Four arrested in Paris after antisemitic attack on Jewish family listening to Hebrew songs in the car
French police have arrested four people suspected of an antisemitic hate crime, after they allegedly verbally abused a Jewish family and threw bottles at the car in which the family was seated. Initial media reports said that the incident happened at 20:40 on Thursday 17th December in the northern Paris suburb of Aubervilliers when the […]
“A cowardly act”: Florida food festival sign altered by antisemitic vandals
A sign for a Jewish food festival in Sarasota County, Florida, was reportedly targeted for antisemitic vandalism on 14th December. Letters on a sign announcing the postponement of the Jewish food festival in Venice were rearranged to say: “Jews postponed until February 2022”. Rabbi Ben Shull of the Venice Jewish Congregation said that “such cowardly […]
Czech far-right youth group uses anti-Jewish trope and caricature in anti-vaccine campaign
An antisemitic tweet was posted by the youth wing of the Czech Republic’s far-right Workers Social Justice Party (DSSS) as part of its campaign to discourage vaccinations against COVID-19. The tweet, featuring an anti-Jewish caricature, said: “We will not allow ourselves to be vaccinated against COVID-19! Those globalising bastards can blackmail us all they like!” […]
Guilty verdicts for fourteen in Paris terror trial over Charlie Hebdo and Hypercacher attacks
A French court on Wednesday found fourteen defendants guilty of aiding two terrorist attacks that killed seventeen people in Paris in January 2015, including four people at a kosher supermarket. Amedy Coulibaly, the perpetrator of the Hypercacher supermarket slayings, identified victims as Jewish and declared that he was murdering the people he hated most: “The […]
Social media platform Omegle criticised as “Wild West” of the internet for allegedly hosting antisemitic, racist and other abusive encounters
Video chat platform Omegle is being described as the “Wild West” of the internet for allegedly hosting antisemitic, racist and other abusive encounters. The extreme racism on the Omegle platform came to light as some users apparently became “social media vigilantes” to record and share their encounters on the platform. Unlike mainstream social-media platforms, Omegle […]
Antisemitic graffiti discovered outside school in Italy’s Lazio region
Antisemitic graffiti was sprayed on the ground outside a school in Italy’s Lazio region. Referencing Lazio football club, it read “Laziale ebreo” which roughly translates as “Lazio-supporting Jews”. Last year, similar graffiti, which also featured a swastika, was found nearby. The head of the Lazio Region Nicola Zingaretti expressed his concern and said that he hoped […]
Antisemitic graffiti sprayed on home in heavily Jewish neighbourhood in Queens
Antisemitic graffiti was sprayed on a home in a heavily Jewish neighbourhood in Queens in New York City on 16th December. The antisemitic and misogynistic graffiti was sprayed in black paint across a large area of white fencing that faces a busy road. The owner of the Forest Hills home is not Jewish. Condemning the […]