With a spate of violent white nationalist terrorism over the last year, the FBI has come under fire for not taking the threat of domestic terror seriously after having lost records on one of the key radicalization grounds on the internet for white nationalism. Read Here.

Their presence had never raised alarm among residents but when a recent propaganda drop went viral online, the once-underground groups started meeting more openly, billing themselves as “a Terror Machine coming to a town near you.” Read Here.

Christians United for Israel ended a three-day summit in Washington with its 5,000 activists lobbying for a bipartisan bill that would facilitate US government action against anti-Semitism on campus. Read Here.

A dozen people wearing white robes and waving Confederate flags gathered near the Hanover County Courthouse and encouraged people to call a Ku Klux Klan hotline. Read Here.

Saikat Chakrabarti, chief of staff for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, came under scrutiny for having worn a T-shirt that featured Nazi collaborator Subhas Chandra Bose. Ocasio-Cortez also positively quoted Nazi sympathizer Eva Perón, the former Argentine first lady. Read Here.

Eyal Shani, Israeli celebrity chef and NYC restaurateur, became the target of a threatening anti-Semitic letter which read: “Majority of Americans despise Israel. We did not want your Soda Stream. Only stupid kikes would eat at your overpriced pit…Measles outbreak was spread by your Orthodox cult freaks… as they rape children…Jews are not wanted here!” Read Here.

A Florida principal has been reassigned after he told a parent that the Holocaust was not a “factual, historical event.” Read Here.

California State Assemblyman Tyler Diep is sorry for a campaign ad depicting his Jewish opponent holding a wad of money. Read Here.

A neo-Nazi who once called for dropping a nuclear bomb on Israel has been sentenced in California to four years in prison for his role in a violent melee between fellow white supremacists and counter-demonstrators at the state Capitol. Read Here.

An Iraqi man was sentenced to life in jail by a German court for the rape and murder of a Jewish teenage girl that fueled far-right protests. Read Here.

An “increasing sense of emergency.” That’s how the president of the European Jewish congress recently described the concern over growing anti-Semitism in Europe. That includes France, where an increase in anti-Semitic attacks has raised the alarm. Read Here.

After the Islamic Revolution, anti-Israeli policies and propaganda placed pressure on Iranian Jews forcing many to leave Iran and their many important historical sites behind, including a Jewish school in the city of Isfahan. The school in Isfahan’s old Jewish neighborhood was shut down by authorities for repairs that were never carried out. It has turned into a place for buying and selling drugs and for the homeless to sleep. Authorities are allegedly planning to replace it with a commercial complex. Read Here.

A Jewish cafe owner in Melbourne has warned, “We won’t let history come back” after her business was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti that read “The Holocaust is a lie” along with a swastika. Read Here.

A sixth suspect was arrested for the February assault on the chief rabbi of Argentina, Gabriel Davidovich, in Buenos Aires. Read Here.

Neo-Nazis in Sweden blocked the entrance to an exhibition of portraits of Holocaust survivors and intimidated visitors viewing the display. Read Here.

Alireza Taimurizadeh, a member of the Dutch Green Left party, which has publicly endorsed attempts to boycott Israel, said Holocaust-traumatized Jews came to Israel “to be Nazis” and that Israel is “a country which makes a Jew feel shame. Israel, the bribe for 6 million lives, far away, where they can live out their trauma, react to it WHERE THEY CAN BE THE SS.” Read Here.

Israel will not work with Greece’s new Agricultural Development and Food Minister Makis Voridis because of his anti-Semitic past. Read Here.

While we can’t always change the minds of anti-Zionists, we can stand up for our rights as Jews to host speakers and celebrate our Zionist beliefs. The atmosphere across campuses in the UK remains troubling for Jewish and pro-Israel students. Yet if we give up, we risk teaching a whole generation of British Jewish students that it’s better to stay quiet than to stand up for our right to self-determination. Read Here.

