European Antisemitism

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Ben Cohen
Ben CohenJNSMarch 24, 2023
‘The system has failed:’ Antisemitism flourishes in France
A growing proportion of French society doesn’t agree that the problems faced by Jews are their problem as well, according to a recent survey.
French Israelis light memorial candles as they gather at Paris Square in Jerusalem in a demonstration against antisemitism in France following the murder of Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Jewish woman in Paris, March 28, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
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Ben CohenMarch 24, 2023
‘The system has failed:’ Antisemitism flourishes in France
A growing proportion of French society doesn’t agree that the problems faced by Jews are their problem as well, according to a recent survey.
Ben Cohen
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In unusual reversal, European envoys brief Washington on how to handle rampant antisemitism
Mike WagenheimMarch 1, 2023
“I don’t want to say we became smug in America, but now we find ourselves seeking their help,” said senior American Jewish Committee official Andrew Baker.
Antisemitism envoys, and Jewish leaders from Europe and the United States, gather as part of a panel to discuss rising Jew-hatred in America, Feb. 28, 2023. Credit: Photo courtesy of the American Jewish Committee.
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Giorgia Meloni: ‘I believe that the existence of Israel is vital’
Eldad BeckIsrael HayomSeptember 28, 2022
Poised to become Italy's first female prime minister, Giorgia Meloni says, “One of the most common manifestations of anti-Semitism today is anti-Israel propaganda.”
Italian politician Giorgia Meloni at CPAC 2022. Photo: Vox España
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Murderer of Eyal Haddad has history of anti-Semitism on social media
Dmitriy ShapiroSeptember 9, 2022
Two days before killing Haddad, Mohamed Baha Dridi changed his Facebook profile photo, adding the text: “There is no other god than Allah, and Mohamed is his messenger.”
Mohamed Baha Dridi posted a video of himself in 2019 burning an Israeli flag with an Algerian flag in the background and covering his face, according to posts uncovered by the French Jewish Defense League. Source: Screenshot.
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Muslim man in France turns himself in after murdering Jewish roommate with ax
August 29, 2022
He ultimately confessed that he killed Eyal Hadded, 34, with an ax and burned his face because he is a Jew, according to media reports.
French police on patrol. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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Orit ArfaAugust 26, 2022
Corporate cancel culture reaches Germany with a Jewish twist
Following a boycott campaign by anonymous tweeters, Audi and Eurowings pulled ads from a popular German media outlet led by a prominent, pro-Israel German-Jewish intellectual.
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British Labour Party leader under fire for campaign spot filmed in Germany
July 19, 2022
“It is a matter of decency and long-established convention in Germany that you never stoop to using the Berlin Holocaust memorial as a prop,” said Joe Glasman of the Campaign Against Antisemitism.
British Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer walks through the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin. Source: Kir Starmer Campaign Video 2022.
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UK drops charges against part of London convoy that shouted anti-Semitic threats
July 13, 2022
The case against two other men—Mohammed Iftikhar Hanif, 28, and Jawaad Hussain, 25—is expected to move forward.
Pro-Palestinians in North London shouting anti-Semitic slurs on May 16, 2021. Source: Screenshot.
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Dutch judge: Soccer fans behind anti-Semitic graffiti to visit Holocaust memorial
July 13, 2022
Two males, ages 42 and 47, who defaced a wall in Rotterdam must also make a written report following their visit and take photos.
Amsterdam Arena (Johan Cruyff Arena), the largest stadium in the Netherlands and home to the AFC Ajax and the Netherlands national team, March 9, 2022. Credit: Kiev.Victor/Shutterstock.
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Daniel S. MariaschinJune 24, 2022
This is not art!
Pig faces and SS symbols have no place appearing in today’s Germany or anywhere else.
Daniel Mariaschin
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Ben CohenJune 24, 2022
The ‘Judensau,’ then and now
It is presented to the public as a particularly shameful episode in the long history of Jewish persecution in Germany. There is no endorsement of the sculpture, officially or otherwise.
Ben Cohen
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German court: 13th-century ‘Judensau’ sculpture can stay at Wittenberg parish
June 16, 2022
“The defamation of Jews by the churches must belong in the past,” said Central Council of Jews in Germany president Josef Schuster.
A view of the anti-Semitic German engraving known as “Judensau” on the Wittenberg Parish Church in Germany. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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Melanie PhillipsJune 16, 2022
The EU’s Jerusalem charm offensive
Despite all the warm words in Jerusalem, there’s no sign that the longtime hostility towards Israel is about to ease.
Melanie Phillips
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Ben CohenJune 3, 2022
Another Jew is murdered in France
If the brutal death of René Hadjaj is to mark a sea change in the country’s approach to anti-Semitic crimes, the connections between hate speech and violence need to be analyzed and exposed.
Ben Cohen
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Jonathan S. TobinApril 21, 2022
French election illustrates the poor choices facing European Jews
While Marine Le Pen is considered a threat to Jewish life, President Emmanuel Macron represents a centrist establishment that has failed to meet the challenge of Islamism.
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