CAA writes to UCL’s Provost after Academic Board passes advisory motion calling on University to “retract and replace” International Definition of Antisemitism
UCL’s Academic Board has passed an advisory resolution calling on the University to “retract and replace” the International Definition of Antisemitism, which UCL adopted in 2019. In December 2019, shortly after UCL adopted the Definition to send a message of solidarity with its Jewish students, the Academic Board established a “Working Group on Racism and Prejudice” to “examines the […]
Holocaust survivor abused and her rabbi son punched in unprovoked bus attack
A Holocaust survivor has been left traumatised after she and her son, a Rabbi, were verbally abused, and the son was punched, by a woman in an unprovoked attack on a bus. The assailant struck the son in the head whilst screaming: “I hate you Jews, it’s not your place, you took our money.” She also threw […]
Pork and pig images used in assaults on Swiss synagogues
Pork products and a pig effigy were used in antisemitic assaults against synagogues in two Swiss cities within a few days of one another, sparking concern among Jewish groups. After a pack of bacon and a stuffed toy pig were left outside a synagogue in Lausanne, the CICAD, a leading Swiss Jewish communal organisation, posted […]
Portuguese hero facing backlash over antisemitic tweet
Rodrigo Sousa Castro, a leader of the 1974 Portuguese Revolution, has sparked public outrage after he shared an antisemitic social media post. Mr Sousa Castro was a military general who helped lead the Carnation Revolution of 1974 in Lisbon, which ended the authoritarian Estate Novo regime. Mr Sousa Castro has since been hailed as a […]