Antisemitism
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The visit will coincide with a “deeply concerning rise in antisemitic incidents from both the right and the left,” the Israeli president’s office said.
“What happened in Stonnington Council was a slap in the face of the Jewish community,” said Dr. Dvir Abramovich, chair of the Melbourne-based Anti-Defamation Commission.
The five-year, $18 million plan includes a dedicated antisemitism research institute, and new policing and education tools.
Antisemitic incidents in Australia remain at historic highs, driven by serious attacks and IRGC-linked arson targeting Jewish sites.
Police charged the 71-year-old with six offenses after months of community surveillance in the Australian city’s eastern suburbs.
“The Pandora’s box of antisemitism has been opened,” Hanna Veiler, president of the European Union of Jewish Students, told JNS ahead of a conference on academic antisemitism at the European Parliament.
In a pointed exchange with Ireland’s envoy, Israel’s foreign minister said Dublin had failed to act on an “antisemitic” park-renaming bid until pressured.
The poll suggests that majorities of Hispanic, black and young male Republican voters “believe the Holocaust was greatly exaggerated or did not happen.”
The sentence “signals that violence against Jews does not carry serious consequences in this city,” Daniel Schwartz, of the Chicago Jewish Alliance, told JNS.
Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri called the graffiti “a despicable act that wounds the Jewish community and offends the entire city,”
“If I hadn’t managed to run, there’s a good chance I wouldn’t be alive today,” said Almog Armoza, who was ambushed by a group of men on the way back to his hotel.
Doxxing, street harassment and rising antisemitism are pushing advocates from Belgium, the United Kingdom and beyond to uproot their families and leave.
