Antisemitism
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She was senior vice president and special correspondent for the Jewish Broadcasting Service, and on the boards of Jewish organizations, including the American Jewish Committee.
Witness statements reveal that Jewish party members often do not feel comfortable attending Labour meetings “due to the intensity of animosity towards them.”
“For many reasons, awareness of our communities’ history is not at the level it should be. We welcome any opportunity to educate and engage diplomats and foreign dignitaries on the story of the ignored and forgotten Jewish refugees,” said JIMENA board member Nathaniel Malka.
Jewish groups congratulate Portugal for becoming a full IHRA member, one day after France votes to adopt the organization’s definition of anti-Semitism.
“It is unacceptable that federal funds could be used to implement an academic boycott that directly contravenes the purposes for which these funds have been granted. Area studies programs whose directors or affiliated faculty engage in such behavior should be ineligible to receive or renew Title VI funding.”
“Other parties are also affected by anti-Semitism—candidates have been withdrawn by the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives, and by us because of it,” says British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
The actor was impressed with Golders Green Liberal Democrat candidate Luciana Berger, who challenged Jew-hatred before leaving Jeremy Corbyn’s party and deeming it “institutionally anti-Semitic.”
“The urgent need for education on anti-Semitism, to recognize it and mobilize to confront it, is paramount,” said American Jewish Committee Paris director Anne-Sophie Sebban-Bécache.
“[It] really shows the blind spot that the Labour Party has. You cannot think anything other than that is chilling,” said Jonathan Goldstein, chairman of the Jewish Leadership Council.
The resolution also calls on the government to join other European countries in formally adopting the working definition of anti-Semitism used by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
“Our group of seniors will be graduating and going outside of their bubble, and need to see what’s out there and how to deal with it. They are seeing how the larger Jewish community is addressing the issue,” said Judaic-studies teacher Yael Weil of Teaneck, N.J.
Numbers increased from 88 in 2018 to 114 in 2019, and reported graffiti attacks went up from 46 to 95 during the same period.
