THIS WEEK’S GLOBAL ANTI-SEMITISM REPORT
This week, the number of antisemitic incidents worldwide continued to drop from last month’s sharp spike, yet Jewish communities remain under threat, with Jews still being attacked across the globe over their religious identities.
In Los Angeles, California, a young Jewish boy playing with friends on a street was punched by an adult passerby. In London, England, a kippah-wearing man was verbally accosted by members of a pro-Palestinian vehicle convoy. In Frankfurt, Germany, a Torah ark in the Jewish prayer room at the city’s international airport was daubed with a swastika. In Montreal, Canada, a kosher restaurant was badly vandalized in what police are investigating as a potential hate crime. And in southern France, two Jewish communities are on edge after receiving menacing letters threatening violence.
Meanwhile, Jewish employees at Stanford University have filed a workplace discrimination complaint over alleged antisemitic harassment. The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan resolution condemning the recent rise of antisemitism targeting American Jews. And in Texas, a bipartisan bill adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism was signed into law by the governor.
CAM’s weekly global antisemitism report highlights 34 new media reports of antisemitic incidents, including 10 (29.4%) from the far left and 9 (26.5%) from the far right, as well as 6 (17.6%) with Islamist motivations, and 9 (26,5%) unidentifiable in nature.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SPECIAL FEATURE
MAYORS FROM 12 COUNTRIES SIGN COMMITMENT TO REMOVE ANTISEMITISM
Fighting back against the explosion of Jew-hatred across the world in recent weeks, Frankfurt am Main Mayor Uwe Becker, the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel, and the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) have launched a campaign inviting municipal leaders across the globe to sign a joint statement as a public show of solidarity with their Jewish citizens and friends. So far, this call has brought 28 mayors from the cities of 12 countries to sign the statement and to stand united to protect Jewish communities.
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HEAD OF IRELAND ISRAEL ALLIANCE SHARES INSIGHTS ON FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM AND ADVOCATING FOR JEWISH STATE IN HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
In the latest webinar featuring the work of CAM’s partners, the executive director of the Ireland Israel Alliance (IIA), Jackie Goodall, talked about the challenges facing the Jewish and pro-Israel communities in Ireland, including biased media coverage of the Middle East conflict, and laid out her vision of how to fight hatred of all forms.
UNITED STATES
‘DON’T BAN US FOR BEING JEWISH’: JEWISH TIKTOK CREATORS SAY THEY FEEL SILENCED BY THE PLATFORM
By Kalhan Rosenblatt
Jewish creators say speaking about their Judaism on TikTok comes with a price. Comment sections on the content of Jewish TikTokers are often filled with antisemitic remarks, stereotypes and slurs. Some Jewish creators say they have to think about whether they want to disclose their Judaism, knowing the harassment they’re likely to be subjected to. Some Jewish creators said they feel the app is subjecting them to a type of censorship by regularly flagging and removing their content. Read Here
NYPD INVESTIGATES MULTIPLE ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
By Jerusalem Post Staff
Police are investigating multiple antisemitic incidents that took place in recent days in Brooklyn and New York City, as antisemitism continues to rise worldwide. One incident last Thursday saw a 30-year-old Jewish man in East Flatbush approached by a currently unidentified suspect, who threatened him and made antisemitic comments. Another incident in early June saw three men on motorcycles approach a 21-year-old Jewish man in Williamsburg. At first, the suspects just demanded money, but when the victim attempted to call the police, the suspects took off, with one taking the man’s kippah and shouting antisemitic remarks. Read Here
ANTISEMITIC THREATS LEAD TO PROBATION FOR WAUKEGAN MAN
LONG ISLAND PROPERTY LINE FEUD GROWS INTO THREATENING, ANTISEMITIC INCIDENT WITH NEIGHBOR
PICKUP TRUCK FLYING NAZI FLAG SEEN IN CALIFORNIA
