Florida State University passes resolution acknowledging International Definition of Antisemitism despite “shameful attempts” to halt it
A resolution seeking to combat campus antisemitism at Florida State University (FSU) has finally been passed following multiple “shameful attempts to derail and distort” it by opponents. The resolution, which included an acknowledgement of the International Definition of Antisemitism, was approved in the FSU Student Senate by 26 votes to fourteen. The local chapter of Students for […]
German soldiers suspected of involvement in antisemitic chat room
German authorities have uncovered a group of 26 soldiers suspected of involvement in a chat room with links to antisemitism, right-wing extremism and pornography. The allegation, disclosed in a German Defence Ministry document, was described by one opposition politician as showing that claims of far-right sentiments in the German military being merely “isolated cases” was “just […]
Assailant who attacked Jewish street artist in Strasbourg sentenced to six months by French court
A French court sentenced a man on 30th November to six months in prison after finding him guilty of attacking a Jewish graffiti artist in the city of Strasbourg, France. The assault occurred on 26th August this year, when the artist was commissioned by the municipality to work on a project in the centre of […]
Cemetery vandals torment Moldova’s Jewish community
The Chief of Rabbi of Moldova has disclosed that between five and ten vandals desecrated the Jewish cemetery in the nation’s capital, Chisinau, over at least three nights in late October. Several tombstones were destroyed and defaced with offensive graffiti and fascist imagery. The majority of the Jewish population, approximately 12,000 of the 15,000 total […]
Dead pig left at rabbi’s home in Lakewood, NJ to be investigated as hate crime
A dead pig left outside the home of a rabbi in a heavily Orthodox New Jersey town is being investigated as a hate-crime The dead pig was found on Shabbat outside the rabbi’s home in Lakewood, a town of 106,000 roughly 45 miles south of New York City. According to a local publication, The Lakewood […]
Rabbi assaulted by knife-wielding woman in antisemitic attack in Vienna, Austria
A rabbi was reportedly kicked and attacked at knifepoint in Vienna by a woman who stole his kippah while shouting antisemitic abuse. The incident occurred on the afternoon of 26th November when the woman, described as around 50-years-old and wearing a grey coat, approached the rabbi and took out the weapon from her handbag. She […]
The SNP has selected an MP previously suspended for antisemitism to sit on its conduct committee: it’s a wrong move
An SNP MP previously suspended for antisemitism and subsequently readmitted was yesterday selected at the Party’s conference to sit on its internal conduct committee. Neale Hanvey was the SNP’s Parliamentary candidate for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath in the 2019 General Election, but during the campaign it emerged that he had posted antisemitic comments on social media in 2016, in one case comparing Israeli […]
University of Birmingham adopts International Definition of Antisemitism
The University of Birmingham has adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism. The adoption comes after a call from the Education Secretary for universities to adopt the Definition. Recently, Lancaster, Cambridge, Manchester Metropolitan and Buckingham New Universities have adopted the Definition. Campaign Against Antisemitism has consistently backed efforts by the Government to encourage widespread adoption of the Definition by local authorities, universities and public bodies. The UK was […]