Police in Bristol, England, are investigating a giant swastika found painted on the hood of a car across the street from a Jewish resident on Yom Kippur. The owner of the car was Jewish and the swastika was found by Jewish resident Nick Bayne who tweeted the incident, expressing his horror at witnessing this symbol on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Read Here
Watch this Week's Summary of Anti-Semitic Incidents Around the World.
On the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Jews, unfortunately, experienced anti-Semitic incidents in the UK, Russia, Scandinavia, and elsewhere. Also during the Jewish holidays, the University of Illinois and Columbia passed BDS referendums.
In the midst of a charged election season in the United States, the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement calls on all people and organizations of conscience to transcend partisan politics and remain united in the fight to eradicate the world’s oldest hatred: anti-Semitism. The cause to fight anti-Semitism is a humanitarian imperative and should not be exploited as a political weapon. Jews in America and around the world face threats today from all kinds of extremist movements, including the far-left, far-right, and radical Islamists. Now is the time to work together to fight hate everywhere.
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SPECIAL FEATURE
UK SPECIAL ENVOY FOR POST-HOLOCAUST ISSUES DISCUSSES HOLOCAUST RESTITUTION
By CAM
Lord Eric Pickles discussed the release of the JUST Act report by the U.S. State Department. The JUST Act requires the department to report on steps or lack thereof that signatories of the 2009 Terezin Declaration have taken to compensate Holocaust victims. Lord Pickles said that “the JUST Act is the only game in town,” when it comes to pressuring Poland and others to enact just laws around Holocaust restitution. Read Here
COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM MOVEMENT HOSTS HIGH HOLIDAY BRIEFING WITH US SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR & COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM
By JNS Wire
Mr. Carr, noting how appropriate it was to discuss the challenges facing the Jewish people during the High Holidays, expressed the disbelief many have experienced in seeing rising anti-Semitism around the world. “Today by means of the internet and social media these ideologies are propagating and transmitting this contagion…at the speed of a click,” Carr said. Read Here
HOW DO JEWISH STUDENTS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FEEL ABOUT THE BDS VOTE?
By CAM
Romy Ronen, a junior at Columbia, was deeply disappointed with the result of the vote and worries that BDS has become “suddenly normalized.” “Columbia produces politicians, presidents, members of congress. When you’re a student and BDS has passed you will perceive it as a normal thing.” Overall, Ronen hopes that this vote will act as a wake-up call. “We definitely need to think of ways to combat this.” Read Here
UNITED STATES
GOOGLE PLEDGES TO RETURN ‘MORE HELPFUL’ RESULTS AFTER SEARCH FOR ‘JEWISH BABY STROLLERS’ IS FOUND TO PRODUCE ANTI-SEMITIC IMAGES
By Benjamin Kerstein
Google responded following revelations that a search for images of a “Jewish baby stroller” turns up grossly anti-Semitic images. A spokesperson said the search engine tends to pick images according to the accompanying text, which could result in offensive images appearing. Read Here
YONKERS POLICE SEEK SUSPECT WHO STOLE TORAH SCROLL FROM LOCAL SYNAGOGUE
By Algemeiner Staff
Police in Yonkers, New York, are searching for a man who stole a Torah scroll and other items from the Lincoln Park Jewish Center , just before the Yom Kippur holiday. Read Here
ANTI-SEMITIC MESSAGE LEFT ON FLATHEAD VALLEY, MONTANA BILLBOARD INVESTIGATED
By MTN News
An anti-Semitic message left on a billboard in the Flathead Valley is being investigated by Kalispell police. The vandalism read “Porn is” next to a Star of David. Read Here
EDITOR RESIGNS AT MIAMI HERALD’S SPANISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER OVER PUBLICATION OF ANTI-SEMITIC, RACIST COLUMN
By MARCY OSTER Writer
The managing editor of The Miami Herald’s Spanish-language publication el Nuevo Herald resigned after the publication of an anti-Semitic column. An investigation found the column included “multiple instances of anti-Semitic commentary since January.” Read Here
WORLD NEWS
United Kingdom
