Swastikas and “Jews did it, 9/11” graffiti appears in Toronto area park
Police in Ontario are appealing for witnesses after antisemitic graffiti appeared in Richmond Hill. Located in the Greater Toronto Area, Richmond Hill is one of the York’s largest towns. The graffiti, which includes swastikas and blames Jews for 9/11, appeared on 13th October. Shortly after 13:00 on that day, police were called to a neighbourhood […]
Anger as NY Police treat Brooklyn attack as robbery, not as Hate Crime
Members of Brooklyn’s Hasidic community has protested a decision by the New York Police Department to to treat what they deem to be an antisemitic hate crime merely as an attempted robbery. Police are investigating an attack on a Hasidic Jewish man in Williamsburg at 22:40 on Thursday, 15th October as an attempted robbery. Surveillance […]
“Dangerous” Islamist with history of antisemitism taken into custody by French police after Paris teacher beheaded, while Hamas-inspired organisation dissolved by French Government
A “dangerous” Islamist, who is alleged to have played a prominent role in organising protests against the Paris high school teacher who was beheaded last week, has been taken into police custody. Abdelhakim Sefrioui, 61, is alleged to have helped to organise protests against Samuel Paty, the teacher from the school in a north-western suburb […]
Antisemitic note targeting Holocaust survivor found in the town of Schio, Northern Italy
An antisemitic note was discovered hanging on a municipal bulletin board at the Schio city council in Italy. The sign, with several grammatical and spelling errors, read: “The Jewish senator [Liliana Segre] who asks herself where G-d was he was – where you put him, the Jew has a short memory, unlike G-d.” The intended […]
Twitter follows Facebook in banning Holocaust denial
Twitter has confirmed that it will ban and remove posts that endorse Holocaust denial, following Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement last week that Facebook will now enforce a similar policy on its platforms. A spokesperson for Twitter reportedly said that posts and accounts that “deny or distort” or circulate disinformation on events, including the Holocaust, would be […]
Argentine Football Association adopts International Definition of Antisemitism
The Argentine Football Association (AFA), which governs all Argentinian club activity, adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism on 8th October in a move to combat discrimination in the sport. The two-time World Cup winner Argentina is the first national football association to have adopted the Definition. In the previous day the University of Buenos Aires, […]
Youth charged with hate crime for assault on rabbi in San Diego
A fourteen-year-old in San Diego, California, has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly punching a rabbi in the face and knocking him to the ground. The teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, allegedly assaulted Rabbi Yonatan Halevy, 31, while the rabbi was walking with his father on Shabbat two weeks […]
Leaders of synagogue vandalised in Southern Illinois appealing for information from the public
Leaders of the United Hebrew Temple in Benton, Illinois are asking the public to provide any information on a recent spate of vandalism against the synagogue. The synagogue remained closed due to COVID-19 prevention measures, however upon reopening approximately a month ago leaders discovered a vast amount of damage to the property. Local authorities were […]
Sky HISTORY axes The Chop after CAA and others protested inclusion of contestant tattooed with apparent neo-Nazi symbols
Sky HISTORY has reportedly axed its programme, The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker, after Campaign Against Antisemitism and others protested the inclusion of a contestant who appeared to have neo-Nazi symbols tattooed on his face. The contestant, Darren, was introduced by Sky HISTORY in a video on Twitter with the caption: “Meet the Woodman, the Bloke-With-All-The-Tattoos or Darren as we like to […]