Antisemitic events
15-06-2008 / Britain
Britain- Antisemitic letter sent to synagogue in Middlesex
An antisemitic letter was sent to a synagogue in Northwood. It read "Hitler was such a nice man, the only mistake he did is to let too many of you alive! Ah, ah, ah!"
15-06-2008 / Britain
Britain- Threat call to synagogue in Leicester
A phone call was made to a synagogue stating that it was going to be blown up and it should be blown up. The perpetrator had a strong Scottish accent and sounded very drunk.
14-06-2008 / Britain
Britain – Abusive Behaviour towards security personnel in London
The victim was on security duty outside a synagogue when a vehicle drove past and the driver swore at him. The perpetrator said "Jewish" something and stuck his finger up at him.
14-06-2008 / France
France – Mezuzah Ripped from Doorpost of Jewish Home in Grenoble
A Jewish man discovered that the mezuzah at the entrance to his apartment had been ripped from its place. A complaint was lodged with the Police.
13-06-2008 / New Zealand
New Zealand - Israel accuses New Zealand of anti-Semitism
The Israeli embassy has accused New Zealand of accepting anti-Semitic behavior.
The Canberra-based embassy's criticism of New Zealand's race relations follows an advertising campaign that drew complaints from the Jewish community.
The campaign was withdrawn hours after New Zealand Jewish Council Chairman Geoff Levy complained.
The billboards that sparked the comments were for a Prime Television show, Madmen: The Glory Years of Advertising.
The billboards, created by advertising agency Draft FCB, said: "Advertising Agency Seeks: Clients. All business considered, even from Jews."
Embassy spokesman Dor Shapira said Prime's apology should be backed by a strong response from politicians, academics, religious groups and the public.
The billboards - and publication of the advertisement in Time magazine - reflected "acceptance of anti-Semitic behavior in New Zealand".
"We have been shocked and dismayed by the wrongful action of people using Jewish stereotypes to pursue an advertising and commercial agenda," Mr. Shapira said.
"It is our hope that an apology will only be the start of an entire campaign to remove this repugnant and negative mindset from the culture and political environment in New Zealand."
Source: www.stuff.co.nz
By Matt Calman
13-06-2008 / Poland
Poland - Father Tadeusz Rydzyk won't be prosecuted
Polish prosecutors have decided not to charge a Roman Catholic priest
accused of making anti-Semitic comments, and the country's Jewish community called the decision a setback.
The Warsaw-based Jewish community accused the Rev. Tadeusz Rydzyk of calling Jews greedy and saying the country's president was subservient to Jewish lobbyists. A recording of the purported remarks surfaced last year.
The group had asked prosecutors in the city of Torun to bring criminal charges against the priest. But prosecutors said in a statement that they would not pursue the case due to what they said was "a lack of evidence of wrongdoing." They refused any further comment.
Source: http://ap.google.com
13-06-2008 / United States
USA - teens caught on tape defacing Carmel Valley homes
Five teens face misdemeanor charges for allegedly vandalizing three Carmel Valley homes in San Diego.
The acts of malicious mischief - which included spraying a fire extinguisher at a house and a car, taping and tying front doors shut, pulling out electrical wiring and affixing a duct-tape swastika to a window.
The district attorney's office could decide to enhance the charges as hate crimes, because a duct-tape swastika was stuck on the window of a Jewish family's home.
Source: www.10news.com
12-06-2008 / Australia
Australia - Poster defaced in anti-Semitic incident
An advertising hoarding outside a Jewish family’s home on Balaclava Road, Caulfield Melbourne, was vandalized when a large black swastika was spray painted on it.
The billboard was advertising an upcoming camp for Zionist youth movement Hashomer Hatzair.
Source:
www.ajn.com.au
By Naomi Levin
12-06-2008 / Britain
Britain – Verbal abuse in Manchester
The victim, who was visibly Jewish, was walking to a Jewish youth organization in Prestwich when he was shouted at from a passing vehicle. The perpetrator shouted "Jew" at the victim in an aggressive manner.