GIANT SWASTIKA PAINTED ON BRISTOL CAR ON YOM KIPPUR
By CAM
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS LEADER SIR ED DAVEY RAISES CONCERN OVER THE PARTY’S VETTING PROCESSES
By Lee Harpin
Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey questioned the effectiveness of the party’s vetting processes after an anti-Semitism scandal saw Greta Sidhu-Robb, shortlisted as a party candidate for Mayor of London. She was suspended after video showed her urging voters not to back another candidate because he was “a Jew.” Read Here
FRED PERRY WITHDRAWS SHIRT DESIGN OVER ASSOCIATION WITH US NEO-NAZI GROUP
By Jewish News Reporter
Clothing brand Fred Perry has withdrawn one of its polo shirt designs from sale in North America because it has become associated with a US neo-fascist organisation. The company, founded and eponymously named by the British tennis and table-tennis champion, announced the decision after the black and yellow tops were adopted by the group Proud Boys. Read Here
WIFE OF EX-TORY MINISTER CRITICIZED OVER JEWISH LOBBY REFERENCES IN POLITICAL DIARIES
By Lee Harpin
A political diary written by the wife of former Conservative minister Hugo Swire includes two references to the alleged involvement of a “Jewish lobby” in Westminster. Lady Sasha Swires’s newly published Diary of an MP’s Wife includes the allegation that an “investigation into the Jewish lobby infiltrating parliament” was being conducted by the British Foreign Affairs Select Committee. Read Here
GERMANY
A YEAR AFTER HALLE, JEWS WHO WERE THERE STILL LOOKING FOR ANSWERS
By Joe Baur
The synagogue shooting in October 2019 was a symbol of rising neo-Nazi anti-Semitism in Germany. The Jewish community chairman in Halle expressed his gratitude: as opposed to the last time the synagogue was attacked, on Kristallnacht in 1938, this time the media and police were on their side. However, the psychological trauma experienced by the worshippers remains. Read Here
GERMAN POLICE THREATEN ISRAELI WITH CRIME FOR SHOW OF ISRAELI FLAG
By Benjamin Weinthal
German police in Frankfurt have launched an investigation into Israeli musician Ana Agre who waved the Israeli flag at an anti-Israel demonstration organized by a pro-BDS group in July. Agre was confronted by protestors yelling “Nazis out.” A Frankfurt police officer addressed Agre in English, recorded her identity and asked her to leave the demonstration because her presence was “provocative to the young Muslims.” Read Here
THE MIDDLE EAST
“ALL JEWS HATE ALL ARABS AND WANT TO KILL THEM” – HAMAS DEMONIZES JEWS IN TV SERIES
By Nan Jacques Zilberdik
In a scene in the Hamas TV series Self-Sacrificing Fighter (Fida’i), a Jewish family sits by the hospital bed of a relative, discussing who might have injured him. They reach the “conclusion” that this could only have been an Arab. The son exclaims that he “hates Arabs” and “wants to kill them.” His statement receives instant support from the adult relatives: “We all hate Arabs.” Read Here
QATARI POLITICAL CARTOONS ATTACK EMIRATI, BAHRAINI PEACE AGREEMENTS WITH ISRAEL
By MEMRI
Qatari press published numerous cartoons mocking Arab countries who support normalization with Israel. These countries were portrayed as traitors who serve Israel and the U.S. while stabbing the Palestinians in the back. One cartoon portrayed Israel using a stereotypical image of a Jew with a large nose and another referenced a popular anti-Semitic hadith about Muslims and Jews fighting on the Islamic Judgement Day. Read Here
ROUHANI ACCUSES US OF’ ATROCITY’ OVER SANCTIONS, BLAMES ‘ZIONISTS’ FOR WOES
By TOI
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a televised address accused the US of committing an “atrocity” through sanctions imposed on the Iranian regime. In the same address he blamed the ails of Iranian society on “Zionism, reactionary approaches, and US extremists.” Read Here
OTHER WORLD NEWS
FRENCH JEWISH TV PRESENTER CONFRONTED BY ASSAILANT ANGERED BY HER DENUNCIATION OF ANTI-SEMITIC RAPPER FREEZE CORLEONE
By Algemeiner
Police in France have arrested a man for an attempted assault on a Jewish TV presenter at the Paris studio where she works. The unnamed man was taken into custody after he entered the studio and confronted Valerie Benaim over her trenchant criticism of Freeze Corleone — a French rapper whose hit debut album is steeped in “anti-Semitism, conspiracy theories, and apologies for Hitler, the Third Reich and [Afghan Taliban commander] Mullah Omar.” Read Here
