Antisemitism
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The National Students for Justice in Palestine will hold its conference on the first three days of November. Canary Mission found that last year’s attendees “endorsed violence, showed support for terror and spread anti-Semitism at both the conference and on social media.”
The report also recommends that all member states adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of anti-Semitism. So far, 18 of them have done so.
Despite concerns over the policies of nationalist leader Viktor Orbán, the country enjoys low levels of anti-Semitism, warm relations with Israel and a thriving Jewish community. Hungary’s Ambassador to the United States László Szabó says not to believe the “fake news that is going around on Hungary.”
Israeli embassy in Belgium, European Jewish Association criticize anti-Semitic sign-language gesture
The European Jewish Association is demanding the removal of a “racist and humiliating” depiction from the online dictionary—namely, using a hooked nose to describe the word “Jew.”
If convicted of murder, John Earnest, 20, could face the death penalty, though prosecutors haven’t said what sentence they would seek.
“It degrades the brand even more that it took three years to find someone even more anti-Semitic and vehemently anti-Zionist,” said Nisi Jacobs, founder and CEO of WoMen Fight AntiSemitism.
The president of the City Council in Trenton, N.J., Kathy McBride, allegedly said during a Sept. 5 closed-door meeting that a Jewish city lawyer was able to reach a settlement at a reduced rate in a personal-injury lawsuit by being “able to wait her out and Jew her down.”
The timing of the debate is “the latest example of institutional failing” by the party, said JLM, the Labour Party’s Jewish affiliate.
“Hate Beyond Borders: The Internationalization of White Supremacy” chronicles how American white supremacists are coordinating with foreign counterparts to export their message and activities by meeting online and in person, and recruiting new followers.
The movement told the outlet that the three would “transition off of the Women’s March Board and onto other projects focused on advocacy within their respective organizations.”
“While observant Jews were under 8 percent of the 51 adjuncts, ALL of them—100 percent—were pushed out after the 2016 academic year,” claims the lawsuit.
“There are realities that make this one global phenomenon, and I believe the solution has to be fighting it everywhere. We need to unify around this important battle of our time,” said Elan Carr, U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism, as part of a panel of speakers at a New York City roundtable.
