Alan Bull was selected to stand for the party in the 2018 city council elections after being endorsed by local members even though they had been made aware that he had shared material on Facebook which described the Holocaust as a “hoax.” He was later kept on as a candidate for the Stanground South ward despite further accusations that he defended Adolf Hitler. Read Here
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1. PRESS RELEASE: COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM MOVEMENT WELCOMES US SENATE APPROVAL OF NEVER AGAIN EDUCATION ACT
14 May 2020 (New York) – The Combat Anti-Semitism Movement today welcomed the approval by the United States Senate of the Never Again Education Act – A bipartisan bill providing for federal funding to expand Holocaust education nationwide.
Sacha Roytman-Dratwa, The Combat Anti-Semitism Movement Director: “By approving this Act, members of the United States Senate have transformed the phrase ‘Never Again’ into real and purposeful action. We know that the only way to fight the darkness of anti-Semitism, hatred and discrimination is to teach the light of tolerance and respect. The Never Again Education Act breathes new life into this struggle at a time when we need it the most.”
2. CAM Real Stories – Brazilian Journalist Paulo Carneiro
Brazilian Author and journalist Paulo Carneiro, a remote descendant from Portuguese Jews, faced an anti-Semitic backlash after writing a book focused on the history of the first Jewish community in the New World. Watch and share Paulo’s story to help combat anti-Semitism today!
3. Herzl Take Action Award Winner: Shalom Rollberg – Interfaith High School Soccer Games for Youth in Germany
By Yonatan Weizman
The Combat Anti-Semitism Venture Creative Contest encouraged people of all ages, backgrounds, and nationalities to show their creativity and best new solutions towards ending “the world’s oldest hatred”. The Herzl Take Action Award asked people to submit a plan for a social venture that would help stop anti-Semitism with the winners receiving grants to activate their idea.
One of our Herzl Take Action Award winners is Yonatan Weizman from Shalom Rollberg! Shalom Rollberg is a grassroots project that fights anti-Semitism and encourages tolerance amongst the children and youth of the Rollberg neighborhood, which is in the Neukölln district of Berlin, Germany. The take action plan is to promote tolerance and coexistence through interfaith high school soccer games for Muslim and Jewish youth in Germany.
UNITED STATES
(8 Articles)
1. Las Vegas Woman Charged in Anti-Semitic Stalking Case; Allegedly Called Neighbors ‘Jewish Pigs’
By Benjamin Kerstein
A 57-year-old Las Vegas woman has been charged in an anti-Semitic stalking and property destruction case. Georgina McGarvie is facing charges of felony aggravated stalking and property destruction after damaging a neighboring Jewish family’s apartment and defacing it with anti-Semitic graffiti. McGarvie started putting up racist signs in her windows calling (the family) ‘Jewish pigs.’” Read Here
2. Vermont political forum including Jewish candidate hit by anti-Semitic ‘Zoombombing’
By MARCY OSTER
A forum for Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor in Vermont was the target of “Zoombombing” by individuals who drew swastikas and wrote “hail Satan.” One of the candidates, Brenda Siegel, is Jewish. Siegal vowed “I don’t plan on being any less Jewish any time soon. Or any less progressive for that matter. This is who I am, you won’t find me hiding it.” Read Here
3. ADL slams NYT for saying Israeli defense research best known for work on killing
By TOI STAFF
The Anti-Defamation League condemned The New York Times over an article about the Israeli Defense Ministry. The report, about Israel’s work toward defeating the coronavirus, was headlined “Israeli Army’s Idea Lab Aims at a New Target: Saving Lives,” and began: “The Israeli Defense Ministry’s research-and-development arm is best known for pioneering cutting-edge ways to kill people and blow things up, with stealth tanks and sniper drones among its more lethal recent projects. But its latest mission is lifesaving…” Read Here
4. Likening lockdown policies to Nazism, US protester wears face mask with swastika
By JTA
A shopper at a suburban San Diego supermarket was asked to remove a face mask decorated with a swastika. The man, identified as Dustin Hart, wore the mask in the Food 4 Less market in Santee days after another man was seen wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood as a face covering in another supermarket in the community. Read Here
5. SNL’s Michael Che jokes ‘Miss Hitler’ pageant winner is Miss Israel
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che made light of the pageant website for ‘Miss Hitler’ being shut down, in which he stated that the winner for the contest was Miss Israel. “GoDaddy has shut down a website that hosts a ‘Miss Hitler’ beauty pageant…if you’re wondering who the winner of the ‘Miss Hitler’ pageant was Miss Israel.” Read Here
6. Married Couple Arrested for Allegedly Attacking Chasidic Jews in Brooklyn
By Aaron Bandler
A married couple was arrested in connection with an attack on a group of Chasidic Jews in Brooklyn. The couple, identified as Paulo and Clelia Pinho, approached the Chasidic Jews and said to them, “The mayor says you Jews are the reason we’re getting sick.” Paulo attempted to rip the face masks off some of the Jews, prompting three men in the group to confront Paolo, telling him to stay 6 feet away from them. Read Here
7. 2 tombstones at a US military cemetery are inscribed with swastikas. This group wants them removed.
