Antisemitic graffiti found in Thornbury, Ontario
Antisemitic graffiti was recently discovered in a neighbourhood in Thornbury, Ontario by local residents. Several swastikas were spray-painted across mounds of snow, alongside expletives and fascist rhetoric. The incident was reported to local Mayor Alar Soever, who then issued a condemnation of antisemitism in the community and called for zero tolerance for manifestations of such […]
Satan and Jews are “two sides of same coin” says Yemeni Government minister
A senior Government minister in Yemen made a series of antisemitic statements in a speech broadcast on Yemen TV, including a claim that Israel controls the drugs trade and another that Satan and Jews were “two sides of the same coin”. In a Friday sermon delivered in the capital, Sanaa, and broadcast on the Yemeni […]
Four Brooklyn synagogues daubed with antisemitic slogans in single night
Four Brooklyn synagogues were vandalised with antisemitic graffiti on a single night. According to the New York Police Department, four synagogues in the Midwood area of Brooklyn were vandalised on Saturday night, 26th December, between 12:20 and 13:30, when graffiti and antisemitic phrases were daubed on four synagogues. The perpetrator allegedly also broke into one […]
Jewish cemetery in Madrid targeted by antisemitic vandals
A Jewish cemetery in Madrid was vandalised with antisemitic words and slogans on 23rd December. Graffiti declaring “Dead Jew, good Jew” and “Murdering Jews, we will hang you” were daubed on walls at the entrance to the small Jewish section of the cemetery in a suburb of the Spanish capital. A wooden gate was spray-painted […]
Sir Michael Morpurgo declines to include The Merchant of Venice in his retelling of Shakespeare stories for children because of its “antisemitic” attitudes
Sir Michael Morpurgo has revealed that he will not be including The Merchant of Venice in a new collection of Shakespeare stories for children due to the play’s “antisemitic” attitudes. The popular children’s author reportedly said of his upcoming Tales From Shakespeare that “I avoided Shylock because it worried me too much if I am honest about it…there are assumptions […]
Jewish teacher told by trade union he is black even as he insists he is not, in instance of “inverted form of Aryanism”
A Jewish teacher has been told by his trade union that he is black, even as he insists that he is not. Jason Wardill, a design technology teacher of Mediterranean and Jewish heritage, was invited by the National Education Union (NEU) to a meeting of black teachers and for a year since then has been trying unsuccessfully to […]
Italian politician trivialises Star of David in anti-vaccine tweet
A prominent Italian political personality tweeted an edited image of a Star of David which appeared to represent an identification badge, akin to those used in Nazi-era Germany, for individuals who would choose to abstain from the COVID-19 vaccination. Francesca Donato sent the tweet on 31st December 2020. Ms Donato was elected as a member […]