Posts Tagged: antisemitism
Senior State Department Official Urges EU to Adopt Working Definition of Antisemitism
The U.S. is urging the European Union to adopt a working definition of antisemitism, similar to the one used by the State Department, a senior State official said in...
Israel’s Antisemitism Czar Says US Based Social Media Giants Aren’t Doing Enough to Combat Anti-Jewish Hate (INTERVIEW)
Antisemitism "threatens not only Jews, but society at large, foundations of democracy and free speech," declared Israeli Foreign Ministry Director of the Department for Combating...
EU Report: Lack of Cohesive Policy Leading to ‘Gross’ Underreporting of Antisemitism in Europe
A lack of cohesive policy among EU member states for registering antisemitic attacks has led to vast "underreporting" of antisemitism across the European continent, an October 2015 report by the...
Oktoberfest in Bavaria Town Witnesses Hair-Pulling Antisemitic Assault
A 31-year-old man was caught pulling the hair of a 16-year-old girl in a small Bavarian town celebrating Oktoberfest this week, because she had a foreign...
Student Leader in California Blasted for ‘Blatantly Antisemitic’ Remarks, Holocaust Denial
Sacramento region community college student trustee Cameron Weaver's recent comments questioning the number of Jewish Holocaust victims are "blatantly antisemitic" and constitute "clear Holocaust denial," said one of...
Official Says Threat to French Jews Has Likely Increased Since Paris HyperCacher Attack (INTERVIEW)
France is fighting a long-term battle against domestic antisemitism, and the threat of a terrorist attack against the country's Jews remains as high as it was after the...
The Jewish Problem at The New York Times
The depths of the Jewish problem at The New York Times were glaringly exposed last week, when it published a chart identifying the Jewishness of congressional...
Jewish Leaders Demand Explanation From New York Times After Publication of Chart Listing Jews in Congress Who Oppose Nuclear Deal
Leading Jewish organizations slammed The New York Times on Thursday for publishing an infographic listing Jewish Congressional Democrats who oppose the Iran nuclear deal. The chart listed anti-deal Democrats in the House and Senate...
Literary Giant Howard Jacobson Savages Anti-Zionists Who Reject Criticism
Man Booker Prize-winning British author Howard Jacobson lashed out at anti-Zionists who reject criticism, in an op-ed piece for the The Independent on Friday. "The truism that criticism...
Antisemitism Scholar Decries ‘Commemoration Discrimination’ on 43rd Anniversary of Munich Massacre
On the 43rd anniversary of the Munich massacre, perpetrated by Palestinian terrorists against Israeli athletes during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Germany, a well-known antisemitism scholar...
Major Jewish Groups Slam White House, Allies for Use of Antisemitic Language in Debate Over Iran Nuclear Deal
Major Jewish groups condemned the use of offensive, and possibly antisemitic language used by the White House, its allies and even the President in the...
Scholar: Iran Deal Fuels ‘World’s Leading Exponent of Anti-Jewish Racism’
Dubbing Iran "the world's leading exponent of anti-Jewish racism," a former professor of comparative literature and Yiddish at Harvard decried the nuclear deal with Iran touted by President Barack...
Study: 75% of Jewish North American College Students Exposed to Antisemitism in 2014
Nearly three quarters of Jewish U.S. and Canadian college students and young adults reported having been exposed to antisemitic vitriol last year, according to a study by...
California Lawmakers Approve Legislation Urging UCs to Adopt State Department Definition of Antisemitism
A Jewish watchdog group that monitors antisemitism on college campuses welcomed news on Friday that the California senate approved legislation calling on the state's public universities to adopt resolutions condemning...
