Antisemitism
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“As someone who has been repeatedly attacked by Zahra Billoo for almost 15 years, I am amused that the Anti-Defamation League, Jewish Federations, Hillels and ‘Zionist synagogues’ only become upset with her when she called them out as ‘polite Zionists,’ ” said Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum. “Glad you woke up, guys, and welcome to the club.”
“Many students have also witnessed hostile anti-Semitic tropes and rhetoric associated with aggressive BDS tactics here,” said Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.).
Seventeen colleges brought BDS measures up for a vote by the student government in 2020-21, and 11 have passed them.
Michael Levitt, president and CEO of the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, said members understood “that censure would set a chilling precedent and impact trustees’ abilities to stand up to hate and discrimination.”
Jordan Allison, campaign manager for Show Racism the Red Card charity, says Scottish soccer clubs need to do more to establish anti-racism protocols at soccer stadiums to prevent anti-Semitism from being displayed among fans.
Of the nearly 500 hate crimes reported in the city as of November, some 180 were anti-Semitic in nature.
Tess Alps spoke out in support of Jeremy Corbyn in 2019 when he was accused of being racist against Jews, allegations that the Equality and Human Rights Commission confirmed.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean and director of global social action for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said the administration’s response did not go far enough and will be included in the center’s annual list of the “Top 10” worst anti-Semitic incidents.
“We now have a culture minister who is a close friend of the Iranians and who has bowed her head wearing a headscarf in front of the mullah regime, in addition to being a supporter of the boycotters of Israel,” said Sacha Stawski, head of the pro-Israel watchdog group Honestly Concerned.
Richard Hesketh, 36, of Manchester posted 4,000 videos promoting anti-Jewish conspiracy theories and encouraging violence against Jews.
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean: “I invite all good people of Boise to stand with me, as I stand with our Jewish neighbors, to rebuke this hate.”
Noah Shack, vice president at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, urged the Toronto District School Board to take “immediate, meaningful and reparative action to fix the rot of anti-Semitism, particularly with its Human Rights Office.”
