic tweets was recorded in France – 9,150 tweets followed by Germany – 2,470; Spain – 2,080; Belgium – 220; Ireland – 168; and Austria – 93 tweets. In total, the monitoring system identified 14,210 anti-Semitic tweets posted by 4,680 users in these six countries. Read Here
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Combat Anti-Semitism is proud to be a partner of Action and Communication on the Middle East (ACOM), a non-denominational organization that aims to reinforce the political relationship between Spain and Israel. Learn more about ACOM in the video below.
VALENCIA’S BDS STANCE ‘INCITES HATRED’ DEEMED ILLEGAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By ZACHARY KEYSER
The Action and Communication on the Middle East’s (ACOM) lawsuit against the Provincial Government of Valencia, Spain’s third largest city, for attempting to mask discrimination based upon nationality or race, was backed by Spanish courts in May. Two municipalities in Spain also rescinded their participation in the campaign to boycott Israel following the legal action by ACOM. Read Here
ACOM is a Spanish, non-denominational and independent organization that aims to reinforce the political relationship between Spain and Israel by working with governments, political parties, the media and the civil society. Their mission is inspired by universal and Jewish values – the defense of human rights, democracy, civil liberties, and the rule of law. ACOM also works with deputies, senators and members of the main Spanish parties to facilitate meetings with their Israeli counterparts and establish areas of mutual interest between institutions of each country.
PARTNER CONTENT
NGO SAYS DRAFT CALIFORNIA ETHNIC STUDIES PLAN FAILS TO REPRESENT JEWS OF MIDEAST AND AFRICA
By i24News
An NGO representing Jews of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) origins condemned a draft ethic studies curriculum issued Friday by the California Department of Education. The so-called Model Curriculum for the subject, which is now set for an eight-month review, fails to give the MENA Jews their due, the Jews indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa (JIMENA) charges, and does not address the issue of anti-Semitism. Read Here
UN WATCH STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS INDOCTRINATION OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN
By CAM
United Nations Watch published a statement describing their deep concern that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas have continuously violated the right to life of Israeli and Palestinian children in breach of international conventions. The statement outlines how Palestinian officials have repeatedly endangered children’s rights by inciting anti-Semitism, terrorism & violence in Palestinian media & education. Read Here
MUSLIM ANTI-SEMITISM: IT’S TIME TO FACE REALITY
By CAM
Wasiq Wasiq (Trustee of Muslims Against Antisemitism) examines a report by the Henry Jackson Society, titled ‘Muslim Anti-Semitism In Contemporary Great Britain’. Wasiq describes this report as an important addition to the canon of research done thus far with the the aim of understanding contemporary anti-Semitism that appears in religious minority communities across the UK. Importantly, the survey that contributes to the lion-share of the report has been described as providing invaluable insight into the socio-political attitudes and views towards Jews by British Muslims, both at home and abroad. 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.
(6 Pieces)
1. SPECIAL ENVOY ELAN CARR DISCUSSES HOW TO FIGHT RISING ANTI-SEMITISM IN AJC WEBINAR
By Aaron Bandler
United States Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Elan Carr discussed the fight against rising anti-Semitism in an American Jewish Committee webinar. Carr said his office has assistant envoys assigned to different aspects of anti-Semitism. For instance, one envoy focuses solely on the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement while others concentrate on the Middle East and online anti-Semitism. “My office is three times larger than my predecessors’ and it’s because there really is a focus on this on the part of the administration,” Carr said. Read Here
2. ASSISTANT SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM TO WOMEN’S GROUP: ADVANCES IN ARGENTINA, CONCERN IN YEMEN
By FAYGIE HOLT
Ellie Cohanim, assistant special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism at the U.S. State Department, discussed the situation in South America and Yemen, where Iran and its terror proxies have been increasingly active. Cohanim said the United States is urging nations around the world to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism because “so much of the fight against anti-Semitism that we are facing in the world today is under the guise of anti-Zionism, and the IHRA definition very clearly spells out when people have crossed that red line from fair criticism of Israel to anti-Semitism and hate speech.” Read Here
3. ASSISTANT SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM DECRIES TWITTER’S HYPOCRISY FOR NOT BANNING IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER
By CAM
U.S. Assistant Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Ellie Cohanim recently decried Twitter’s Hypocrisy for not censuring the dangerously anti-Semitic tweets of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Cohanim detailed how Twitter has censored or banned others from the platform including Donald Trump but failed to take action against the Iranian Supreme Leader who has used his twitter platform to incite violence against Jews and called for the destruction of the Jewish State. Read Here