‘STOP THE NEW NAZIS’: CONTROVERSIAL BANNER THAT ALSO FEATURED SWASTIKA REMOVED FROM NJ HOOKAH LOUNGE
LOS ANGELES: MAN ARRESTED FOR PUNCHING JEWISH CHILD ON MELROSE AVENUE
WORLD NEWS
United Kingdom
BBC JOURNALIST WHO TWEETED ‘HITLER WAS RIGHT’ LOSES HER JOB
By Lee Harpin
An investigation was launched into Tala Halawa, a Palestine Specialist for BBC Monitoring, over 2014 messages including one which suggested “Israel is more Nazi than Hitler.” She is based in the West Bank city of Ramallah and was part of the reporting team which covered the recent fighting between Israel and Hamas and the reactions to the conflict. But following an investigation a senior corporation source said: “This individual no longer works for the BBC.” Read Here
CAMPAIGNERS CALL ON BORIS JOHNSON TO BOYCOTT ‘JEW-HATE FEST’ DURBAN IV CONFERENCE
By JC Reporter
Jewish groups have intensified calls on the Prime Minister to boycott the 20th anniversary of the notoriously antisemitic Durban conference at a time of rising Jew-hatred in Britain. The campaign groups warn that a planned revival of the UN’s infamously antisemitic 2001 ‘anti-racism’ summit in Durban, South Africa, set to take place in New York this September, may legitimise anti-Jewish bigotry on a global scale. Read Here
KIPPAH-WEARING PEDESTRIAN TARGETED WITH ‘ANTISEMITISM’ BY PALESTINE CONVOY
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY SHOULD INCLUDE ‘PALESTINIAN GENOCIDE,’ SAYS UNITE ACTIVIST
WATCH: MORE ANTI-ISRAEL CONTROVERSY ON STREETS OF LONDON AT ANOTHER PALESTINE RALLY
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY SHOULD INCLUDE ‘PALESTINIAN GENOCIDE,’ SAYS UNITE ACTIVIST
UK ALLEGED NEO-NAZI ANDREW DYMOCK FOUND GUILTY ON 15 TERRORISM CHARGES
UK FASCIST, NEO-NAZI, EX-UKIP MEMBER SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS FOR TERRORISM
DISGUST AS VANDALS SPRAY SWASTIKA GRAFFITI AT NEWPORT PARK
NEO-NAZI EX ARMY DRIVER WHO STOCKPILED CHEMICALS TO MAKE EXPLOSIVES IS JAILED
NEO-NAZI GROUP BRITISH NATIONAL SOCIALIST MOVEMENT STICKER FOUND NEAR MANCHESTER’S CHAREDI JEWISH COMMUNITY
BOARD SLAMS FAKE QUOTE ABOUT PALESTINE
GERMANY
NAZI SWASTIKA DAUBED ON TORAH ARK INSIDE FRANKFURT AIRPORT SYNAGOGUE
By AP
A leading Jewish group in Germany on Saturday condemned the antisemitic desecration of a Torah ark inside the Jewish prayer room at Frankfurt’s international airport. Frankfurt police said a swastika was painted on the cabinet inside the prayer room, which is located in the airport transit area. The swastika was discovered several days ago, but it was not clear how long it had been there because the prayer room had been closed for some time because of the coronavirus pandemic, German news agency dpa reported. Read Here
JEWISH GROUPS, GERMAN POLITICIANS CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO END ‘COOPERATION’ WITH IRANIAN-BACKED ISLAMIC CENTER IN HAMBURG
By AP 
Jewish organizations and members of the conservative Christian Democratic party and the Kurdish community in Germany are pressuring the government to pull the plug on its “cooperation” with the Iranian-controlled Islamic Center of Hamburg (IZH), a call that has so far fallen on deaf ears. Read Here
CANADA
‘YOUR WARD NEWS’ ANTISEMITIC, MISOGYNIST HATEMONGERS LOSE CONVICTION APPEAL
FRANCE
‘ERADICATE JEWISH IMPUDENCE’: ANTISEMITIC SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS HAUNT FAR-RIGHT FRENCH PARTY AS REGIONAL ELECTIONS LOOM
TWO JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN FRANCE MENACED BY ANONYMOUS DEATH THREATS
THE ANTISEMITISM OF JEAN-LUC MÉLENCHON
OTHER WORLD NEWS
UKRAINE & ROMANIA: HEADSTONES SMASHED AT JEWISH CEMETERIES
KRAKOW OFFICIAL SAYS GOOD-LUCK FIGURINES OF JEWS ARE ‘ANTISEMITIC’
THE MIDDLE EAST
ADL DOCUMENTS ANTISEMITIC, ANTI-ISRAEL SERMONS ACROSS MIDDLE EAST
By Jerusalem Post Staff
During the Gaza conflict of May 2021 and in the months around it, Urdu-language YouTube channels have uploaded a series of propaganda and so-called “fake news” videos targeting Israel. While some of these videos included content that was indeed partially fake, many of the videos delved into the intricacies of international relations between the nation-states of the Middle East and offered deep insight into Pakistani public opinion. Many of the videos were filled with prejudice and hate toward Jews and called for jihad against Israel.