By RON KAMPEAS
A group that advocates for religious freedoms in the military wants the Veterans Administration to remove German POW tombstones at a San Antonio military cemetery that are inscribed with Nazi symbols and sentiments. The two tombstones, among 140 for World War II POWs at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, are marked with a swastika inside a German cross, and are inscribed, “He died far from his home for the Führer, people, and fatherland.” Read Here
8. 2 Queens Men Sought Weapons Cache, Praised Anti-Semitic Attacks, Authorities Say
By Jonathan Dienst and Joe Valiquette
Two Queens men are under arrest for allegedly trying to buy high-power weapons, amid ongoing talk by one about targeting Jews — including praising last year’s Hanukkah attack in Monsey. While they were not actively plotting a specific attack, law enforcement officials say, one of the men did discuss past attacks on Jewish communities online, as well as other racist sentiments. Read Here
WORLD News
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1. IN-DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE UK
Labour selected Peterborough election candidate ‘despite knowing he was accused of Holocaust denial’, internal report claims
By Joel Lamy
Top UK Jewish Group Demands Action From Facebook After Threat of Anti-Semitic Bombing
By Benjamin Kerstein
The Board of Deputies of British Jews called on Facebook to take action following a violent threat it received on the social media site. The threat was made in a comment to a post by Jackie Walker, a former Labour party member who was booted for anti-Semitism. Read Here
UK Broadcaster Rejects Pro-Israel Group’s Call to Ban ‘Anti-Semitic’ Covid-19 Expert From Programming
By Algemeiner Staff
The BBC rejected calls to ban a public health expert from its coverage of the coronavirus pandemic after several of his anti-Semitic tweets were discovered. Prof. John Ashton — one of the UK’s leading experts on health — compared Zionism with Nazism in material posted on social media and suggested it was “time for Jews to reflect” on the situation in Gaza. Read Here
2. IN DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM in germany
Far-right German leader: Victory over Nazis ‘day of absolute defeat’
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
The co-leader of the far-right German party Alternative for Germany Alexander Gauland described the allied victory over the Hitler movement as a “day of absolute defeat.” Gauland delivered his comment ahead of the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. The extreme right-wing leader rejects Victory in Europe Day – as a proposed public holiday. Read Here
German military counter-intelligence omits Israel from map, apologizes
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
The German military counterintelligence service deleted Israel from a map that included the Middle East, prompting a swift correction and apology from Germany’s Defense Ministry via Twitter. The twitter handle named Klemens Köhler @WarumDresden wrote: “In MAD’s first public report Israel is missing on the map.” Read Here
Help stop anti-Semitic coronavirus conspiracy theories, German Jewish group asks government
By TOBY AXELROD
A Jewish group in Germany is urging local government and media to help prevent the spread of conspiracy theories blaming Jews for the coronavirus pandemic. Many of the conspiracy theories have formed in protest of the German government’s lockdown measures. One theory says, “peoples of the earth are to be subjected to an allegedly authoritarian, supranational (primarily Jewish) world government, whose goal it is to subjugate humanity.” Read Here
Coronavirus Protests Will Boost Far-Right ‘Terrorist Radicalization’ in Germany, Anti-Semitism Expert Warns
By Ben Cohen
A German expert on the far right has warned that the presence of neo-Nazi and ultranationalist activists in demonstrations against coronavirus restrictions could result in a fresh wave of “right-wing terrorist radicalization.” Dr. Gideon Botsch — head of the anti-Semitism research department of the Moses Mendelssohn Center in Potsdam — said that the surge in protests around Germany objecting to “social distancing” could serve as a gateway to organizations engaged in violence. Read Here
German court rejects Iraqi’s appeal over rape, murder of Jewish teen
By AP
A German federal court threw out a rejected Iraqi asylum-seeker’s appeal against his conviction for raping and murdering a 14-year-old local Jewish girl. Ali Bashar was sentenced to life in prison by the Wiesbaden state court following a four-month trial in a case that fueled tensions over migration. Read Here
3. IN DEPTH: THIS WEEK’S NEWS ON ANTI-SEMITISM ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST
Pakistani cleric: Jews are responsible for creation of coronavirus
