Recent news on antisemitism

Referring to longtime Jewish charities as "Pro-Israel vigilante" groups engaged in "Zionist defense training," the paper has once again drawn fire for alleged antisemitism in its newsroom.

Steven Spielberg said “the echoes of history are unmistakable in our current climate” as he gave an impassioned speech urging the importance of stopping the rise of antisemitism and extremist views.

Hate incidents against Jews spiked after the Oct. 7 invasion of Israel, with 69 in October and 62 in November. 

A weekly wrap of ADL’s reports, updates and analysis on antisemitism around the world.

 "Get out of Canada," said a Montreal poster with a Nazi flag and a modified Israeli flag with a swastika instead of a star of David. "Zionism equals terrorism."

 The University of Southern California Shoah Foundation held its second annual Student Leadership Summit from June 29 to July 1 in Washington, D.C., where a group of USC student-athletes heard about growing antisemitism from speakers including Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt and a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor.

"I changed the Labour Party. If I'm privileged enough to be given the opportunity, I'll change the country too," Keir Starmer says.

Haskel said on X on Thursday that  she had "no hope that the French authorities will be able to deal with this," and called on Jews in the diaspora to emigrate to Israel, their "national, cultural and historical home."

NEA may vote this week on proposals which pro-Israel advocates say are antisemitic.

October 2023 -- Now it's K-12 education

Since Hamas slaughtered some 1,400 Israelis earlier this month, a spotlight has illuminated rampant antisemitism in American universities. Far less attention has been paid to recent efforts to insert the same ideology into K-12 education.

Housefather, who is Jewish, has been outspoken about the rise in antisemitism in Canada since the current conflict between Israel and Hamas began in October.

 This is not just a fight for Jewish Americans – it’s a fight for the soul of America itself and of Western democracies at large.

IHRA is law

 Deputy DAs in Los Angeles raise concerns of office antisemitism under boss George Gascon

Rima Hassan's comments on the October 7 massacre placed her and La France Insoumise in a precarious position.

Gallup surveys verify feelings of insecurity experienced by many American Jews, including rising number who believe antisemitism to be 'very serious problem'

Text In the first video caption, the Namdars wrote, “This is not Germany in 1938. This is a ‘Pro Palestinian’ shop owner in Vietnam yesterday.

Americans are much more likely today than two decades ago to describe antisemitism, or prejudice against Jewish people, as a problem in the U.S.

Having sniper-trained police in our neighborhoods to protect us and our homes was not anything we thought we would see when we were elected to the University of Colorado Board of Regents – an unpaid elected position.

Since the attack of October 7, Columbia University has been hit with a flurry of lawsuits accusing the school of failing to address the resulting surge in antisemitism, but a new complaint filed last week employs a little-used, 19th-century law to hold the university to account: The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871.

Trump will likely attack moderators and challenge Biden's Gaza war policies, while both US candidates will face questions on antisemitism amid its spike on far left and far right

Elise Stefanik, antisemitism, and Israel: She’s Congress’ self-appointed protector of Jews. There’s just one problem.

NY prosecutor dropped charges against masked anti-Israel protesters who violently occupied university building in April, leaving many to fear they can be targeted without consequence

Reports of antisemitic and anti-Muslim acts in France increased by 284% and 29% respectively, France’s human rights commission, the CNCDH, said in an annual report published on Thursday.

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He was charged with coercion, according to sources.

The task force’s preliminary recommendations touched on short-term, immediately actionable items, with longer-term measures due this fall.

For the first time, the campus will provide a five-year funding commitment to widen the educational effort, which began on a much smaller scale in 2019, to all new students, leaders of official student organizations and residential assistants.

Lawmakers are considering legislation to crack down on hate crimes and antisemitism on college campuses statewide. 

Throughout 2023, 4,782 complaints about antisemitism were registered in the country, averaging 13 complaints per day.

 Last week, Wikipedia’s editors voted to add the ADL to a list of banned and partially banned sources due to its citations related to Israel.

 Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two bills into law to combat antisemitism and enhance security at Jewish day schools and preschools in Florida, defining antisemitism according to international standards and authorizing state funds for security upgrades.

Investigations have resulted in barely a wrist slap. Defunding colleges that are hotbeds of Jew-hatred should be the goal, not futile complaints to Washington

 To date, at least three universities have caved to their anti-Israel mobs. Northwestern, Rutgers, and the University of Minnesota have reached agreements with the students and activists who have occupied their campuses.

Los Angeles, CA, April 16, 2024 … ADL’s annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents issued today found that in 2023, the Jewish community of Los Angeles experienced 503 recorded incidents (up 112 percent from 237 incidents in 2022), including 326 incidents of harassment (up 120 percent from 143 in 2022) and 159 incidents of vandalism of businesses, places of worship and schools (up 85 percent from 86 in 2022).

Dozens of protesters swarmed Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s building Monday to rip him for nixing charges against members of the anti-Israel mob that attacked Columbia University — calling the move “a betrayal.”

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A pro-Palestinian protest held outside a Los Angeles synagogue on Sunday devolved into chaotic street violence with pro-Israel counter-protesters in an incident that several officials criticized as antisemitic.

Our Subcommittee has reached a simple but highly disturbing conclusion: there can be no doubt that antisemitism exists today on the Stanford campus in ways that are widespread and pernicious,” says the report, finalized last month and released publicly on Thursday.

The first time I noticed the signature JewBelong hot pink billboard with a message advocating for not only Jewish safety, but also for Jewish understanding, I thought: HOW CLEVER!

German government reports rise in extremist crimes, partly due to Israel-Hamas war.

Pittsburgh took another important step toward healing Sunday as ground was broken on a new structure at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill that will house a memorial and museum to combat American antisemitism.

