THIS WEEK’S GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM REPORT

This week, a fire was set outside a historic synagogue in Portland, Oregon, along with yellow graffiti reading Die Juden. Neo-Nazi flyers were also found outside a synagogue in Australia’s Gold Coast, and teenagers in Hungary urinated on a synagogue after shouting Sieg Heil.

Meanwhile, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, threatened “the violation of thousands of synagogues all across the world.”

A Holocaust memorial in Lithuania was again vandalized with the pro-Kremlin symbol, the letter Z, as was a synagogue in Belarus. At the same time, Russia’s Foreign Minister outrageously claimed that “Hitler had Jewish blood”, adding that “some of the worst antisemites are Jews.” The Russian Foreign Ministry doubled down saying, Israel supports the “neo-Nazi regime” in Ukraine, and cited alleged “examples of cooperation between Jews and the Nazis.”

An outpouring of condemnations came from leaders in the United States, Israel, Ukraine, Germany, Latvia, and elsewhere.

In London, reports have emerged of three separate assaults on Jewish children, and a Orthodox Jewish man in Antwerp overpowered and tackled an attacker.

This week’s global antisemitism report highlights 31 new media reports of antisemitic incidents. The total includes 17 (54.8%) from the far-right, 2 (6.5%) from the far-left, 6 (19.4%) with Islamist motivations, and 6 (19.4%) unidentifiable in nature.

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UNITED STATES

HISTORIC OREGON SYNAGOGUE BECOMES TARGET OF ANTISEMITIC ATTACK

By JNS

Police and other law-enforcement officials are investigating a fire and antisemitic graffiti discovered outside a historical synagogue in Portland, Ore. Congregation Beth Israel, which was completed in 1928 and is on the National Registry of Historic Places, was not significantly damaged, though scorch marks from the fire could be seen outside the building, both on the ground and on a door. The words “Die Juden” were spraypainted outside as well. In a letter to congregants, Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana said: “ … last night our historic sanctuary was marked with a hateful antisemitic slogan. There was also minor fire damage, which is something we have seen before. However, having this Nazi referenced statement spray-painted in yellow on our building, just a few days after we commemorated Yom Hashoah pains my heart.

ANTISEMITIC FLYERS DISTRIBUTED IN CULVER CITY, CA NEIGHBORHOOD
NEW MEXICO: CANDIDATE’S ACCOUNT LINKS JEWS TO VACCINES, MOCKS MEXICANS
ANTISEMITIC FLYERS FOUND IN HIGHLAND PARK, IL, OTHER NORTH SHORE COMMUNITIES
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WORLD NEWS

United Kingdom

JEWISH CHILDREN TARGETED IN LATEST ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS IN UNITED KINGDOM

By FAYGIE HOLT

According to a report from the volunteer security group Shomrim, two Jewish girls, ages 12 and 13, were on the way home from school when they were confronted by “five teenagers who held a knife to their faces.” “This abhorrent attack against religious Jewish adolescent girls is not an isolated incident but part of a trend in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Stamford Hill, a spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) told JNS. This incident came just days after Jewish children at a park were harassed and the peyot (side curls) of an 11-year-old boy were pulled. Police are reportedly looking for three teens in connection with that case. Two other 11-year-olds were assaulted outside a supermarket in Stamford Hill, according to Shomrim, which tweeted that the kids “were attacked by a group of teens. One victim was punched while the perpetrator laughed and his friends threatened to attack them again.”

ANTISEMITIC GRAFFITI LEFT AT MARLOW SKI CLUB AS POLICE INVESTIGATE

GERMANY

DAMAGE TO THE JEWISH CEMETERY IN DACHSENHAUSEN

By ben-kurier

Several damages were found at the Jewish cemetery in the Dachsenhausen area. The cemetery is located in a wooded area in the area where the L333 joins the K72. The possible crime period extends from September 2021 to April 2022.

BERLIN: SOME INCIDENTS REGISTERED AT MAY 1ST PROTESTS ANTISEMITES RALLY IN SPITE OF BAN
ANTISEMITIC LEAFLETS WERE DISTRIBUTED IN MARKT SCHWABEN

CANADA

ORILLIA POLICE INVESTIGATING SWASTIKAS AT DOWNTOWN CONSTRUCTION SITE

By Dave Dawson

Hate symbols have been crudely painted on some equipment at a downtown construction site. The appearance of a swastika, prominently spray-painted on the side of a large blue construction container situated on the road between Veterans’ Memorial Park and the Legion, was brought to officials’ attention by a resident. The OPP say numerous surfaces in the construction area were spray painted including two swastikas.