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Mufti Abu Hisham Masood, a Pakistani Islamist a cleric affiliated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, declared that Jews created the coronavirus for the purpose of “global governance,” and that any vaccine developed will be controlled by Jews. Read Here
The PA is trying to hide its payments to terrorists
By Maurice Hirsch, Adv., Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
The Palestinian Authority’s monthly financial documents for 2020 show the PA is, again, trying to hide its monthly salary payments to the Palestinian terrorist prisoners from the international community. Its monthly budget performance reports for 2018 and 2019 openly listed the salaries to terrorist prisoners as expenditures of the PA Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs. However, since the beginning of 2020, there is no listing at all for the Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs. Read Here
Hamas MP calls for murder of Jews, says Israeli annexation violates Allah’s will
By MEMRI
Hamas MP Yunis al-Astal said in a parliament session that Israeli annexation of parts of Judea and Samaria would constitute a crime against the will of Allah, and called for the parliament to recommend the murder of Jews “wherever they may be found.” Al-Astal said that the Jews were “the most corrupt of Allah’s creatures.” The Jews, he said, are more dangerous than the coronavirus, and are planning to eventually occupy parts of the Arabian Peninsula, including Medina. Read Here
4. IN DEPTH: OTHER WORLD NEWS
GoDaddy drops ‘Miss Hitler’ competition site after outcry
BY TOI STAFF
The GoDaddy.com web hosting company took down the domain of the site running the “Miss Hitler 2020” pageant, following pressure from Australia’s Anti-Defamation Commission. The competition, run by the so-called World Truth Historical Revisionism website, encourages women to enter by posting sexy Nazi-themed photos with an entry explaining why they “love and revere the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler.” Read Here
Syrian man smashes windows of kosher restaurant in Amsterdam for second time
By JNS
A Syrian man was arrested for smashing the windows of a kosher restaurant in Amsterdam—the second time he has done so. Saleh Ali, 31, was subdued with pepper spray by officers after he used a metal pipe to smash the windows of the HaCarmel kosher restaurant. In January, unidentified suspects left a box looking like a homemade bomb on HaCarmel’s doorstep. Read Here
Frydenberg ‘targeted by racist extremists’
By EVAN ZLATKIS
Racist extremists were behind threats made to Josh Frydenberg during the coronavirus crisis, prompting the Australian Federal Police to issue 24/7 protection for the Treasurer. Frydenberg confirmed the threats on national media, stating while they “may be” unsettling for him and his family, “At the same time I’ve got an important job to do. Read Here
Paris man suspected of spitting on influential Jewish intellectual
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
An influential French-Jewish intellectual who has criticized Islam was threatened and allegedly spat on by a young Arab man in Paris. Eric Zemmour was walking with shopping bags in his hands when the incident occurred. A man identified as Mehdi Korchi filmed himself accosting Zemmour. Read Here
Ukrainian police official requests list of Jews in western city of Kolomyya
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
A Ukrainian Jewish group accused the nation’s police force of “open anti-Semitism” after a high-ranking police official requested a list of all Jews in the western city of Kolomyya as part of an inquiry into organized crime. The official request to the head of Kolomyya’s Jewish community is dated February 18, 2020. Read Here
Brazil’s president criticized for coronavirus motto that recalls ‘Arbeit macht frei,’ the infamous Auschwitz gate sign
BY MARCUS M. GILBAN
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is being criticized for a new slogan about combating the coronavirus which resembles the infamous Nazi inscription at the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp: “Arbeit macht frei,” or “work will set you free.” The message “Work, unity and the truth will set Brazil free” was featured in a video that Bolsonaro released. Read Here
Bosnian Catholic cardinal plans to honor Nazi collaborators in memorial service
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
Bosnia’s most senior Catholic clergyman plans to host a memorial service for Croatian civilians and soldiers of the Nazi-allied Ustasha forces. Members of the Croat pro-Nazi Ustasha militia committed some of the goriest anti-Semitic murders documented in World War II. Read Here
French Jewish group files lawsuit against comedian for ‘anti-Semitic video’
