NYPD anti-discrimination chief accused of racism
A New York Police Department official in charge of combating departmental discrimination allegedly posted antisemitic and other racist comments. The commander of the Equal Employment Opportunity Division of the NYPD, Deputy Inspector James Kobel, is alleged to have used the name “Clouseau” on a message board called The Rant where law-enforcement officials post anonymously. As […]
Cambridge University adopts International Definition of Antisemitism
The University of Cambridge has adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism. The adoption of the Definition was reportedly agreed at a meeting of the University’s General Board on 4th November. Last month, the University appeared to be resisting adopting the Definition, despite reiterated calls by the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, for universities to do so. However, in a welcome move, the University now […]
In grotesque attack, Scottish PSC Secretary Mick Napier calls the late former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks “utter racist swine”
In a grotesque social media post, the Secretary of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Mick Napier, has called the late former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks “utter racist swine”. Lord Sacks died over the weekend, prompting mourning in the Jewish community and tributes from around the world. The researcher David Collier observed that Mr Napier wrote on […]
Greek publisher found guilty of defamation and his newspaper condemned for contributing deliberately to “rhetoric of hate” against Greek Jews
A court in Greece has found a newspaper publisher of guilty of defamation in connection with an editorial column that used antisemitic tropes. The Athens court imposed a fine of £1,660 on Stefanos Chios, the publisher of the Makeleio newspaper, for a 2017 article about Minos Moissis, a former President of the Jewish Community of […]
Mezuzah broken and homes vandalised with antisemitic slurs in Williamsburg, New York
The New York Police Department is currently investigating a hate crime that occurred in the Hasidic community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the beginning of November. Local residents discovered several doors defaced with hateful, Jewish slurs and slogans that read: “F*** the Jews” and “There is no G-d”, among many others. Numerous mezuzahs were also vandalised […]
Antisemitic graffiti discovered in Children’s playground in Melbourne, Australia on same day as antisemitic e-mail sent to Jewish couple
A popular children’s playground in Bentleigh Reserve, Melbourne, has been defaced with antisemitic graffiti. On 7th November, a local Jewish male found the vandalism that read: “More Jews Persecuted” scrawled on the pole of a piece of apparatus, and reported it to the Anti-Defamation Commission (ADL). On the same day a Jewish man and woman, […]