FRANCE

NAZI AND ANTISEMITIC INSCRIPTIONS TAGGED ON THE WALL OF A NURSERY SCHOOL IN COURBEVOIE

By Defense-92

A wall of La Marelle kindergarten in Courbevoie was covered with numerous tags, some of which glorify Nazism. A swastika was notably painted accompanied by the message “Long live Hitler” and “Long live Palestine”. But that’s not all. To these antisemitic messages were added numerous insults targeting the police, among others, with “Fuck the 17th” or “Carnot FDP”, “Kevin Delta NTM”.

OTHER WORLD NEWS

RUSSIAN FM LAVROV: SO WHAT IF ZELENSKY IS JEWISH, EVEN HITLER ‘HAD JEWISH BLOOD’

By TOI STAFF and AGENCIES

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the fact that Ukraine’s president is Jewish does not contradict Moscow’s claims that it launched the invasion to “denazify” the country, claiming that even Hitler “had Jewish blood.” In an interview, Lavrov was asked how Russian President Vladimir Putin could claim he was trying to “denazify” Ukraine when Volodymyr Zelensky, the country’s democratically elected president, was Jewish. “So what if Zelensky is Jewish. The fact does not negate the Nazi elements in Ukraine. I believe that Hitler also had Jewish blood,” Lavrov said, adding that “some of the worst antisemites are Jews.”

BELGIUM: IN ANTWERP, HAREDI ORTHODOX JEW OVERPOWERS AND TACKLES HIS ATTACKER

By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ

It began like countless other antisemitic incidents in Antwerp: A man shouted insults and made threatening gestures at members of the Belgian city’s large Orthodox Jewish community. But the incident near the city’s central railway station took an unexpected turn. After the perpetrator appeared to swing his arm to hit a Jewish man in haredi Orthodox garb, the would-be victim lunged back and overpowered his attacker, holding him down on the ground until police took the suspect into custody. Police arrived at the scene while the suspect was pinned down and arrested him.

MOSCOW, UNDER FIRE FOR HITLER COMMENTS, SAYS ISRAEL BACKING ‘NEO-NAZIS’ IN UKRAINE
LITHUANIA: MONUMENT TO THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST IN PANERIAI DESECRATED AGAIN
AUSTRALIA: KIM RUBENSTEIN ELECTION CORFLUTES TARGETED IN ANTISEMITIC ATTACK
AUSTRALIA: NEO-NAZI POSTERS FOUND OUTSIDE GOLD COAST TEMPLE
BELGIUM: AGAIN ANTISEMITIC INSCRIPTIONS FOUND IN BRUSSELS NEIGHBORHOOD
BELARUS: THE FACADE OF THE ANCIENT SYNAGOGUE IN BABRUYSK DESECRATED WITH THE LETTER Z
HUNGARY: THEY TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS, MADE A NAZI SALUTE AND THEN URINATED AT THE SYNAGOGUE
WIESENTHAL CENTER OUTRAGED BY NAZI WEDDING IN MEXICO

MIDDLE EAST

HAMAS LEADER WARNS OF ‘RELIGIOUS WAR,’ THREATENS JEWISH SYNAGOGUES WORLDWIDE

By CAM

The commander of the Hamas in the Gaza Strip issued an implicit threat against Jewish synagogues worldwide, amid simmering Jerusalem tensions and an ongoing wave of Palestinian terrorism across Israel that has left 15 people dead. In an hour-long speech, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar said, “Our people must prepare for a great battle if the occupation does not cease its aggression against the Al-Aqsa Mosque.” “Violating Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem means a regional, religious war,” he added. Gesturing at a photo of Israeli police confronting rioters inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sinwar declared, “Whoever makes the decision to allow this photo to be repeated, the violation of Al-Aqsa — he has decided to allow the violation of thousands of synagogues all across the world.”

TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED AFTER GUARD KILLED WHILE SHIELDING FIANCEE IN TERROR ATTACK

By JC Reporter

Two suspects were arrested by Israeli forces after a security guard was shot and killed while shielding his fiancee in a terrorist attack on the West Bank. Responsibility for the fatal shooting has been claimed by militant group Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, which described the guard at the entrance to Ariel settlement, Vyacheslav Golev, as a “Zionist officer”. The 23-year-old was hit as gunmen driving a car with an Israeli licence plate opened fire.

PA: ISRAEL IS “REENACTING THE NAZI HOLOCAUST,” ZIONISM IS “NAZISM,” ISRAELIS ARE THE “NEW NAZIS”
REPORT: MOSSAD THWARTED IRANIAN PLOT TO KILL ISRAELI DIPLOMAT IN ISTANBUL, U.S. GENERAL IN GERMANY AND JEWISH JOURNALIST IN FRANCE.
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ON CAMPUS

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE STUDENT UNION PASSES ‘BLATANTLY ANTISEMITIC’ MOTION.

By AJN STAFF

A MOTION passed by the University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) against Israel has been described as “blatantly antisemitic”. The motion, titled “UMSU stands with Palestine – BDS and Solidarity Policy”, accuses Israel of “massacres, forced expulsion and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians”, calls Zionism “a racist, colonial ideology” and supports the right of Palestinians “to engage in self-defence against their occupiers”. Put forward by the People of Colour Committee, the motion passed 10-7. Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) president Natalie Gunn said the motion “egregiously misrepresents Jewish students’ beliefs, falsifies history, misconstrues Zionism and incites hate”. “It is blatantly antisemitic,” she said.

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ADOPTS IHRA’S DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM

By DAVID RULLO

On March 30, the university formally adopted the definition. The student government board voted to support the definition on April 5, and it will be included in the university’s nondiscriminatory policy. Berlin, a junior studying finance business information, said he has been working for years to get the university and student government to do more to combat antisemitism. The IHRA is one of the only organizations with a working definition of antisemitism, he said, and it provides a framework of how to handle antisemitic incidents. “Having the university accept the definition really empowers Jewish students to feel more comfortable on campus and to feel like it’s supporting them and our community,” Berlin said.

QUEEN’S FACULTY REJECT IHRA DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM; SIMON FRASER STUDENTS ENDORSE SANCTIONS AGAINST ISRAEL
MCGILL STUDENT UNION DECIDES NOT TO RATIFY PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MEASURE
NORTHWESTERN MUST FIGHT ANTISEMITISM ON CAMPUS
STUDENTS RETURN BACK TO BOSTON SCHOOL AFTER 2 TROUBLING INCIDENTS
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ANALYSIS & OP-EDS

WHAT THE NEW YORKER DIDN’T SAY ABOUT A FAMOUS WRITER’S ANTISEMITISM

By Caitlin Flanagan

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A PASSOVER PLAGUE: HARVARD’S ISRAEL APARTHEID WEEK

By Rebecca S. Araten and Lauren A. Perl

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HARVARD CRIMSON IS DRINKING THE BDS KOOL-AID

By JPOST EDITORIAL

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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY HOSTED NOTORIOUS ANTISEMITE

By Alma Hernandez

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EFFORTS TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL GROW ON CAMPUS

By Alexander Joffe

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REVEALING THE TRUTH BEHIND AL-AQSA AND 100 YEARS OF LIES

By EMILY SCHRADER

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WHY ARE CONVICTED JEW HATERS GIVEN LESSER SENTENCES THAN OTHER RACISTS?

By Stephen Silverman

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SJP’S BOYCOTT PERPETUATES ANTISEMITISM ON CAMPUS AT TUFTS

By JACOB FRIDMAN AND IAN KAPLAN

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I AM A CRIMSON EDITOR AND I STAND WITH ISRAEL

By Natalie L. Kahn

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GOVERNMENT & POLICY

ISRAEL DEMANDS APOLOGY FOR RUSSIAN FM’S ‘UNFORGIVABLE’ CLAIM HITLER HAD JEWISH BLOOD

By TOI Staff

Israeli leaders demanded an apology and denounced Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for saying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood” and that Jews are among the worst antisemites. “The aim of such lies is to blame the Jews themselves for the most terrible crimes in history that were committed against them, thus freeing from responsibility the oppressors of Israel,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said. Bennett’s denunciation followed stronger condemnation from Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and other Israeli ministers. “This is an unforgivable and scandalous comment, a terrible historical error and we expect an apology,” Lapid said. “Hitler was not of Jewish origin and the Jews did not murder themselves in the Holocaust. The lowest form of racism against Jews is blaming the Jews themselves for antisemitism.”