BY i24News
The Representative Council of Jewish Institutions (CRIF) announced that it had filed a lawsuit against comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala for having posted an anti-Semitic video featuring Jewish politician Simone Veil and notorious Holocaust denier Robert Faurisson. Dieudonné has been jailed and fined tens-of-thousands of euros for past anti-Semitic remarks. Read Here
ON CAMPUS
(3 Articles)
1. Oklahoma City University graduation pushed online by coronavirus hacked with ‘racism, bigotry and anti-Semitism’
By KATE FELDMAN
Graduating seniors at Oklahoma City University were forced home and into a makeshift graduation by the coronavirus. Then a hacker attacked their video call and broadcast a racial slur and a swastika during the ceremony with a hateful message that could be seen by all viewers. Read Here
2. GWU International Affairs School Names BDS Supporter as Interim Dean
By JNS
A faculty member at George Washington University in Washington, DC, with an anti-Israel history has been named interim dean of the university’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Ilana Feldman, vice dean of the Elliott School and professor of anthropology, history and international affairs, will serve as the school’s interim dean. Read Here
3. Jewish Federation concerned about video of Mountain Brook children drawing swastika
By Trisha Powell Crain
The Birmingham, Alabama Jewish Federation is calling for the Mountain Brook and surrounding school systems to do more to address anti-Semitism among students after a video of children drawing an anti-Semitic symbol was taken and posted to social media by a Mountain Brook High School student. The video shows a group of boys laughing at a shirtless boy, a Mountain Brook student, who has two large black swastikas and the word “heil” written on his back. Read Here
ANALYSIS
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1. The Jews Poisoned the Wells: Anti-Semitism in our Times
By Steven Windmueller
We are now moving from one moment in history to another, as we witness society reverting to the oldest modality of hate, anti-Semitism. Exiting this past 70 year window, where the message of the Shoah focused humanity on the evils of hate politics, only to see our contemporary society re-embrace the messages of genocidal violence, racial prejudice and religious hatred. We must prepare for the unfolding difficult moment as we encounter a new war against the Jews. Read Here
2. Fighting COVID-19, Conspiracy Theories, and Anti-Semitism
By David Harris
Now, during the COVID-19 crisis, conspiracy theories are again rife. What makes them especially dangerous are two factors. First, there is the reach of digital platforms. Second, this global crisis has brought much of the world to its knees in unprecedented fashion. For the anti-Semites, all the elements are aligned: Through devious machinations, Jews surely brought this on the world to gain power, wealth, and control. Read Here
3. The boycott Israel movement and anti-Semitism during the COVID-19 crisis
By ARI INGEL AND KARYS R. OSCHIN
If there was ever any doubt as to whether the BDS movement against Israel was anti-Semitic, the COVID-19 pandemic has put that to rest. Members of the BDS movement have a long documented history of anti-Semitism, which is why the German Parliament, the French National Assembly, the American Congress and a U.N. Special Rapporteur have all condemned the movement. Yet boycott activists continue to spread their vitriol during this global crisis. At a time when the world needs to join together, they prefer to sow division and corrode civility. Read Here
STUDIES AND STATISTICS
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1. German monitor finds increase in anti-Semitic incidents following Halle synagogue attack
By JOE BAUR
A new report from Federal Association of Departments for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism, or RIAS in Germany found that reported incidents rose following the attack on a Halle synagogue last Yom Kippur. The report highlights 1,253 registered anti-Semitic incidents in 2019 across four federal states, including Berlin. Read Here
2. 2019 saw the most anti-Semitic incidents in at least 40 years, ADL says
By BEN SALES
Last year saw the most anti-Semitic incidents in the United States since at least 1979, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The 2,107 incidents recorded in 2019 reflect a 12% increase from 2018 and are more than double the 942 incidents recorded just four years earlier. It’s the highest number recorded by the ADL since it began tallying incidents in 1979. Read Here
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Combat Anti-Semitism is proud to be a partner of the Ireland Israel Alliance (IIA), a pro-Israel non-profit organization in Ireland. Learn more about IIA below.