KOSHER SUPERMARKET CASHIER TO TESTIFY ON THE ‘MOST HORRIBLE 4 HOURS’ OF HER LIFE
By Karine Perret
Zarie Sibony, who now lives in Israel, travelled to Paris to testify in the trial of fourteen individuals suspected of helping Hyper Cacher gunman Ahmed Coulibaly who killed three people. Sibony recalls her traumatic memories of Coulibaly’s verbal attacks, violence, and murder. She remembers Coulibaly saying: “You Jews, you’re wrong, because you think life is the most important thing, when it’s death that is most important.” Read Here
MOSCOW COPS ARREST MAN FOR ANTI-SEMITIC VANDALISM AT JEWISH EDUCATIONAL CENTER
By Algemeiner
Police in Moscow arrested a man for vandalizing the offices of a Russian Jewish organization in an anti-Semitic attack. The man shouted anti-Semitic slurs as he attempted to break through the door of the building. When he failed to do so, he reportedly broke the nameplate on the mailbox and toppled a large decorative menorah. He also did minor damage to the rabbi’s car before he was arrested. Read Here
DUTCH CITY NAMES AS ITS POET A RAPPER WHO CALLED HOLOCAUST A ‘JOKE’
By Cnaan Lipshiz
A Dutch city named as its resident poet rapper Darryl Dancelo Osenga, who in a 2012 song, called the Holocaust a “cover up for dumb sheep” and a “joke” compared to slavery. The decision by the office of Jos Wienen, the mayor of Haarlem, sparked protest from Jewish groups. Read Here
JEWISH POLITICIAN IN GIBRALTAR TARGETED WITH ANTI-SEMITIC DUAL LOYALTY SLUR
By Algemeiner
Marlene Hassan Nahon said she had been the target of an “orchestrated campaign” of anti-Semitism last week. Nahon said that the comments attacked both her and her late father, former Gibraltar Chief Minister Sir Joshua Hassan, negatively highlighting her links with the State of Israel. “Of particular concern in the latest barrage of abuse is the age-old anti-Semitic trope of dual loyalty that has been lobbed at me for being Jewish,” Nahon said. Read Here
NEO-NAZI SCANDINAVIAN GROUP TARGETS JEWS ON YOM KIPPUR
By CAM
The Nordic Resistance Movement took anti-Semitic actions in 20 different cities in the region. They onfronted Jewish worshippers, stood in front of synagogues, and placed anti-Semitic posters in public areas with Jewish communities. The Nordic Resistance Movement wrote that it had chosen to do these actions on Yom Kippur in order to “make the Nordic people aware of foreign customs and Zionist ruling plans throughout the Nordic region.” Read Here
ON CAMPUS
NYU SETTLES WITH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT; WILL REVISE DISCRIMINATION POLICY FOLLOWING ANTI-SEMITIC ACTIVITY ON CAMPUS
By Melissa Weiss
New York University reached an agreement with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights following a complaint that cited numerous instances of anti-Semitic activity on the campus. The agreement is the first resolution since an executive order in December 2019 added anti-Semitism to the list of forms of discrimination prohibited by Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Under the terms of the resolution, NYU is required to revise its non-discrimination policies to include shared ancestry and ethnic characteristics, including anti-Semitism. Read Here
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDENT BODY PASSES BDS REFERENDUM
By JNS
A student referendum to divest from companies that do business with Israel passed with 1,081 students, or 61.04 percent of voters, in favor. In a statement, Columbia president Lee Bollinger reiterated his opposition to the BDS referendum and said “it is unfair and inaccurate to single out this specific dispute for this purpose when there are so many other, comparably deeply entrenched conflicts around the world.” Read Here
STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DECRY PASSAGE OF ANTI-ISRAEL DIVESTMENT RESOLUTION DURING HIGH HOLIDAYS
By Benjamin Kerstein
This is the third vote concerning Jewish students that the Illinois Student Government has scheduled during the Jewish high holidays. President of the Illini Students Supporting Israel Daniel Raab said: “They meticulously try to push these kinds of resolutions through around the high holidays to suppress our voices.” The resolution in support of divestment from Israel was passed by a 22-11 margin, with seven abstentions. Read Here
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR IN LONDON CALLS ISRAEL A ‘WESTERN VIRUS’
By Jerusalem Post
