2022: The year FUD took off

There were many occasions during 2022 when events in the news almost tricked us into thinking that we were living in an earlier time. Read more

Wiesenthal Centre publishes top ten antisemitism list for 2022 

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre released its annual Global antisemitism Top Ten list in Jerusalem…reports Benjamin Weinthal. Read more

Google fixes antisemitic definition of ‘Jew’ following uproar

Google users who typed the word “Jew” in the search feature on Tuesday found that the top definition was an antisemitic stereotype. Read more

Blowing the whistle on FIFA’s systemic antisemitism

The FIFA World Cup in Qatar has arguably become the most controversial to date, raising widespread indignation over myriad issues concerning its host, including Qatar’s decision to ban beer from stadiums and its mistreatment of the press, the LGBTQ+ community and migrant workers, 6,500 of whom have died since Qatar was awarded the Cup. Read more

Wollongong undergraduates condemns antisemitism

The Wollongong University Undergraduate Association has unanimously passed the motion: ‘WUSA Condemns the Rise of Antisemitism’. Read more

Second antisemitic attack on Brisbane Israeli restaurant

An online antisemitic post targeting Brisbane restaurant Yababi has seen the owners getting a flood of support on its Facebook page, with many showing keen willingness to make a booking to the popular eating place. Read more

Why social justice warriors can’t deal with anti-Semitism

Ruth Wisse, an emeritus professor of Yiddish literature at Harvard and an unfailingly impressive commentator on the Jewish world, has uttered a desperate cry about the moral and spiritual state of American Jews. Read more

UN’s point man on religious freedom has released his plan for combating anti-Semitism

U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed presented a historic report in 2019 on global anti-Semitism as a human rights concern. Read more

Principal refused apology to bullied pupil

A Melbourne principal says he refused to apologise to a student who left the school due to anti-Semitic bullying because their claims were unproven.
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Nazi salutes, swastikas at Melbourne school

A Melbourne school principal has been accused of giving speeches endorsing Nazis, calling Jewish people subhuman and failing to protect his students from racial discrimination. Read more

Beverly Hills residents wake up to antisemitic flyers on first day of Passover

Antisemitic flyers blaming Russia’s nearly two-month-long war in Ukraine on Jews were left in front of homes in Beverly Hills, Calif., on the first day of Passover. Read more

Noa Tishby appointed Israel’s first ever Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and the Delegitimization of Israel

Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has announced the appointment of the country’s first-ever Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and the Delegitimization of Israel. Israeli artist, author and model Noa Tishby will be the first person to fill the newly-established position. Read more

Antisemitism at UAP rally

A rally took place on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 29 March 2022 organised by the United Australia Party (UAP). Its advertisement in UAP-yellow labelled it the “Budget Day Rally” to begin at “Parliament House at 11am”, with “Craig Kelly and many other headline speakers.” Nothing out of the ordinary. Read more

Johnson criticizes UK universities for ‘being tolerant of antisemitism’

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said universities in the United Kingdom have for “far too long been tolerant of casual or indeed systematic antisemitism.” Read more

WJC welcomes measure to combat racism and antisemitism

The World Jewish Congress has applauded the Council of the European Union’s adoption of measures to combat racism and antisemitism. Read more

Antisemitism in Australia: CSG releases its report

The Community Security Groups across Australia have reported 490 antisemitic incidents in Australia during 2021, a 38% increase over 2020 and the highest on record. Read more

The Israeli left’s antisemitism blind spot

A great scholar of antisemitism once told me that there was one country that frustrated him when it came to its understanding of the extent and depth of Jew-hatred: Israel. Read more

Anti-Semitic incidents in UK surge by one-third in 2021

Anti-Semitic incidents skyrocketed in the United Kingdom in 2021, rising by 34 percent in just one year and crossing a previously unheard-of threshold of 2,000 incidents, according to an annual report put out by the Community Security Trust. Read more

Nearly half of French Jews hide religious symbols

An increasing number of French Jews believe that antisemitism is widespread in their country, according to a new survey conducted by the American Jewish Committee. Read more

Lipstadt defends record, vows to fight anti-Semitism ‘without fear or favour’

The Biden administration’s nominee Deborah Lipstadt to lead the U.S. State Department’s office that monitors and combats anti-Semitism appeared in the Senate on Tuesday for her confirmation. Read more

TikTok pledges to free itself of hate

Social Media giant TikTok has pledged to free its platform of hatred and to introduce education to explain the Holocaust to new generations. Read more

Contemporary antisemitism and ways to counter it

Around the world, we see Jews increasingly under attack – synagogues vandalised, Jewish students ostracised, Jews beaten up in the streets or murdered in their homes, calls for Israel to be destroyed. It has become so pervasive and overwhelming. Read more

How Israel perceives antisemitism in Europe

On the eve of today’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s European Forum conducted a survey of Israelis’ perceptions of the rate of antisemitism in Europe and whether they view antisemitism as the motivating force behind EU policies and criticism of Israel. Read more

‘Israel, Diaspora must join forces in battle against antisemitism’

Israel has a “moral obligation” to assist Diaspora communities faced with rising antisemitism both online and in the public sphere, according to Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai. Read more

Israeli Cabinet approves $9.2 million increase to Yad Vashem budget

Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal to increase the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum’s budget by 29 million shekels ($9.2 million), according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. Read more

2021: The most antisemitic year of the last decade, more than ten incidents every day

Ahead of  International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Fight Against Antisemitism on the 27^th of January, the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency have published their annual antisemitism report of 2021, and the statistics are not encouraging. Read more

The unspoken truths behind the Texas synagogue attack

The attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, where the rabbi and three other Jews were taken hostage until they managed to escape unharmed, was shocking enough. Read more

UK man found guilty of inciting terrorism after ‘jihad by sword’ mosque speech

A Muslim man who promoted “jihad fighting by sword” was found guilty on Wednesday of encouraging terrorism at his local mosque in the United Kingdom, reported the Evening Standard. Read more

NSW Parliament’s Hansard adopts growing consensus on the spelling of “antisemitism”

The NSW Parliament’s Hansard department – which officially records parliamentary proceedings – has adopted the official spelling of “antisemitism” over the increasingly archaic common misspelling “antisemitism”. Read more

Hostages taken at Texas synagogue

Police are negotiating with a man believed to have taken people hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, during a service that was being broadcast online. Read more

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