The following report presents information about a neo-Nazi group, Iron Youth. Its online content, which stresses the need to take violent action, is aimed at both incitement and at recruiting new members, in order to move from online to “in real life activism.” The group says, it is “preparing, educating, and training for the collapse and what we must do when it comes.” Read the full report here.

Scholars on anti-Semitism from Europe and the US gathered at the Berlin campus of Indiana University to discuss “A Transatlantic Wave of Anti-Semitism? Jew-Hatred in Europe and the US.” “There is a rise in anti-Semitism in the US coming from the right, from the left…It’s really hard to say what the biggest threat is in the US; we see it here in Europe longer. The immediate threat depends on the country. The more east you get, it’s from the right, and the more west, it’s from young Muslims.” Read Here.

The American “Peace to Prosperity” plan for the Palestinian people focuses on enhancing Palestinian education and the creation of a new Palestinian university. By the time Palestinian students reach higher education however, they have already been thoroughly radicalized by their current textbooks. Anti-Semitism is now more prevalent than in previous curricula. Read Here.

Anti-Semitism is today as great a threat to Israel’s survival as the classic military threats that once confronted the Jewish state, according to Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the US House of Representatives. Read Here.

I never wanted anti-Semitism to define the way I write about Judaism. But the rise in anti-Semitism can perhaps help us see clearer than we did 20 years ago. We can see who is with us and who is not. Jews are standing up to be counted. I would be more optimistic for the future if we found a way to embrace them. Read Here.

“Anti-Semitism in Europe remains a stubborn stain that refuses to go away,” says FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty. “We owe it to all Jews, and particularly future generations, to erase this blot once and for all through coordinated action at the EU and national level working hand-in-hand with Jewish communities.”

Based on FRA’s survey data, key takeaways show that:

• 81% of the young Jewish Europeans declared the strength of their Jewish identity to be high;
• Four in five of young Jewish Europeans say that anti-Semitism is a problem in their countries and believe it has increased;
• Remembering the Holocaust remains the most important factor to determine the Jewish identity of young Jewish Europeans (95%);
• While the importance of ‘supporting Israel’ in the identities of young Jewish Europeans is less significant than their elders, 85% of young Jewish Europeans report that people in their countries accuse or blame them for anything done by the Israeli government;
• 44% of young Jewish Europeans experienced anti-Semitic harassment, which is 12% higher than their elders. 80% of young victims do not report harassment to the police or any other authority;
• 45% of young Jewish Europeans choose not to wear, carry or display distinguishable Jewish items in public because they are concerned about their safety.
• 41% have considered emigrating because they did not feel safe living there as a Jewish person;

To Read the Full EU Study & Report click here.

Anti-Semitism spiked by 189% in the Czech Republic between 2015 and 2018 according to a report by the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic which also explained that victims do not often report such incidents. Read Here.

“I fell in love with the ideals on which United Hatzalah was founded, providing fast and free medical care to anyone who needs it regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender or socio-economic standing. I’ve always loved helping others and there is no better way to do that than by saving a life.” Read here.

Meeting United Hatzalah’s Sanaa Mahameed:

Sanaa Mahameed is an EMT and one of 330 Muslim United Hatzalah volunteers who respond to medical emergencies all over Israel. Each of them has a unique story and puts their lives on hold to save the lives of others. Her family and community embraces her decision. “They look at me and say, ‘kol hakavod,’” she said, referencing the Hebrew phrase for respect. Watch Sanaa’s inspiring story below.

People of different backgrounds have volunteered to join United Hatzalah’s team of medics: the Jews, the Muslims, the Christians. All of them have dedicated their time to save others regardless of religion or race, bringing together Jews, Muslims and Christians for peaceful co-existence and tolerance across the State of Israel. United Hatzalah rises above politics, above money, above religion, just to save lives. Watch Israeli-Arab celebrity Nas tell United Hatzalah’s story below:

United Hatzalah of Israel is the largest independent, non-profit, fully volunteer Emergency Medical Service organization that provides the fastest and free emergency medical first response throughout Israel. United Hatzalah’s service is available to all people regardless of race, religion, or national origin. United Hatzalah has more than 5,000 volunteers around the country, available around the clock – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. With the help of our unique GPS technology and our iconic ambucycles, our average response time is less than 3 minutes across the country and 90 seconds in metropolitan areas. Our mission is to arrive at the scene of medical emergencies as soon as possible and provide the patient with professional and appropriate medical aid until an ambulance arrives, resulting in many more lives saved.

