Antisemitism
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Protesters shout “Death to Jews” at a nationalist Polish Independence Day rally in Kalisz • Polish interior minister: Rally organizers will face “legal consequences.”
Survivor Dan Leger is strangely calm when he recalls getting shot, figuring he would be dead in a few minutes. “I had no sense of being afraid about the end of my life coming. I thought about my life, and I thought, ‘Gee, I’ve had a wonderful life … .’ ”
The former Israeli Consul General in New York and current chairman of Yad Vashem acknowledged that when he first came to the United States in 2016, he didn’t see anti-Semitism as the pressing issue it is today, believing that it might have been an “overblown phenomenon” in the United States.
Franklin Barrett Sechreist of San Marcos, Texas, was seen on video carrying a gas canister outside of Congregation Beth Israel.
It is the latest in a series of calls by American Jewish organizations to confirm Holocaust historian, author and professor Deborah Lipstadt.
Ahead of the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, Eve Kugler, 90, visited her hometown of Halle, Germany, and recalls the horrifying period that led to her family fleeing for their lives.
Among the winners was the satirical news show “Jew or False,” which addresses misinformation concerning the Jewish community.
“The hold on Lipstadt’s confirmation must be lifted quickly so she may assume the post and commence this important work,” wrote B’nai B’rith president Charles Kaufman and CEO Dan Mariaschin in a statement.
“I am an equal-opportunity hater of anti-Semitism … if they’re expressing the anti-Semitism, I want to fight it with the same degree of strength and courage and intensity. I don’t care where it comes from—wherever it comes from, it must be fought,” said the historian and professor.
The abuse was done mostly on Twitter and included tweets that said, “Hitler forgot about this one” and “Don’t vote for a Jew.”
Policy and sports experts worldwide will engage in panel discussions about its prevalence among fans worldwide.
The suspect, described as thin with brown hair with a face covering, was seen on video camera driving a dark-colored “later-model SUV-style vehicle” into the parking lot of Congregation Beth Israel.