The statement was made during a debate held by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), a body that in the past has faced criticism for anti-Semitic incidents. Dr. Haim Bresheeth, who is an associate at SOAS’s Center of Global Media and Communication, said that Israel uses the Holocaust as a “clincher argument” in Israel’s “presumed right over Palestine.” Read Here
CUNY LAW SCHOOL CONDEMNS ANTI-SEMITISM THEN BACKTRACKS AMID CONTROVERSY OVER IDF SWEATSHIRT VIDEO
By Benjamin Kerstein
A video emerged showing one of its students, Nerdeen Kiswani, threatening to set a man wearing an Israel Defense Forces sweatshirt on fire with a flaming lighter. The law school initially condemned the incident, saying. After an uproar however, CUNY Law School Dean Mary Lu Bilek subsequently issued a statement to all students withdrawing and apologizing for the initial denunciation, claiming that Kiswani had “exercised her First Amendment right.” Read Here
JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ASK DISTRICT TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM
By JTA
Jewish students and their supporters have called on school officials in Northern California’s Marin County to take action against anti-Semitism. More than 5,600 people have signed the Change.org petition addressed to the Tamalpais Union High School District and its superintendent in response to an Instagram account associated that issued a malicious call to its followers to identify Jewish students in the area. Read Here
ANALYSIS
FACEBOOK’S ISRAEL POLICY HEAD SAYS PLATFORM TAKES ANTI-SEMITISM SERIOUSLY
By Zeb Stub
Facebook takes the war on anti-Semitism very seriously, Jordana Cutler, Facebook’s head of policy for Israel and the Jewish Diaspora, said. Cutler noted that Facebook’s speech detection algorithms are always improving, and said that in the recent quarter, 85% of hate speech was automatically removed before it was reported by a user. Read Here
WHAT THE UNITED NATIONS GETS WRONG ABOUT FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM
By EMILIE KAO AND JOEL GRIFFITH
The U.N. and all of its 193 member-states should adopt the IHRA definition. The U.N. Human Rights Council should cease its biased treatment of Israel. Only more contact with Jews, deeper understanding of the Holocaust and Nazi ideology, and knowledge of Israel’s ancient and modern history can change people’s beliefs and behaviors. Read Here
THE ABRAHAM ACCORD IS THE STARTING POINT FOR RADICAL TOLERANCE AND LOVE IN OUR REGION
By Shamma Sohail AlMazrui, Minister of State for Youth Affairs in the UAE
The UAE is committed to making the invisible visible through our deep commitment to inclusion, diversity, hope, love, tolerance, peaceful coexistence. My dream is that peaceful coexistence will become a conversation across faith denominations and generations. I have hope that the movement stirred by the Abraham Accord will not only be the beginning of radical tolerance and radical love in our region and the world, but that it will change it. Read Here
ANTI-SEMITISM’S ‘LONG MARCH THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONS’
By Benjamin Kerstein
It is an undeniable truth that to support Israel today in the institutions where young Jews come of age increasingly requires an element of risk. One does not do things like compare Jews to Nazis, hold protests and divestment votes on Jewish holidays, organize anti-Israel events on Holocaust Memorial Day, and foment conspiracy theories about Jewish power over the American government if one is not anti-Semitic. Read Here
STUDIES AND STATISTICS
JENRICK “EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED” AFTER UJS SURVEY SHOWS 80 PER CENT OF UNIVERSITIES HAVE NOT ADOPTED IHRA DEFINITION
By Lee Harpin
UK Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick is “extremely disappointed” universities have ignored his request to use the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism after a survey by the Union of Jewish Students revealed that almost 80% had failed to adopt it. Just 29 of the UK’s 133 higher education institutions confirmed they had adopted IHRA. Eighty universities responded that they had no plans to adopt the IHRA definition. Read Here
EXAMINING UNDOCUMENTED FOREIGN FUNDING OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR RISING ANTI-SEMITISM
By Charles Asher Small and Michael Bass (ISGAP)
