Antisemitism

For several years, antisemitism, worldwide, has been skyrocketing to levels not seen in decades. In the United States, the story is sadly much the same, except for one difference: CUFI. For the first time in history, an army of millions of committed Christian Zionists has banded together as Christians United for Israel to strongly oppose antisemitism and stand with the Jewish people.

Antisemitism

Two Synagogues In Sarasota, Florida Vandalized On Same Day

Two Reform synagogues in Sarasota, Florida, were vandalized with swastikas and other unspecified hateful messages.

The incidents at Temple Sinai and Temple Emanu-El reportedly took place early on Wednesday morning, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported.

The Temple Sinai campus was extensively vandalized, including many walls made of porous…

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Student Senate At Florida State University Approves Previously-Filibustered Resolution To Combat Campus Antisemitism

A previously-filibustered resolution seeking to combat antisemitism and ensure the empowerment of Jewish students on campus was passed on Wednesday by the Student Senate at Florida State University (FSU).

The measure — which included an acknowledgement of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism — was…

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‘Death To Jews’ And Swastikas Drawn On Gravestones In Southern France

About 20 gravestones in a cemetery in southern France were vandalized with swastikas and the words “Death to Jews” and “Death to the French.”

The graffiti was discovered in the Gruissan municipal cemetery in the Aude region on Sunday.

The gravestones appear to have been chosen at random and were not broken or toppled, France 3…

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Canada: Nationalist Party Leader Calls To Remove Jews From Country

‘Beware The Parasitic Tribe’ anti-Semitic flier posted on party’s Facebook page says

Canadian nationalist politician Travis Patron said Jews are “liars and deceivers” and a “tribe of parasites,” calling for their expulsion from the country, Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) reported Monday.
Echoing old anti-Semitic tropes, Patron’s Canadian…

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Jewish Man Beaten By 3 Men After He Responded To Their Antisemitic Slurs

An Orthodox Jewish man in Brooklyn said he was beaten by three young men who had yelled anti-Semitic slurs at him

His finger was broken and he needed stitches to his face following the attack on Saturday afternoon, WCBS-TV reported.

The alleged victim, 51, was walking home when the attackers, aged 18-20, shouted the slurs from their car. After…

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Eagles’ DeSean Jackson Accepts Holocaust Survivor Edward Mosberg’s Invite To Visit Auschwitz

DeSean Jackson accepted an invitation to visit Auschwitz during a Zoom call Friday with a 94-year-old survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, according to the Jerusalem Post.

The wide receiver was disciplined by the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday for conduct detrimental to the team for his social media posts, which included an anti-Semitic message…

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University of Wisconsin Hillel Discovers ‘Free Palestine’ Spray-Painted on Building

The outside of the Hillel building at the University of Wisconsin in Madison was vandalized on Tuesday, according to the organization.

The words “Free Palestine” appeared on the concrete structure that welcomes people to the building, also known as the Barbara Hochberg Center for Jewish Student Life.

“We view this act of vandalism as targeting…

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DeSean Jackson Accepts Fellow NFL Wide Receiver Julian Edelman’s Invite to Learn More About Holocaust

New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman got a positive response from fellow NFL player DeSean Jackson after the Jewish athlete offered to educate the latter about the Holocaust.

On Thursday, Edelman, whose father is Jewish, invited the Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver to go with him to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in…

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Dozens of Graves in Europe’s Oldest Jewish Cemetery Vandalized, Desecrated

Dozens of graves in what is believed to be the oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe were vandalized and desecrated last week, the European Jewish Association (EJA) said on Sunday, according to multiple media reports.

The graves were in Heiliger Sand, the Jewish cemetery in Worms, Germany. The community in the city, renowned for counting the famous…

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Online Retailer Shein Sells Swastika Necklace, Backlash Causes Take-Down

Online clothing retailer Shein sold a swastika necklace on its site, but quickly took it down after it received backlash on Twitter. 

The necklace, titled “Swastika,” was priced $2.50. With many users expressing their disbelief at the fact that such an item could be sold by any company.

“In case u needed another reason to boycott Shein: they are…

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Jewish Students Face Increased Harassment on University Campuses

The US.-based AMCHA Initiative says a rise in harassment of Jewish students on college campuses is linked to anti-Zionist activism, according to its yearly report published Tuesday.
Titled “Understanding Campus Antisemitism in 2019 and Its Lessons for Pandemic and Post-Pandemic US Campuses,” the report maintained its relevance in the post-COVID-19…

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Argentinian Professor Offers Bonus to ‘Whoever Finds a Poor Jew’

A university professor in Argentina told his students that he “will give a bonus to whoever finds a poor Jew.”

During an online class on international politics at the 21st Century Business University located in Cordoba, Argentina, Prof. Esteban Lizondo also said that the creation of the State of Israel was a concession to the “Zionist lobby” in…

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NFL Star Apologizes for Posting Anti-Semitic Quotes Attributed to Hitler

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson apologized on Tuesday after backlash for sharing anti-Semitic posts on social media over the weekend.

“My post was definitely not intended for anybody of any race to feel any type of way, especially the Jewish community,” Jackson said in a video he posted on Instagram on Tuesday.

“I post things on…

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Holocaust Survivor Invites Eagles’ DeSean Jackson to Auschwitz

Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg has extended an invitation to Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson to visit Auschwitz, following the latter’s controversial Instagram post quoting Adolf Hitler.

The invitation was posted on Twitter by From the Depths, an organization that seeks to protect the memory of the Holocaust, of which Mosberg…

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Swastikas Drawn on Home and Bench in Jewish Neighborhood of Baltimore

Swastikas were found drawn on a public bench and on the side door of a home in a Jewish neighborhood of Baltimore. 

The symbol on the home, in the northwest section of the city, was drawn with a black marker and discovered on June 24, the local CBS affiliate WJZ reported, citing the police report. 

Area residents found the swastika spray-painted…

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State Department: ‘There Must be Justice’ for Slain Jewish Journalist Daniel Pearl

The US State Department called for “justice” one day after Pakistan’s Supreme Court refused to suspend a lower court’s ruling freeing Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted of being part of the 2002 killing in Pakistan of Wall Street Journal Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl, paving the way for him to walk free.

“The United States is watching…

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Pakistani Supreme Court Paves Way to Free Man Convicted of Jewish Journalist’s Murder

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday refused to suspend a lower court’s ruling freeing Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted of being part of the 2002 killing in Pakistan of Wall Street Journal Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl, paving the way for him to walk free.

The Supreme Court also declined to hear the Pakistani government’s appeal…

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Swastika Spray-Painted Outside Synagogue in Maine

A swastika was spray-painted Thursday night in white on the sidewalk in front of a US synagogue in Bangor, Maine.

Bangor police are investigating the incident.

Security camera footage taken by Congregation Beth Israel captured clear images of the teenagers who drew the swastika.

“I do hope, rather than criminal mischief or vandalism charges, we…