Online event with prominent Italian Jewish journalist is ‘Zoombombed’ by antisemitic thugs
Italian police are investigating an online antisemitic attack that occurred during a Zoom presentation of a book written by leading Italian Jewish journalist Lia Tagliacozzo on 10th January. The incident, carried out by ten people, aimed antisemitic slurs and slogans at the journalist and organisers of the virtual event, Turin’s Jewish Studies Centre. The threatening […]
“I no longer feel safe in this city”, says Vancouver man after suffering a physical assault
Eddie Elmer, a resident of Vancouver, Canada, has decided to speak out after falling victim to a hate-motivated physical assault for the second time in a year. The incident occurred “in the heart of downtown” Vancouver early on 9th January. Mr Elmer reported that a male approached him while he was waiting to cross at […]
New study finds UNRWA education materials filled with antisemitism and incitement
Research into the educational materials used by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has discovered that the content contains antisemitic prejudice and the glorification of terrorism. The recent study was conducted by the research body IMPACT-se, which monitors school curricula on a global scale. The report claims that the materials violate the United […]
Germany bids to erase last traces of Nazi era as it deletes remnants of anti-Jewish legislation
Anti-Jewish laws introduced during the Third Reich are among pieces of legislation that the German government is being asked to remove from its statute books. One such law required German Jews who did not have a “typically” Jewish name (according to a list compiled by the Reich Interior Ministry) to add a forename, “Israel” for […]
Antisemitic letter delivered to the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah in Ferrara
A letter containing antisemitic insults and slurs was discovered by employees of the National Museum of Judaism and the Shoah in Italy on the morning of the 8th January. The contents of the letter have not been published, however reports suggest that the letter included a threatening message and several expletives directed toward the Jewish […]