In addition to the failure of major US colleges and universities to accurately and truthfully report the significant amounts of foreign funding they receive, the DoED and DOJ investigations revealed an endemic failure to prevent foreign state and non-state actors from promoting anti-Semitic and anti-Israel ideas to the decision-makers who oversee the educational experience of hundreds of thousands of American students. Read Here
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COMMIT TO FIGHTING THE HATER NEXT DOOR
By YIGAL CARMON AND KATRINA LANTOS SWETT
We often hear that hateful postings appear only on fringe sites that few people see. It matters because history has taught that racism and anti-Semitism may begin in sporadic, disorganized and seemingly marginal form, but when ignored, it finds the space and power needed to grow into a threatening phenomenon. Read Here
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INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS CONFERENCE: FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM FROM WORDS TO ACTION: FROM A NATIONAL TO AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
By International Legal Forum
As anti-Semitism rises worldwide the IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism can play a powerful role in combating this dangerous phenomenon. This webinar focuses on: unprecedented litigation, other attempts to legislate or implement the definition, anti-Semitism on college campuses, social media, and the correct approach to common criticism. Read Here
LEADING EXPERTS DISCUSS SYSTEMIC ANTI-SEMITISM ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
By CAM
EMET hosted an important webinar with leading experts who examined anti-Semitism in academia. Watch this timely webinar as they discuss the issues that Jewish students face and ways in which they can be addressed by college administrators, students and their families. Read Here
HELPING ISRAELIS IN A HAIFA CORONAVIRUS WARD
By Natan Loyfman for Israel Campus 
Roundtable
For two years now, CJP on Campus has provided me with a scholarship to study at the University of Haifa’s Nursing School. I am currently assisting the country by working rounds in the emergency room of a hospital in Haifa. Anyone who is diagnosed with coronavirus has a special entrance for emergency treatments, away from the rest of the patients. The ward I’m in is in the basement with 30 patients, half of whom are intubated, and mostly elderly. Read Here
GOVERNMENT & POLICY
POMPEO VISITS JEWISH MUSEUM OF THESSALONIKI
By Ekathimerini
Secretary of State Pompeo visited the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki. Pompeo was briefed about the city’s Jewish community. “In recognition of Yom Kippur, I am honored to pay my respects at the Thessaloniki Jewish Museum, which commemorates the city’s once-vibrant Jewish community. The US remains committed to fighting anti-Semitism and promoting religious tolerance and freedom,” Pompeo said. Read Here
GOVERNOR NEWSOM VETOES HIGH SCHOOL ETHNIC STUDIES BILL
By NINA AGRAWAL
A bid to make ethnic studies a high school graduation requirement was vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who cited the ongoing controversy over the appropriate curriculum in his message on the legislation. An initial draft of the curriculum provoked widespread objection among Jewish groups who argued that it was anti-Semitic, purposely excluded Jews, and promoted the BDS movement. Read Here
KNESSET, PARLIAMENTS ACROSS THE WORLD FORM ANTI-SEMITISM TASK FORCE
By LAHAV HARKOV
Lawmakers from Israel, the US, the UK, Canada and Australia launched the Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism. The task force hopes to work on consistent policies for their countries related to hate speech, and to hold social media platforms accountable. Read Here
PROMOTING JEWISH LIFE VITAL TO FIGHTING JEW-HATRED IN EUROPE, SAYS TOP EU OFFICIAL COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM
By Algemeiner Staff
One year after the attack at a synagogue in Halle, the the European Commission coordinator on combating anti-Semitism has emphasized the importance of Jews feeling welcome in Europe. Katharina von Schnurbein asserted that protecting Jews in Europe “means more than just building security.” “Overall, we have to protect Jews better, including in everyday life. And that only works if we actively promote Jewish life. It’s at least as important as fighting hatred.” Read Here
RIVLIN CONDEMNS ‘SHOCKING’ SWASTIKA VANDALISM IN UK ON YOM KIPPUR
By TOI Staff