YOUTUBE VIDEOS IN URDU ON GAZA CONFLICT FOSTER HATE AGAINST JEWS
By Tufail Ahmad
An independent investigation into a Massachusetts high school football team accused of using antisemitic language in its play calling has reportedly found a systemic pattern spanning nearly a decade. The investigation was prompted in March after accusations that the Duxbury High School team incorporated the word “Auschwitz” into its on-field play calling scheme, The Associated Press reported. Duxbury coach Dave Maimaron, who previously condemned antisemitism, was fired from the role and placed on administrative leave.
AHMADINEJAD: HIGHEST-RANKING IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL WAS AN ISRAELI AGENT
ON CAMPUS
FOOTBALL TEAM’S ANTISEMITIC LANGUAGE WAS ‘SYSTEMIC ISSUE’ REPORT FINDS
By Adam Barnes
An independent investigation into a Massachusetts high school football team accused of using antisemitic language in its play calling has reportedly found a systemic pattern spanning nearly a decade. The investigation was prompted in March after accusations that the Duxbury High School team incorporated the word “Auschwitz” into its on-field play calling scheme, The Associated Press reported. Duxbury coach Dave Maimaron, who previously condemned antisemitism, was fired from the role and placed on administrative leave.
STANFORD THERAPISTS ALLEGE ‘HOSTILE CLIMATE’ FOR JEWS IN THE WORKPLACE
By Gabe Stutman
Two Jewish mental health professionals at Stanford’s on-campus counseling clinic have filed workplace discrimination complaints after what they call “severe and persistent” anti-Jewish harassment from colleagues. Dr. Ronald Albucher, a psychiatrist and associate professor in the medical school, and Sheila Levin, a therapist specializing in eating disorders, describe being pressed into joining a “whiteness” affinity group by staffers with the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program, being told they were “privileged,” and seeing antisemitic incidents downplayed.
UCLA HOSTS BLACK LIVES MATTER CO-FOUNDER FOR COMMENCEMENT KEYNOTE AFTER SHE CALLED FOR ‘END’ TO ISRAEL
TENAFLY HITLER REPORT CONTROVERSY: TRUST, MISUNDERSTANDING, MISTAKES AND FORGIVENESS
POLICE INVESTIGATING REPORT OF ‘GUN’ TEXT MESSAGE THAT JERSEY CITY CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENT SENT TO CLASSMATE
UO STUDENT GOVERNMENT POST SUPPORTING PALESTINE DRAWS CONTROVERSY
ANALYSIS & OP-EDS
STUDIES & STATISTICS
AMERICAN JEWS STILL REELING FROM RISE IN ANTI-SEMITISM AFTER ISRAEL HAMAS CONFLICT, SURVEY SHOWS
By Jemma McEvoy
Weeks after the end of the deadly fighting between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas leaders, American Jews are more concerned about their safety and say they are witnessing anti-Semitism at a dramatically increased rate, according to the results of an anti-Defamation League survey published Monday. The survey of nearly 600 Jewish Americans by the anti-hate group found 60% reported witnessing behavior or comments they personally deemed to be anti-Semitic following the violence. A vast majority (77%) said they are at least somewhat concerned about anti-Semitism in America following the recent violence, while most also want federal and state leaders to do more to address the recent uptick in anti-Semitism.
