Graz unveils antisemitism initiative as Austria increases budget to safeguard Jews
The southern Austrian city of Graz has unveiled an initiative to combat antisemitism following two antisemitic incidents earlier this year. The plan, “Together Against Antisemitism,” was launched at the Graz synagogue on Friday by Austria’s EU Minister, Karoline Edtstadler, and Jewish community President Elie Rosen. It follows recent antisemitic incidents in which the synagogue was daubed with […]
Member of neo-Nazi Atomwaffen Division in Seattle sentenced to 16 months in prison after making threats to Jewish journalists and activists
A member of a neo-Nazi group that made terror threats against American Jewish journalists and activists was sentenced to sixteen months in federal prison in Washington state. Prosecutors said Johnny Roman Garza, 21, a member of the Atomwaffen Division (German for “Atomic weapon”) went to the home of a Jewish journalist and put a poster […]
Success for CAA as Culture Secretary announces social media companies will have duty of care to users and “criminal antisemitic posts will need to be removed without delay”
The Culture Secretary has announced today that social media companies will have a duty of care to users under new legislation, and that “criminal antisemitic posts will need to be removed without delay”. Oliver Dowden made the announcement in an article for The Telegraph, in which he pledged to crack down on other online vices, such as terrorism, child sexual […]
CAA submits complaint to Ofcom over Channel 4’s segment claiming International Definition of Antisemitism “silences” criticism of Israel, with no input from any mainstream Jewish representative
Campaign Against Antisemitism is submitting a complaint to Ofcom regarding a segment on Channel 4 News that aired last night that was devoted to criticism of the International Definition of Antisemitism. Speakers during the segment repeatedly stated that the Definition “silenced” debate about Israel, which is precisely the “Livingstone Formulation” that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) confirmed was […]
Prof David Feldman’s colleagues join CAA in slamming him for opposing International Definition of Antisemitism, which his own institution, Birkbeck, discloses to CAA it has now adopted
Two colleagues of Prof. David Feldman’s at the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism at Birkbeck have joined Campaign Against Antisemitism in slamming him for opposing the International Definition of Antisemitism. Recently, our Chief Executive, Gideon Falter, documented how Prof. Feldman, who is the Director of the Pears Institute, “has been on the wrong side of the fight against antisemitism throughout […]
Netherlands announces antisemitism national co-ordinator following rise in anti-Jewish racism
The Netherlands is to establish a national co-ordinator to fight antisemitism early in 2021 in response to a rise in anti-Jewish racism in recent years. Speaking at a Chanukah celebration for leaders of the Jewish community, the Minister of Justice and Security, Ferdinand Grapperhaus, said that the coordinator would be appointed early next year to […]
“You Jews killed the Christians”, man tells Jewish woman on bus, before screaming at her baby: “Your mum is a murderer!”
A man told a Jewish woman “You Jews killed the Christians” before screaming at her baby: “Your mum is a murderer”. The incident took place on a 253 bus in Clapton Common, and was reported by Stamford Hill Shomrim, the Jewish volunteer neighbourhood watch patrol. If you have any more information, please contact the police on 101 […]
“Attention, attention. The cancer Jews need to leave the train now or we’ll blow you all up”, passengers told on Belgian train
Police in Belgium are looking for four men who hijacked a train’s public address system to abuse Jewish passengers and try to force them to leave the train. The men took control of the announcement system one afternoon last week on a train travelling between Antwerp and Mechelen. They threatened to explode the train unless […]
Man shouts “I want to attack Jewish people” while chasing a Jewish man with glass bottles outside Sainsburys in Woodberry Down
A man shouted “I want to attack Jewish people” and “I will soon launch an attack” while chasing a Jewish man with glass bottles in Woodberry Down. The incident took place outside a Sainsbury’s supermarket on Woodberry Grove, and was reported by Stamford Hill Shomrim, the Jewish volunteer neighbourhood watch patrol. The suspect was described as a […]
“No place for antisemitism” says Ukraine foreign minister after vandalism of Kyiv menorah
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister has condemned the antisemitic vandalism of a menorah in Kyiv, saying that there was “no place for antisemitism” in Ukraine. The apparent perpetrator, Andrey Rachkov, videoed himself pushing over the giant menorah on the first night of Chanukah and posted the video on social media, declaring that it was “how you need […]