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin condemned the daubing of a neon-yellow swastika on a car in the UK, during Judaism’s holiest day. “This is the shocking sight of rising anti-Semitism — a swastika sprayed on a car on Yom Kippur in Britain yesterday. Words of condemnation are not enough. We need Holocaust education and remembrance so governments and societies everywhere actively challenge this threat to Jews,” he tweeted. Read Here
LIB DEM LEADER BACKS INTERNATIONAL ANTI-SEMITISM DEFINITION FOR ONLINE HARMS BILL
By JEWISH NEWS REPORTER
The international definition of anti-Semitism should be included in proposed online harms legislation, the new leader of the Liberal Democrats has said. Sir Ed Davey who was elected leader in August, said: “We have long argued that Online Harms legislation should include clear definitions, and if you’re taking clear definitions, to make sure people know what is acceptable and what isn’t, it makes sense for the IHRA definition to be part of that.” Read Here
FRANCE INTERIOR MINISTER UPS SECURITY AT SYNAGOGUES IN WAKE OF PARIS ATTACK
By TOI STAFF
France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin ordered an increase in security at synagogues following a stabbing attack in Paris outside the former offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. “During this particularly important festival for our Jewish compatriots, I also asked for special protection of synagogues.” Read Here
HUMANITY
CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB CHIEF: CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM WILL CONTINUE
By Alan Rosenbaum
Chelsea Football Club chairman Bruce Buck explained the origins and effectiveness of Chelsea’s “Say No to Antisemitism” campaign. The club is leveraging its own 500 million online fan base for this educational effort, as well as harnessing leading global organizations, influencers and officials to amplify the message. Read More
SCORING A GOAL FOR NORMALIZATION, UAE SOCCER TEAM SIGNS ISRAELI PLAYER
By AFP
Israeli midfielder Diaa Sabia signed a two-year contract with Dubai’s Al-Nasr football club. Sabia is Arab Israeli and played with Maccabi Netanya for four years before being sold to Guangzhou R&F for more than four million euros. He is the first player of Israeli nationality to be signed by an Arab football team. Read Here
SWEDEN ALLOCATES $1.1 MILLION TO START WORK ON ITS FIRST HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
By JTA
The Ministry of Culture said that the Swedish government was allocating the money to the Living History Forum, a Stockholm-based government agency that educates about the Holocaust, human rights, and tolerance. The money will go toward collecting documents and interviewing Holocaust survivors for the museum’s exhibits. Many details about the museum, such as its location and government status, are still undecided. Read Here
IN ZOOM MEETING WITH LOCAL JEWS, UAE MINISTER HAILS ‘WISDOM OF SHABBAT’
By Raphael Ahren
UAE Minister of State for Youth Affairs Shamma Al Mazrui addressed the local Jewish community during a weekly pre-Shabbat meeting. Al Mazrui noted the similarities between Islam and Judaism and called herself a “new student of the Jewish tradition and wisdom, your values, your ethics.” She recalled learning about “Shabbos” during her time as a student in the U.S. on a semester abroad at New York University. Read More
BABI YAR MASSACRES REMEMBERED IN UKRAINIAN CAPITAL OF KYIV, 79 YEARS LATER
By Benjamin Kerstein
The president of Ukraine, ministers of his government, the country’s chief rabbi, and president of the World Jewish Congress, marked the 79th anniversary of the slaughter of over 30,000 Jews at Babi Yar by the Nazis. “We bow our heads to all the victims of Babi Yar,” president Volodymyr Zelensky said. “And we have no right to forget these terrible crimes. Never again.” Read Here
The Combat Anti-Semitism Movement is a non-partisan, global grassroots movement of individuals and organizations, across all religions and faiths, united around the goal of ending anti-Semitism in all its forms. Since its launching in February 2019, 276 organizations and 289,000 individuals have joined the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement by signing the campaign’s pledge. The CAM Pledge draws upon the IHRA international definition of anti- Semitism and its list of specific behaviors used to discriminate against the Jewish people and the Jewish State of Israel.
