Antisemitism
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A subsidiary of Unilever, Ben & Jerry’s announced in mid-July that it plans to stop selling its ice cream in “Occupied Palestinian Territories.”
Along with family photographs, documents and a book of poetry, the clock to be exhibited belonged to the family of Marianne Brandes-Brilleslijper, a Holocaust survivor and Nazi resistance fighter.
The Emiratis join Albania, Brazil, Gabon and Ghana in installing their countries’ flags outside the council chamber, replacing Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam.
“Students with Holocaust education are more likely to stand up to negative stereotyping and challenge incorrect, biased information,” said director of teen programming Aaron Kischel.
More than half of Israeli citizens think the country’s COVID-19 policies will harm relations with Diaspora Jewry, survey also reveals.
“Rabbi YY Rubinstein’s courageous and principled decision to resign as a broadcaster at the BBC is just the latest sign of the collapse in the Jewish community’s confidence in the corporation,” Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) said in a statement.
About 100 people gathered in support of Blake Zavadsky, who was physically assaulted in Brooklyn, N.Y., for wearing a sweatshirt that featured the emblem of the Israel Defense Forces.
The launch coincided with the second anniversary of the death of former Quds Force leader Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
The newspaper’s homepage was replaced with an illustration recalling Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and threatening the Dimona nuclear facility.
As anti-Semitism has become increasingly mainstream, the Simon Wiesenthal Center is now “looking for accountability and corporate responsibility.”
In partnership with U.S. Homeland Security Department, Jewish Federations of North America launches “LiveSecure” program to keep Jews safe from the threat of anti-Semitism and terrorism. Synagogues will install secure doors, surveillance cameras, and employ security guards as part of the program.
A CAA spokesman said that “for years” the watchdog group has offered to provide anti-Semitism training to the BBC and asked the broadcaster to adopt the IHRA definition.