ANTISEMITISM ‘MAINSTREAMED’ IN WESTERN EUROPEAN POLITICS, SAYS ISRAELI STUDY
By Lazar Berman
Fringe ideas and political parties are moving into the mainstream in Western Europe, bringing with them antisemitic views, according to an Israeli study to be released Tuesday that found a worrying convergence of far-right and far-left hate. The study, a joint project of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv and the Jewish Agency, studied expressions of antisemitism by politicians and political parties in the five Western European nations between late 2019 and late 2020.
PALESTINIAN TEXTBOOKS RIFE WITH ANTI-SEMITISM AND VIOLENT PROPAGANDA: STUDY
ISRAELI AND AMERICAN JEWS KNOW LITTLE ABOUT EACH OTHER, NEW STUDY FINDS
GOVERNMENT & POLICY
ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR TO US AND UN LAUNCHES DRIVE TO FIGHT ANTISEMITISM
By Jerusalem Post Staff
Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the United States and the United Nations, held a meeting last Friday with leaders of US Jewish organizations with the aim of formulating a plan to combat antisemitism within the UN and beyond. Erdan convened mission staff and political and religious denominations of the American Jewish community after a spike in antisemitic attacks and rhetoric around the world following the war with Gaza terrorists last month.
DESANTIS INTRODUCES FAITH-BASED EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN JEWISH NEIGHBORHOODS AMID ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS SPIKE
OMAR, GREENE FACE DUELING CENSURE RESOLUTIONS IN HOUSE FOR RECENT REMARKS
UK TO CHAIR INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE ALLIANCE
US SENATE PASSES A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE RECENT RISE OF ANTISEMITISM
THOUSANDS OF LABOUR MEMBERS TAKE PART IN ANTISEMITISM AWARENESS TRAINING
IN BIPARTISAN VOTE, TEXAS ADOPTS IHRA DEFINITION TO DEFINE ANTI-JEWISH ACTS
HUMANITY
OVER 850 HARVARD AFFILIATES DENOUNCE ANTISEMITISM, ‘DEMONIZATION’ OF ISRAEL
By Dion J. Pierre
Over 850 students, faculty and other affiliates of Harvard University have signed a statement in support of Israel’s “right to self-defense” and the “right of the Jewish people to self-determination,” which also criticized what it called the rise of anti-Israel activism on campus. The letter comes amid a nationwide spike in antisemitism that included two recent acts of vandalism involving the Harvard Hillel building.
PROMINENT TECH LEADERS ISSUE OPEN LETTER DENOUNCING ANTISEMITISM
By Algemeiner Staff
A group of prominent tech leaders issued an open letter opposing antisemitism on Sunday, saying, “Too few Americans acknowledge that antisemitism … exists.” “The events of recent weeks cannot hide the truth,” it says. “A violent mob macing and punching a man in New York wearing a yarmulke. Shattered synagogue windows and attacks on Jewish community centers. A group of people throwing bottles and yelling ‘die dirty Jew’ at a dinner in LA.” “To be too Jewish in America, or to be a Jew, is still a dangerous mark,” the signatories said.
HOW NEFESH MOUNTAIN ARE FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM WITH TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS
DESTROYED BY NAZIS, HUNGARIAN SYNAGOGUE TO REOPEN AFTER 70 YEARS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, POLITICAL LEADERS FIGHT AGAINST ANTISEMITISM IN NEW CASTLE
The Combat Antisemitism Movement is a non-partisan, global grassroots movement of individuals and organizations, across all religions and faiths, united around the goal of ending antisemitism in all its forms. Since its launching in February 2019, 330 organizations and 341,000 individuals have joined the Combat Antisemitism Movement by signing the campaign’s pledge. The CAM Pledge draws upon the IHRA international definition of antisemitism and its list of specific behaviors used to discriminate against the Jewish people and the Jewish State of Israel.
