The city of Warsaw this week joined the ranks of major world capitals, including Washington, London, Berlin, and Paris, among others, that have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. Warsaw’s move was welcomed by the Combat Antisemitism Movement, with CEO Sacha Roytman Dratwa thanking Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski for “recognizing the importance of this definition to combating Jew-hatred.”

The federal trial of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers drew to a close on Wednesday, with the jury handing down a death sentence to the perpetrator of the massacre. Bowers murdered 11 Jewish worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue during Shabbat morning services on October 27, 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. May the memory of the victims forever be a source of strength as we continue to stand together against all forms of hatred and bigotry.

In Florida Panhandle city of Pensacola, a worrying spate of at least six incidents of antisemitic vandalism in less than two weeks has prompted local police and the FBI to open a hate crime investigation. The incidents have included the throwing of bricks through windows at a synagogue and a Chabad center, as well as multiple cases of Nazi swastika graffiti. Two weeks after calling for a “holy war” against Jews, American white supremacist Nick Fuentes said on Friday he wanted “a political revolution” that established a “Christian leadership” to ensure that Jews would not be “making the laws anymore.”

Across Europe, multiple antisemitic incidents were reported this week. In Germany, Nazi swastikas were found on five gravestones in the Wurzeln-Morsbach Jewish cemetery. In the UK, genocidal chants of “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” were heard at an annual London pro-BDS walk. In the southeastern French city of Lyon, a 13-year old Jewish boy was pushed against a wall during a violent assault by three attackers.

In the Middle East, six Israelis were wounded in a shooting attack carried out by a Palestinian terrorist outside a mall in Ma’ale Adumim, east of Jerusalem. Later the same day, another Palestinian assailant attempted to stab a group of Israeli soldiers at the Eshtamoa Junction, near Hebron. Meanwhile, Palestinian leaders continue to propagate virulently antisemitic rhetoric, with PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ advisor on Islam going on television to claim that “Jews are Satan in human form.”

This week’s global antisemitism report highlights 38 new reports of antisemitic incidents. The total includes 27 (71.05%) from the far-right, 2 (5.26%) from the far-left, 6 (15.79%) with Islamist motivations, and 3 (7.90%) unidentifiable in nature.