US ANTISEMITISM ENVOY TEARS INTO LAVROV FOR ‘CRUELLY DERANGED’ COMMENTS ON JEWS

By TOI Staff

The US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism’s office tears into Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for claiming that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood” and that Jews are among the worst antisemites. “The Kremlin’s claim that Ukraine is a hotbed of Nazism is a blatant lie and yet another of the false pretexts for Putin’s war of choice. This isn’t the first time they’ve cynically accused its neighbors of neo-Nazism and fascism as cover for its own provocations & human rights abuses,” the office said. “Not only are the Kremlin’s accusations against Ukraine false, its disinformation detracts from real and critically-important worldwide efforts to combat antisemitism, Holocaust distortion and denial and other dangerous forms of racially- or ethnically-motivated violent extremism.”

U.S. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER SCHUMER: LAVROV’S COMMENTS ON ANTISEMITISM ‘JUST SICKENING’
UKRAINE FM RESPONDS TO LAVROV: ‘HE CAN’T HIDE THE DEEPLY ROOTED ANTISEMITISM’
GERMANY DENOUNCES LAVROV’S COMMENTS ON HITLER AND ZELENSKIY AS ‘ABSURD’
WHITE HOUSE: A PROCLAMATION ON JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2022
U.S. JEWISH HOUSE MEMBERS ISSUE STATEMENT RESPONDING TO RECENT ANTISEMITIC REMARKS BY RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV
LATVIAN MINISTRY SUMMONS RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR OVER ANTISEMITISM CLAIMS
B’NAI BRITH WELCOMES 42 NEW JURISDICTIONS SUPPORTING JEWISH HERITAGE MONTH IN CANADA
U.S. PRESIDENT BIDEN HOSTS JEWISH LEADERS FOR WHITE HOUSE SCREENING OF HOLOCAUST BIOPIC
NETHERLANDS REJECTS AMNESTY REPORT ACCUSING ISRAEL OF APARTHEID
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR $5 MILLION FOR HATE CRIME PREVENTION
TORONTO POLICE TO BOOST RESOURCES TO SPECIALIZED UNIT AS HATE CRIMES SURGE
WEST VIRGINIA TREASURER CALLS ON UNILEVER TO PUT STOP TO BEN & JERRY’S BOYCOTT
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HUMANITY

A HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY EVENT WAS CANCELED DUE TO LOW REGISTRATION. SO HUNDREDS SHOWED UP ON ZOOM TO HEAR SURVIVOR’S STORY

By Ray Sanchez, CNN

On one of the most solemn days on the Jewish calender, Holocaust survivor Arnold Fridland would not be silenced. Sydney Goldstein, 28, with a little help from others, saw to it. Fridland was supposed to speak in Boulder, Colorado, at a Yom HaShoah event. Goldstein said she tried to register for the event but later learned the program had been canceled because of low registration. She tracked down Fridland’s number and left a message to see if he could attend a last-minute event she hastily put together. Goldstein was a nanny for Gal and Maya Weinstock, who agreed to host the event. “We started rapid fire messaging everyone to really show support,” said Goldstein. She announced the event on Instagram and received about 50 messages. Goldstein set up a Zoom video conference for the talk. About 30 people showed up at the Weinstock home. Fridland began to speak and soon the Zoom reached a capacity of 300 people, Goldstein said. “I kept getting messages from people: It’s at capacity. What do we do? So I went on Instagram Live and we had over 600 interactions on that.

FOLLOWING NATIONAL RISE IN ANTISEMITISM, VIRGINIA TEACHERS STRESS IMPORTANCE OF HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
HOUSTON HILLEL SPREADS CREAM CHEESE NOT HATE
INSPIRED BY UKRAINE, BILLIONAIRE DAVID RUBENSTEIN DONATES $15 MILLION TO U.S. HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
TREE OF LIFE’S NEW DESIGN INCLUDES ANTISEMITISM INSTITUTION, MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL
GERMANY: BUNDESLIGA CLUB VFL WOLFSBURG ADOPTS IHRA DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM

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