Ireland Israel Alliance to Protest ‘Occupied Territories’ Bill
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Ireland Israel Alliance (IIA) is protesting the Seanad’s “Occupied Territories” bill. The bill, passed in late 2018 by Ireland’s upper house of legislature, imposes fines and sanctions on those importing products from Israeli settlements. It will not, however, sanction those engaging in trade with Turkish-occupied Cyprus or Chinese-occupied Tibet.” This populist bill will do nothing to bring Israelis and Palestinians together,” said IIA chair Jackie Goodall. Read Here
The Ireland Israel Alliance (IIA) is a grassroots, non-profit organisation based in Dublin, Ireland. The aim of the IIA is to bring clarity to public perception of issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and to ensure such issues receive fair and impartial treatment within the Irish media. The Ireland Israel Alliance engages with supporters and organizations from both secular and religious backgrounds across the political spectrum. IIA seeks to engage with the Government of Ireland, the political parties, public interest groups, schools, colleges and other educational establishments.
PARTNER Content
Lawfare Project investigates NYC for calling out Jews on social distancing
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Lawfare Project filed a Freedom of Information Act request in order to investigate why a Jewish funeral was singled out by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for violating social distancing regulations on the same weekend that New Yorkers from all backgrounds gathered in public areas to view a flyover of the Blue Angels. Read Here
‘For us, taking on Iran’s anti-Israel propaganda machine is just another day at the office’
By Sharon Gilad
Most Israelis have never heard of Fuente Latina, but for Spanish-speaking news consumers, it is nothing short of a media powerhouse, especially with respect to information and news coverage regarding Israel and the Middle East. Established in December 2012, Fuente Latina is the brainchild of Leah Soibel, an expert on the region who is often called upon when Spanish-language media covers stories about Israel and the Middle East. Read Here
SWC New Report: A Watershed In the Fight Against Anti-Semitism
By Simon Wiesenthal Center
In the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s newest report, A Watershed in Fighting Anti-Semitism: The IHRA Working Definition of Anti-Semitism, SWC Director of Government Affairs Mark Weitzman describes what this essential tool is, how it came into prominence and what it’s impact has been. Read Here
Wiesenthal Center requests Paris mayor remove anti-Semitic stickers in city
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Simon Wiesenthal Center sent a request to Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo asking that anti-Semitic stickers littered throughout the French capital be removed. In a letter to the mayor, Dr. Shimon Samuels, SWC Director for International Relations, said that there is “a growing pandemic of anti-Semitic stickers in and around the Gare du Nord and Gare de l’Est area – the principal Paris train stations. Read Here
WJC President supports decision to postpone Malmo forum on anti-Semitism
By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
The World Jewish Congress President, Ronald S. Lauder, told Swedish Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, that his institution supports a recent decision by the Swedish government to postpone the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Anti-Semitism until next year. Löfven extended invitations to a number of heads of state, researchers, experts and civil society representatives from 50 countries to participate in the Forum. Read Here
American Jewish Committee’s New Director for Combating Anti-Semitism is A Practicing Christian
By Aaron Bandler
What makes the American Jewish Committee new director for combating anti-Semitism interesting is the fact that she’s a practicing Christian. Holly Huffnagle was promoted from assistant director to director last month. Huffnagle said she became interested in combating anti-Semitism when she studied the Holocaust at Westmont College in Santa Barbara. 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.