Christian support in America for Zion –a Jewish homeland, runs back to the early Puritans and has endured for centuries. Indeed, our second president said “I really wish the Jews again in Judea an independent nation…We’ve elevated the fight against anti-Semitism…I was able last March to declare a simple truth, that anti-Zionism is indeed anti-Semitism. Period. Full stop…” Read Here.

U.S. Department of Justice is convening a “Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism” with sessions on “combating anti-Semitism while respecting the First Amendment;” “anti-Semitism on campus;” “prosecuting hate crimes” and a “fireside chat” with administration leadership including Elan Carr, the State Department envoy combating anti-Semitism, and Kenneth Marcus, the top civil rights official at the Education Department. Read Here.

The head of one of Germany’s leading Evangelical churches has called on his fellow Protestant clerics to appoint a special representative to challenge rising anti-Semitism. Read Here.

My Task Force, together with U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, and her colleagues in the Senate, and Elan Carr, the Administration’s Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism, will make Holocaust education a national priority. Holocaust denial feeds anti-Semitism, which leads too often to violence and death, here in America and around the world. Read Here.

The German state of Hesse launched a new initiative urging leaders of cities worldwide to stand up to the anti-Zionist boycott of the State of Israel. Among those appearing at the launch of the anti-BDS campaign was Uwe Becker, the mayor of Frankfurt who also serves as the state’s commissioner for combating anti-Semitism. Read Here.

Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan passionately defended Israel at the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. “The issue between Arabs and Israelis goes beyond policy disagreements. It’s deeply rooted in the belief systems taught in Muslim countries, which are anti-Semitic.” Read Here.

On the 25th anniversary of the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, it’s worth reflecting on his approach to fighting darkness. He never urged his followers to hit the streets to confront evil. Instead, he urged them to hit the streets to spread goodness and kindness. By spreading the goodness of Judaism in such a visible, loving and global way, he showed the world a Judaism that is hard to hate. His approach responded to the virus of anti-Semitism with the gentle but potent force of pro-Semitism. Read Here.

The van Oordt Family, Christian Zionist importers of Israeli goods declined to comply with a government directive to apply special labeling for settlement products. The van Oordt’s run the Israel Products Center and our partner organization, Christians for Israel. Labeling was created to ensure food safety but has become a political tool to pressure the Jewish state,” said van Oordt, whose annually brings in 120,000 bottles of Israeli wine and tons of Dead Sea cosmetics. “These are anti-Jewish regulations to me.” Read Here.

Csanád Szegedi, co-founder of Hungary’s far-right, anti-Semitic party, discovers he’s Jewish, forcing him to rethink his life and connect to his roots. Read Here.

This week we ask you to take action by educating yourself on the Never Again Education Act, which would authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust. With rising anti-Semitism across the world, educating students about the Holocaust has never been more important. Help us raise awareness about the issue by sharing the bill and the resources below within your community.

To learn more about the Never Again Education Act please view the language of the bill here. .

‘Never Again Education Act’ to be introduced in US Senate

By Jackson Richman

A bipartisan group of Senators plan to introduce this week the “Never Again Education Act” that, if enacted, would create a grant program at the U.S. Department of Education to enable teachers across the United States the resources and training necessary to teach students about the Holocaust and its lessons.

Read here to view the article to learn more about the Act.

Our partner, the World Jewish Congress has created a change.org petition: Make Holocaust Education Mandatory in Every School in the United States! Click here to see the WJC petition and view their video message below.

Join us in the critically important task of preventing anti-Semitism from spreading into the next generation.