“Remembrance is not a key for the past, it is a key for the future”: Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum on the lessons of the Holocaust
On the most recent episode of Podcast Against Antisemitism, Piotr Cywiński, the Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, touched on why the Museum is so important in preserving the memory of the Holocaust and the lessons that we must take away from it. On the importance of the Museum, Mr Cywiński said: “To see the […]
Marcus Rashford condemns Wiley’s antisemitic remarks following photograph together, provoking the rapper into yet another tantrum
Following the online backlash to a recent photograph of Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard and the antisemite rapper Wiley spending time at a Dubai club together, which went viral earlier this week, Mr Rashford has distanced himself from the musician and has condemned Wiley’s antisemitic remarks, which provoked Wiley into yet another tantrum In his tirade […]
“Vile scumbags” daub swastika on Melton’s historic St Mary’s Church
A prominent member of Melton’s St Mary’s Church has described vandals who daubed a swastika on the historic church “vile scumbags”. Parts of the Leicestershire church date back to 1170, with the member writing on social media: “To desecrate a House of G-d seems pretty low. Thank you so much for doing this, you vile scumbags.” Others were also disgusted, with several […]
Laura Pidcock quits Labour’s ruling NEC after motion to restore whip to antisemite Jeremy Corbyn fails
Laura Pidcock, the former Labour MP, has resigned from the Labour Party’s ruling National Executive Committee after a motion calling for the restoration of the whip to the antisemite Jeremy Corbyn failed to pass. Ms Pidcock, a staunch ally of Mr Corbyn’s who sat on his front bench, previously voted last year against the NEC’s proscription of the antisemitism-denial […]
Blackwell’s removes antisemitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion after implying in the book’s synopsis that it may not be a fiction
The leading booksellers, Blackwell’s, has removed an edition of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion from sale after outrage arising not only from the sale of the antisemitic tract but the synopsis on the website that suggested that the fraudulent work might not be fictional. The synopsis suggested that the book – which purports to be the minutes […]
Suspect arrested after visibly Jewish men punched to the ground in North London
Haringey Police has arrested a man after two visibly Jewish men were viciously punched to the ground in Stamford Hill, North London. CCTV footage shows a man striking blows to the two Jewish men’s faces and bodies. The victims were promptly treated by Hatzola, a volunteer-run emergency medical service, and were hospitalised. It is understood […]