(11 Pieces)
1. Never Again Education Act passes Senate, goes to Trump for expected signature
By JNS
The U.S. Senate passed the Never Again Education Act, which seeks to expand Holocaust education in the United States, by unanimous consent on Wednesday. It also happens to come in Jewish American Heritage Month. The legislation, which now goes to President Trump for his expected signature into law, expands the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s (USHMM) education programming to teachers nationwide, requiring the museum to develop and disseminate resources to improve awareness and understanding of the Holocaust and its lessons. Read Here
2. European Parliament passes resolutions condemning Palestinian failure to stop hate in school textbooks and oppose EU aid to the PA
By YOSSI LEMPKOWICZ
The European Parliament passed three resolutions which condemn the Palestinian Authority for continuing to teach hate and violence in its school textbooks and which oppose EU aid to the PA being used for this purpose. The legislation notes that problematic material in Palestinian school textbooks has still not been removed, points to the continued failure to act effectively against hate speech and violence in Palestinian textbooks. It calls on the European Commission to ensure that salaries financed by the EU are used to teach curricula that reflect UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, coexistence and non-violence. Read Here
3. Israel’s Foreign Ministry rebukes EU ambassador over ‘support for terrorism’
By RAPHAEL AHREN
The Israeli Foreign Ministry summoned the European Union’s ambassador to Israel for an unusually harsh rebuke over the bloc’s alleged support of terrorism, warning him that backing terrorist groups will only lead to more bloodshed. Israel summoned envoy Emanuele Giaufret after a letter emerged in which a senior EU official stationed in East Jerusalem assured the Palestinians that membership in or affinity to a terrorist organization does not automatically prevent a person from being eligible to participate in EU-funded programs. Read Here
4. European Lawmakers Protest EU Official’s Pledge to Fund Palestinian NGOs Linked to Terror
By Benjamin Kerstein
A group of members of the European Parliament have sent a joint letter to the European Union’s top diplomat expressing outrage at the news that an EU official had pledged to continue supporting Palestinian NGOs that employed members of terror organizations. The promise was made in a missive sent by Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff — the head of the EU Office to the West Bank and Gaza Strip — to the Palestinian NGO Network. Read Here
5. Austrian state of Styria condemns BDS in resolution
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
The southeastern Austrian state parliament of Styria passed a resolution against the anti-Israel BDS campaign. According to a press statement from the Jewish community in Graz, the capital of Styria, “With this decision, the parliament is committed to resolutely combating every form of anti-Semitism as it emerges and to condemn and decisively reject the BDS campaign.” Read Here
6. UN chief says virus sparked ‘tsunami of hate,’ including anti-Semitism
By AGENCIES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an “all-out effort” to end the “tsunami of hate and xenophobia” sparked by the novel coronavirus pandemic. “The pandemic continues to unleash a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scaremongering. Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have spread and COVID-19-related anti-Muslim attacks have occurred,” Guterres said in a statement. Read Here
7. 7 congressional Republicans threaten Jordan with sanctions for not extraditing terrorist in ’01 Jerusalem pizzeria bombing
By RON KAMPEAS
Seven Republicans in Congress warned Jordan that the United States was now in a position to sanction that country unless it extradites one of the terrorists who plotted the 2001 bombing of a Jerusalem pizzeria. That signals an increase in pressure on Jordan to extradite Ahlam Al-Tamimi, who facilitated the bombing of the Sbarro restaurant that killed 15 people, including two Americans. Read Here
8. Berlin Jewish rep against anti-Semitism rebukes diplomat for BDS support
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Sigmount Königsberg, the representative on combating anti-Semitism for the Jewish Community of Berlin, took a senior German diplomat to task for his defense of an alleged anti-Semitic academic who supports BDS and has minimized the Holocaust. Read Here
9. Australia urged to outlaw all Hezbollah activities
By AJN STAFF
In light of Germany’s decision to proscribe the entirety of Hezbollah as a terrorist group, the Australian government has been urged to follow suit. Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council executive director Colin Rubenstein said, “Despite a number of our closest allies, including the US, the UK, Canada and now Germany banning the entirety of Hezbollah, the Australian government proscribes only its External Security Organisation. Read Here
10. Ukraine Police Chief Orders Official Investigation Into Demand for ‘List of Jews’
By Ben Cohen
The head of Ukraine’s national police has ordered an official investigation into the widely-condemned demand by a regional police official for a list of members of the Jewish community in the western city of Kolomyia. Read Here
11. San Antonio City Council votes on resolution ‘combating hate speech’
By Garrett Brnger
