CAA launches petition demanding BBC apologise for asking “should Jews count as an ethnic minority?” in response to Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner ignoring past Jewish political leaders
Campaign Against Antisemitism has launched a petition calling on the BBC to apologise after airing a segment on its Politics Live show titled “Should Jews count as an ethnic minority?”, a question that the BBC would never presume to ask about any other British minority community. The segment featured four panellists and a guest, Ben Cohen, the (Jewish) Editor […]
Kentucky’s state legislature unanimously adopts International Definition of Antisemitism
Kentucky’s General Assembly, the state legislature, has adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism. Both the House and Senate unanimously passed resolutions adopting the Definition. The Governor is expected to back the resolutions, making the Bluegrass State the first in the United States to adopt the Definition. Kentucky has seen a number of antisemitic incidents recently, including the distribution […]
Speaker who referenced “thieving Jews” dropped by leading US political organisation
A speaker who is alleged to endorse antisemitic conspiracy theories and has apparently referred to “thieving Jews”, was dropped by a prestigious American political conference. The online commentator known as Young Pharaoh had been due to speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which took place in Florida from February 25th to 28th and […]
Altar to Heinrich Himmler found in police raid on far-right centre near Rome
An altar honouring the senior Nazi figure, Heinrich Himmler, was found when premises near Rome used by an Italian far-right movement were cleared by police. The altar, dedicated to Himmler and Erich Priebke – an SS officer convicted of war crimes in Italy – was found together with other objects relating to Fascist and Nazi ideology […]
Boston school official resigns after calling Jewish official “kike” on TV
A school official in a Boston suburb who referred to a Jewish official on television as a “kike” has announced his resignation. Robert “Bob” Hoey Jr, a member of the school committee in Lowell, Massachusetts, was on a local talk show when he used the antisemitic slur while referring to a Jewish former official. Two […]
Nazi concentration camp guard deported from United States but German prosecutors drop case for lack of evidence
A guard at a Nazi concentration camp who has lived in the United States since 1959 has been deported to Germany. German prosecutors, however, have dropped their case against him for lack of evidence. Friedrich Karl Berger, 95, has admitted to working as a guard at the Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg, but he denies […]
Bulgarian TV host apologises after allegedly denying Holocaust on air
The host of a popular gameshow on Bulgarian National Television has apologised after allegedly denying the Holocaust and spouting anti-Jewish racism on air. After asking contestants to name “the chess player with Jewish roots who nonetheless spoke out harshly against Jews,” Orlin Goranov went on to quote from an article on a white supremacist website. […]