“Why American Jews Are Terrified” — The Atlantic Reports on a Series of Antisemitic Attacks
In December 2019, The Atlantic magazine published an in-depth article on the fear gripping…
Georg F. Duckwitz: The Nazi German Diplomat Who Saved the Jews of Denmark
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (Sept. 29, 1904 — Feb. 16, 1973) was a German Nazi (reportedly out of nationalistic, not antisemitic reasons) diplomat living in occupied Denmark. When he learned the Nazis were planning to deport the country’s Jews to concentration camps, he alerted the Danes and arranged with Sweden to give them refuge, As a…
Recently Released AJC Report: Deep Anxiety Among American Jews About Growing Antisemitism
From a new American Jewish Committee report: “AJC’s first-ever State of Antisemitism in America report, released on October 26, 2020, shows deep anxiety among American Jews, and a disturbing lack of awareness among the general public, about the severity of antisemitism in the United States. Parallel surveys of American Jews and the U.S. general public…
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance: 34 Countries Working to Keep the Memory of the Holocaust Alive
Founded in 1998, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) is composed of 34 member countries…
Global Imams Council: Some Anti-Israel Rhetoric Is a Form of Antisemitism
The Global Imams Council, the world’s largest NGO organization of Muslim clerics, has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism. Among other things, the definition condemns certain forms of vitriolic anti-Zionist and anti-Israel statements. The positive move has been severely criticized by Muslim and Palestinian groups, as well as by others who claim…
Arthur J. Jones: American Neo-Nazi, Holocaust Denier, and Perennial Political Candidate
Arthur J. Jones, 72, is an American neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and Holocaust denier. In 2018, his website called the Holocaust a “racket.” He has also characterized it as “the biggest, blackest lie in history” and “nothing more than an international extortion racket by the Jews.” Over more than four decades, Jones has run many times…
Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office: 20 Swastikas Spray-Painted by Vandal Not Antisemitic; French Jews Outraged
OOOOO French Jews were outraged in mid-October by the case of a man who spray painted more than 20 swastikas along the rue du Rovili in the heart of Paris. The Paris prosecutor’s office refused to link the incident to antisemitism, claiming that because the vandalism did not specifically deface a historically “Jewish building,” the…
MS St. Louis: The Ship With 900 Jewish Refugees That Nobody Wanted
There are an untold number of tragic stories from the Holocaust — indeed, the entire horrific event was an unimaginable tragedy — but one story that has resonated for the past eight decades is the ill-fated voyage of the MS St. Louis. In 1939, the German passenger liner carried more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing…
‘There Is a Jewish Plot to Destroy Gazan Society by Banning Child Marriage’
Perhaps today’s most virulent and vituperative antisemitic, anti-Zionist, and anti-Israel rhetoric comes from the Muslim world — Palestinians, Arab countries, Iran, Turkey, and elsewhere. Of course, the extremists don’t represent the views of every Muslim, but their constant barrage of hate speech does have a corrosive effect on Muslim-majority societies. The haters seek to demonize…
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