The San Antonio City Council unanimously passed a resolution denouncing bigotry, anti-Semitism and “hateful speech” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution states that hate crimes, discrimination, and aggression against Asians and Jews are on the rise as the groups are blamed for the disease’s outbreak. The city is committed, the resolution reads, to “the safety and well-being of all community members, including the Asian and Jewish communities, and in combating hate crimes targeting Asians, Jews and Pacific Islanders.” Read Here
HUMANITY
(8 Pieces)
1. ‘We Need More People Standing Up for Jews,’ Renowned Playwright David Mamet Says
By Shiryn Ghermezian
David Mamet, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Jewish playwright, called for more people to publicly defend Jews in the US. During a Zoom call hosted by Jewish National Fund-USA, Mamet discussed Jews being kicked out of various countries throughout history. Read Here
2. Patriots’ Julian Edelman is helping raise money for Holocaust survivors
By GABE FRIEDMAN
New England Patriots star Julian Edelman is raising money for Holocaust survivors during the pandemic by doing something he does well: working out. Edelman joined other celebrities in teaching online workout classes to raise funds for the UJA Federation of New York, which will use the money to deliver meals to survivors in the area. Read Here
3. IDF soldiers, Palestinians stand together to help east Jerusalem families
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Until a few weeks ago, scenes of IDF soldiers working shoulder-to-shoulder with Palestinian volunteers in several east Jerusalem neighborhoods would have been dismissed as unbelievable. In the era of the coronavirus pandemic, however, nothing seems to be impossible, including cooperation between the IDF and Palestinian activists in distributing thousands of food parcels to families in east Jerusalem villages and neighborhoods. Read Here
4. Israel Donates 2,000 Face Masks to Help Nigeria Fight Coronavirus
By Algemeiner Staff
Israel donated 2,000 protective face masks to Nigeria to help the western African nation in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria Shimon Ben-Shoshan said, “This is something that we have been doing even before the outbreak of the COVID-19, which is using medical innovations of Israel in Nigeria.” Read Here
5. Arab Muslim twins from East Jerusalem go from delinquents to Israeli soldiers
By TOI STAFF
Only a few years ago, Fares and Firas Muhammad, Muslim Arab twins from East Jerusalem, had juvenile rap sheets and seemed destined for a life of petty crime. Today both are star members of the Israel Defense Forces’ storied Golani Brigade, and Fares is training to become a squad commander. The two brothers’ incredible story chronicles their rise from teen malcontents to proud and highly regarded troopers in Israel’s combat forces. Read Here
6. Three Gulf states reach out to Israel for help battling COVID-19 pandemic
By RAPHAEL AHREN
Three states in the Arab Gulf are actively engaged in cooperation with Israel’s health system, with one having asked for help installing an advanced telemedicine system to confront the coronavirus. Top representatives from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have been in regular touch with the Sheba Medical Center. In March, a high-ranking member of the Emirati royal family privately visited the hospital and has remained in weekly contact. Read Here
7. On UN Video Call, Prominent US Rabbi Urges Global Unity in Coronavirus Fight
By Algemeiner Staff
Rabbi Arthur Schneier issued a call for global unity amid the coronavirus crisis in a United Nations General Assembly video conference. Addressing representatives of all member states, he said, “It is essential that faith leaders help raise universal awareness about the multifaceted challenges facing every nation. Religious leaders must create messages of hope, optimism, and solidarity by working together not only to fight this pandemic, but also to emerge stronger in the post-COVID era.” Read Here
8. Central Council of Jews in Germany launches ‘Meet A Jew’ project
By JOE BAUR
The Central Council of Jews in Germany has launched a “Meet a Jew” project designed to increase contact between Germans and the country’s Jews, who make up 0.2 percent of the population. One of the project’s over 300 Jewish volunteers from different denominational backgrounds are paired with Germans to talk about their lives, usually in a classroom setting. Read Here
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“Combat anti-Semitism (CAM) is a non-partisan, global grassroots movement of interfaith individuals and organizations united to combat anti-Semitism. CAM exposes anti-Semitic activity from across the ideological spectrum and highlights those working to fight against its resurgence. One of the most pernicious forms of modern anti-Semitism is the effort to deny and delegitimize the Jewish people’s right to self-determination and their profound historic, religious and cultural connection to their ancestral homeland, Israel. Humanity flourishes when religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity is respected, and we hope to encourage understanding and set an example through our work. Anti-Semitism is the oldest form of bigotry and by working to eliminate it, we hope tragedies like the holocaust or any incidents of hate inspired speech or violence perpetrated against the Jewish people, Israel, or any discriminated group are reduced significantly.”
