Port Vale striker Tom Pope apologises for Rothschild tweet as FA investigation looms
Tom Pope, the Port Vale forward, has apologised for a tweet he sent several hours after scoring in his club’s FA Cup third round defeat to Manchester City. Responding to a request to predict the course of a hypothetical Third World War, Mr Pope tweeted: “We invade Iran then Cuba then North Korea then the […]
Jewish family reportedly abused by flight attendant on American Airlines
A Jewish family has alleged that they were subjected to anti-Jewish racial abuse by a flight attendant on American Airlines. The family were boarding flight AA142 at New York City’s JFK Airport en route to Heathrow yesterday, and whilst stowing their bags were accosted by a female crew member who allegedly shouted: “you f***ing Jews […]
Thousands rally first in the UK and now in America and France as antisemitic crime surges on both sides of the Atlantic
After 3,200 people attended the #TogetherAgainstAntisemitism rally in Parliament Square on 8th December 2019 to protest antisemitic crime and antisemitism in public life in the UK, now thousands have rallied in the United States and in France to speak out against the rising tide of antisemitic crime in their countries. On 6th January in the […]
Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Nichols denounces antisemitic graffiti in Hampstead and condemns “all expressions of hatred”
Cardinal Nichols has denounced the antisemitic graffiti daubed on numerous commercial establishments and a synagogue in Hampstead in late December 2019, saying that “the recent antisemitic graffiti in north London brings shame to us all” and condemning “all expressions of hatred”. The Cardinal, who serves as Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops’ […]
Chanukah celebrations marred by epidemic of antisemitism in Stamford Hill
A spate of antisemitic incidents have taken place in Stamford Hill over the past fortnight during the Chanukah period, marring celebrations. On 21st December a Jewish man walking back from a synagogue down Fairholt Road on the corner of Bethune Road was pelted with a glass bottle by an assailant shouting “dirty Jew” (CAD7178 21/12/19). […]