“The Jewish Factor, it’s money”: Biden Administration nominee as ambassador to Brazil under fire for inflammatory comments
The Biden Administration’s nominee for the role of US Ambassador to Brazil is under fire for reported past comments about Jewish people. Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, a career diplomat and Democratic Party figure, is due to have her nomination advanced next week, but her prospects are now in question following the revelation of past comments. In a 1998 […]
Judge rejects application to dismiss case against two West Ham fans charged with racially aggravated harassment of visibly Jewish man on Ryanair flight
A judge has today rejected an application to dismiss the case against two West Ham supporters charged with racially aggravated harassment of a visibly Jewish man on a Ryanair flight last year. Lee Carey, 55, and Jak Bruce, 31, were arrested in connection with an incident on a flight to Eindhoven in November 2021 in which numerous West Ham supporters were […]
Australian State of Victoria bans public display of swastika
The Australian State of Victoria has become the first in the country to officially ban the public display of swastikas. The Parliament of Victoria has set penalties amounting to $22,000 Australian dollars (over £12,000) and a twelve-month prison term for anybody proven to be breaking the law. The law does not, however, prevent certain faith […]
Alleged repeat offender targets visibly Jewish people in Stamford Hill
Jewish people have reportedly been harassed outside a Kosher supermarket in Stamford Hill. It is alleged that they are a repeat offender who specifically targets Jews. The incident took place on Craven Hill Road on 22nd June, and was reported by Stamford Hill Shomrim, the Jewish volunteer neighbourhood watch patrol If you have any more […]
Swastikas drawn on signs outside Jewish Mother and Baby Home in Stamford Hill
Swastikas have been drawn on signs owned by Hackney Council preventing vehicles from waiting or loading goods in the area. The signs are located outside the Jewish Mother and Baby Home, a centre for mothers with babies to recuperate after birth, on Fairholt Road, N16. If you have any more information, please contact the police […]
Teachers from United Nations Relief and Works Agency make inflammatory comments about Jews despite public commitment not to
According to a report by a non-government organisation (NGO), teachers working with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) have continued to publish posts on social media containing inflammatory remarks about Jews, despite making a commitment not to do so. One prominent example is Hana’a Daoud, a teacher based in Jordan, who wrote a […]
Israeli Knesset adopts the International Definition of Antisemitism
The Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, has adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism. Though Israel became the second country in the world to adopt the Definition, after the United Kingdom, in 2017, it had been adopted by the Government by not yet formally endorsed by the Knesset as well. The motion was passed by a majority […]
Labour councillor apologises for past comments as other repeat offenders undermine Sir Keir Starmer’s renewed claim that Party’s victory in Barnet shows growing Jewish trust
A Labour Party councillor in Birmingham has apologised after past comments on social media emerged in which she apparently accused the sanitation management company, Veolia, of being a “Zionist supporter” and making her “feel guilty”. Cllr Shabino Bano, who represents the Small Heath ward, posted on Facebook in 2014, apparently about the company: “Even our rubbish is given to […]
“The head of the KKK outed me as a Jew”: Comedian Simon Brodkin talks Twitter pile-ons, Jeremy Corbyn and family members escaping Nazi Germany in new interview
Ahead of his upcoming show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the award-winning comedian Simon Brodkin, who in 2018 performed at Campaign Against Antisemitism’s comedy fundraiser, appeared as the first guest of Podcast Against Antisemitism’s second season where he explained his newfound liberation in speaking about antisemitism and his Jewish identity on stage, among other topics. […]