"It’s almost impossible to find a “pro-Palestinian” rally that isn’t drenched in antisemitic rhetoric, anti-Jewish venom, or stereotypical tropes" says Israeli-American “Venture Philanthropist".

Troy Zukowski of the Michigan Jewish Democrats said he's been asked, ‘How could any Jew vote for a Democrat?’

“Why does the Biden administration think it’s ok to hire and elevate virulently anti-Israel staffers?” wrote the Republican Jewish Coalition. “It’s no wonder the White House continues to undermine the Jewish state.”

 "Terrorist groups like Hamas and their backers, including Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), cannot be allowed to speak for all Muslims or Islam."

several Jewish leaders complained privately to CNN that they have not seen enough direct engagement. Multiple Jewish elected Democrats and Democratic voters told CNN about being disappointed and abandoned by progressive allies, of feeling “politically homeless” both because they think Biden hasn’t done enough and because they worry he can’t control his own left.

 A Jewish mom and her husband were attacked and beaten at a Brooklyn elementary school graduation by an Arabic-speaking family — who taunted them with shouts of “Free Palestine!” “Gaza is Ours!” and “Death to Israel!” she told The Post.

 Spectator published an op-ed authored by four “Jews against Zionism.” In the piece, the authors accuse Columbia’s Task Force on Antisemitism of existing “exclusively as part of a political project to stoke fear on campus by alleging antisemitism against anyone opposing Zionism.” 

 Source says 19-year-old accused of procuring arms for terror attack, as outrage engulfs France over alleged antisemitic gang rape of 12-year-old Jewish girl

NEW YORK -- The NYPD is asking for the public's help in finding a man seen on video making antisemitic remarks and spitting on a Jewish man.

 Senator Singer's bipartisan legislation, S-1292, establishes a State definition of antisemitism. Under the bill, the definition of antisemitism would align with the definition adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on May 26, 2016. The State definition would also include the IHRA's "contemporary examples of antisemitism." 

One of the texts included vomit emojis while referring to an October op-ed penned by the campus rabbi, and another described the panel as “difficult to listen to.” The messages have drawn criticism from Columbia affiliates and congressional leaders alike for being “disparaging” and in “poor faith.”

...he is unhappy with his congressman, Jamaal Bowman, who has called for a ceasefire in Israel’s war against the terror group and who has accused Israel of “genocide.”

Despite attempts to win community over, Le Pen's RN is seen as main danger to Jews by left-wing organizations, though rival's anti-Israel leanings complicate choice for many

Ali’s Cookies has received postcards glorifying the Holocaust, watched people leave in disgust at the store’s Israeli flag and spit on the front stoop, and received hurtful comments on social media and in person.

Law enforcement sources told The Post that cops are considering elevating the coercion charge to a hate crime, which is allowed under state law.

 A London suspect who attacked a Jewish man on Shavuot was revealed by a Jewish neighborhood watch to have attacked at least one other Jewish man that day.

Online encyclopedia's editors add the Jewish advocacy group to the list of banned and partially banned sources

Three teenagers were arrested this week following a complaint from a 12-year-old girl from Courbevoie, west of Paris, who told police she had been gang-raped while being insulted with antisemitic slurs, the Nanterre public prosecution office said.

The revival of anti-masking laws is necessary to curb the post-Oct. 7 surge in antisemitism. But will Democratic-controlled legislatures pass them?

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The progressive campaign to delegitimize the very idea of antisemitism is just another way of telling Jews to stay in their oppressor lane.

I was appalled, but sadly not surprised, to learn Columbia administrators exchanged disparaging text messages during a panel that discussed antisemitism at the University,” committee chair Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said. “Dean Josef Sorrett’s weak private ‘apology’ to the College’s Board of Visitors shows that the school doesn’t get it. Columbia’s Jewish community deserves better than this.”

“Elite universities are simply no longer driven by truth seeking or education as their guiding ethos”

Why is Garland giving a free pass to those who attack and kill Jews?

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 Both schools have agreed to resolutions to address the complaints after the two universities were found to be out of compliance with Title IX.  

The elite university has been roiled by months of demonstrations during the IDF’s campaign in Gaza, and a new antisemitism taskforce has revealed shocking incidents.

 U.S. Department of Education Opens Civil Rights Investigation into Chapman University Following Brandeis Center Complaint Showing Unchecked Anti-Semitism on Campus. Case Includes Death Threat to a Jewish Student: "f*** yeah I want you and all Zionist trash bags dead the f*** kinda question is that?”

It’s “absolutely” possible that a far-right party could be good for Israel yet bad for the Jews, said the European Jewish Association chairman.

...two recent, high-profile displays of antisemitism in Manhattan and Brooklyn have given cause for progressive officials to recast their messaging and remind their base — as well as their critics — that standing up for Palestinians doesn’t preclude them from standing up for Jews.

The Democratic Party is swiftly becoming institutionally antisemitic.

 Editor’s Note: A broad coalition of 61 national Jewish organizations urge swift congressional action on the Countering Antisemitism Act.

 A Belgian arts center has riled up controversy over its director canceling a Jewish school’s event there because Israel was committing “genocide” in Gaza, according to a new report.

Nirenstein is an accomplished journalist, author, and speaker specializing in antisemitism, the Middle East conflict, Islam, terrorism, and human rights. 

The HBO host asked his panel why far-left antisemitism wasn’t a bigger deal, saying it is more serious than the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville.

Any of those racist, antisemitic Hamas agitators at those universities and elsewhere who are aliens—whether they are here illegally or legally—do not have a First Amendment right that prevents them from being deported. 

Except that there’s not the same sense of national crisis as there’d be if white supremacists were showing up all over the country and agitating against Jews.