4. DELAWARE WILL REQUIRE HOLOCAUST EDUCATION IN GRADES 6-12 AFTER GOV. SIGNS BILL
By Joe Brandt
Delaware Gov. John Carney signed House Bill 318 into law, which will establish a statewide curriculum on the Holocaust and other genocides in history. Many Delaware teachers already had some sort of Holocaust and genocide education in their curriculum. The bill requires school districts that don’t have one to make their own or consult with the committee for advice on developing one. Read Here
5. GERMANY STEPS UP THE FIGHT AGAINST HOLOCAUST DENIAL
By DW
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) wants to strengthen the memory of the Holocaust as the number of survivors dwindles. The IHRA taskforce under its German leadership is searching for new ideas to fight Holocaust denial, and they’re looking for inspiration in museums and on the internet. By the end of 2020 they aim to have developed concrete proposals for further action. Read Here
6. ASHKENAZI URGES LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES TO BAN HEZBOLLAH
By LAHAV HARKOV
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi called on Latin American countries to ban Hezbollah, in a meeting with ambassadors from the region. “Terrorism affects all countries and we have to fight it in a mutual way,” Ashkenazi said. “The best way to do that is sanctions on Hezbollah.” The Foreign Minister pointed out to the Latin American ambassadors: “Some of your countries already suffered from this organization. There’s a place to change that and outlaw Hezbollah.” Read Here
HUMANITY
(7 Pieces)
1. ISRAEL OFFERS HUMANITARIAN AID TO LEBANON AFTER BEIRUT EXPLOSIONS KILL DOZENS
By TOI STAFF and AGENCIES
Israel offered humanitarian aid to Lebanon after explosions at a Beirut port killed dozens and injured thousands, in a rare show of support for the enemy country. “Israel approached Lebanon through international defense and diplomatic channels to offer the Lebanese government medical humanitarian aid,” Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said in a joint statement. Read Here
2. ISRAELI HOSPITALS OFFER TO TAKE IN INJURED FROM BEIRUT EXPLOSIONS
By TOI STAFF and AGENCIES
At least three Israeli hospitals offered to help treat the thousands of Lebanese injured in the massive explosions that ripped through Beirut. Ziv Medical Center in the northern town of Safed and Rambam Medical Center in Haifa both said they would take in injured.Sheba Medical Center outside Tel Aviv also offered aid. Read Here
3. AUSTRIA WILL ALLOW DESCENDANTS OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS TO RECEIVE CITIZENSHIP
By MARCY OSTER
Austria will allow the descendants of Holocaust victims to receive citizenship beginning Sept. 1, the country’s embassy in Israel announced. Before an amendment to Austria’s citizenship law ratified last September, only survivors were entitled to receive citizenship, and then only if they left Austria due to Nazi persecution before May 1945. The amendment is “in line with Austria’s ongoing endeavour for reconciliation with all those who suffered under the totalitarian Nazi-regime in Austria,” Austria’s government website states. Read Here
4. ‘SILENCE IS NOT AN OPTION’: OVER 700 UK MUSIC FIGURES BACK ANTI-RACISM LETTER
By MATHILDE FROT
More than 700 artists and leading figures from the UK’s music industry, including singers Rita Ora, James Blunt, Leona Lewis, and Jess Glynne, have backed an anti-racism letter. The open letter shared on social media with the hashtag #NoSilenceInMusic, calls upon artists to speak out against all forms of hate, “whether it be systemic racism and racial inequality highlighted by continued police brutality in America or anti-Jewish racism promulgated through online attacks.” The letter comes after controversy over anti-Semitic tweets published by the rapper Wiley. Read Here
5. FORMER BMO CEO TONY COMPER REVAMPS CHARITY FOCUSED ON ANTI-SEMITISM
By JAMES BRADSHAW
Tony Comper, the former CEO of the Bank of Montreal, is revamping his educational organization, Fighting Anti-Semitism Together (FAST), amid growing rates of anti-Semitism throughout Canada. FAST, which launched in 2005 with backing from a coalition of more than 30 influential corporate leaders, has built free education programs geared to middle schools and high schools and has reached 4.4 million students at more than 22,000 schools. Read Here
6. RACHEL RILEY VOWS TO KEEP FIGHTING THE PANDORAS BOX OF ANTI-SEMITISM
By JEWISH NEWS REPORTER
British television presenter, and activist against anti-Semitism, Rachel Riley, vowed to keep using her platform to fight the “Pandora’s box of anti-Semitism,” but expressed relief that the “immediate danger of an anti-Semite” becoming Prime Minister had passed. Riley added: “The last few months have been an incendiary time in general, not just for the Jewish community. George Floyd’s murder and the subsequent explosion of the Black Lives Matter movement has shone a spotlight on racism and how online hate translates into the real world.” Read Here
7. CHATTANOOGA RELIGIOUS LEADERS DISCUSS THE STATE OF BLACK LIVES MATTER AND ANTI-SEMITISM
By Sabrina Maggiore
After a spate of anti-Semitic comments made by Black celebrities went largely unaddressed, Black and Jewish religious leaders in Chattanooga have started a dialogue aimed at understanding each group’s history of oppression. Chattanooga Rabbi Craig Lewis says he was quick to lend his support to the BLM movement using his pulpit to serve as an ally. But when his community became the target of hateful comments by some big name celebrities, “There was really crickets in general from most of the community,” said Lewis. Read Here
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