12-06-2008 / Britain
Britain – Verbal abuse in Hertfordshire
The victims, who were visibly Jewish, were on their way to school in Borehamwood when they received antisemitic verbal abuse. A man walked behind some students asking "am I mad". He then followed the victims and called "Jews" several times at them.
12-06-2008 / Britain
Britain-Jewish boy assaulted in Manchester
The reporter witnessed an assault on an orthodox Jewish boy in Salford. There was a group of white/eastern European teenagers who had surrounded the victim. One of the group was punching the victim whilst the others stood by and watched.
12-06-2008 / Britain
Britain –Excrement deliberately left near London synagogue
A bag of excrement was left outside a synagogue. The item had been deliberately wrapped in newspaper and 2 plastic bags.
11-06-2008 / Germany
Germany - “Stumbling stones” graffitied
Unknown perpetrators graffitied 29 of the so called “stumbling stones” with white paint. The stones had been paved into the ground in order to remember the former Jewish inhabitants of
Wilmersdorf, a district of Berlin, who became victims of National Socialism.
Source: www.european-forum-on-antisemitism.org
11-06-2008 / Britain
Britain – Jew verbally harassed by neighbours in Manchester
The victim has been receiving antisemitic and homophobic abuse from his neighbours. The victim is Jewish but is not gay. The perpetrators have been shouting "Judah Judah", "Jew Boy" and "Judah is a pufta" at the victim
10-06-2008 / United States
USA - Antisemitic propaganda on route 51
At the edge of a field along Route 51 in Central Illinois, someone placed a series of signs written in chalk. The signs read in sequence displayed the following message:
JEW BANKSTERS STOLE USA THRU FED RESV + USURY
GOD'S LAW ON URUSY & INTEREST DEATH A-FACT FOLKS
pic
Erin Klee
10-06-2008 / United States
USA - Slurs found on Palmetto Bay park buildings
The Palmetto Bay police unit is investigating racist and anti-Semitic slurs and symbols painted on the walls of two buildings at Coral Reef Park.
Park employees discovered the brown spray paint on the walls of the buildings.
The messages included swastikas, a noose and derogatory references to African Americans, Jews, Arabs and Mexicans.
Source:
www.miamiherald.com
By Patricia Mazzei
10-06-2008 / France
France – Desecration of Holocaust Memorial
On the night between 10th and 11th of June, a glass memorial placed in a square in the 18th Arrondissement in Paris in memory of the Jewish children who were sent to the annihilation camps, was broken into several pieces. A complaint was lodged.
09-06-2008 / Germany
Germany - German fans shout Nazi slogans at soccer match
Police arrest fans of German national soccer team at European Championship match against Poland for clashing with Polish fans, calling out 'All Poles must wear yellow star'
Police encircled the first group in downtown Klagenfurt after they began shouting slogans such as, “All Poles have to wear a yellow star” – an allusion to the yellow star that Jews were forced to display during the time of the Nazi regime in Europe.
Members of the second group were arrested, according to police, after they began shouting similar slogans, among them: “Germans protect yourselves. Don’t buy anything from Poles” – again an allusion to warnings during the Nazi era, when Germans and Austrians were told to boycott Jewish stores.
Source: www.ynetnews.com
pic: Roiters
09-06-2008 / Canada
Canada - Blacks, Jews and gays most likely victims of hate crimes: study
Blacks and Jews are most likely to be the victims of hate crimes in Canada and youth aged 12 to 17 were often the perpetrators,
according to research released by Statistics Canada.
The study, which relies mostly on research by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, uses police-reported data on the race, religion and sexual orientation of victims of hate-motivated incidents, ranging from property crimes to violent crimes.
Source:
www.statcan.ca
09-06-2008 / Britain
Britain –Threats and abusive behaviour in London
The victim, who is visibly Jewish, was on his way home from a synagogue after a Jewish festival. His route took him past a 24 hour shop. As he walked past he was called a "Fucking Jew" and the perpetrators tried to set their dogs on to him whilst saying "we are going to kill you". The victim manage to run away unhurt.
