Antisemitic events
21-12-2009 / United States
USA - Swastikas drawn on base of park menorah
Rabbi Meir Borenstein, director of Chabad of Orange County went out to Village Green in Goshen NY to insure that the Menorah (as he usually does through Chanukah) and its lights were all in order.
To his shock he found swastikas and hateful remarks against Jews written around the Menorah.
Village of Goshen police and State police arrived immediately and an investigation has begun....
20-12-2009 /
Sad Hanukkah: Christians, Neo - Nazis and Muslims - Breaking Menorahs
Hanukkah that does not remember for decades: the Jewish world absorbing day after day of antisemitic attacks on public Menorahs. It happens in different states in the U.S., Vienna and Moldova. This year, it happens by Muslims and Christians, and joined by neo - Nazis.
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06-12-2009
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19-12-2009 / United States
USA - Neo-Nazis rally on Hanukkah at Temple Beth El
Congregants at a Riverside California synagogue were met by a group of neo-Nazis waving swastika flags on the last night of Hanukkah. Rabbi Suzanne Singer says the demonstration at Temple Beth El in Riverside was the third at the temple in recent months. There were fewer than a dozen protesters at the site. Police were called but there were no incidents or arrests and the services went...18-12-2009 / South Africa
South Africa – Jew was Harassment in Johannesburg
A Jewish man, living in a residential complex in an up market suburb of Johannesburg, was disturbed in the middle of the night by a Muslim neighbor who was shouting abuse and threats outside his windows. He claimed to have a revolver and wanted to shoot the Jews.18-12-2009 / France
France – A young man was beaten on an antisemitic attack
In Paris, a young Jewish man has been severely beaten and stabbed in the hand while the attacker called him "Dirty Jew". The attacker has been arrested and sent to investigation. Source: http://spcj.org/18-12-2009 / United States
USA - Swastikas at Acton synagogue
A swastika formed with sticks on the ground and another carved into a pumpkin were found in front of the Congregation Beth Elohim synagogue. The two-foot square wooden swastika arranged on the front walkway was made from stakes, and police found similar stakes in the nearby Kmart parking lot. The small pumpkin had a swastika carved on the front and was placed at the entrance...18-12-2009 / Argentina
Argentina – A candle of Chanukah was desecrated
The candle of Chanukah Chabad Lubavitch, located in the central boulevard of Avenida 9 de Julio and Santa Fe
in Buenos Aires painted with the phrase "Argentina is Catholic!".
Source: http://www.daia.org.ar/
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18-12-2009 / United States
USA - Antisemitic chants at suburban basketball game
Philadelphia high school students were disciplined after they allegedly taunted an opposing basketball team with Holocaust slurs.
Police, school authorities and the Anti-Defamation League are investigating an exchange of taunts at the game Tuesday in suburban Philadelphia between Upper Darby and Lower Merion high schools, local media reported.
Lower Merion has a high Jewish population,...
18-12-2009 / Russia
Russia - Antisemitic vandalism in Smolensk
Unknown vandals damaged a menorah in downtown Smolensk. Posters and other decoration around the menorah, set up to mark Hanukah, were damaged. Source: http://www.ucsj.org/ View Larger Map ...18-12-2009 / United States
USA - Vegas teacher accused of denying Holocaust
A Las Vegas teacher has been told to stay home while district officials investigate a claim that she denied in class the Holocaust happened. Clark County schools spokesman Michael Rodriguez said Northwest Career and Technical Academy teacher Lori Sublette was assigned to remain home, and appropriate action would follow an investigation. Student Katie Piranio told the Las Vegas...18-12-2009 / Poland
Poland - Auschwitz 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign stolen
Infamous iron sign over gate to Auschwitz memorial site with cynical phrase 'Work Sets You Free' unscrewed, pulled off.
"Around 5 am today the museum administration informed us that the sign has been stolen. The whole area is under surveillance, there are many cameras there. We are now analyzing the film. I hope we will find the trail," a spokesman for the local police told TVP Info...
17-12-2009 / United States
USA - Rabbi's Menorah egged
A Boca Raton Rabbi has become a victim of a hate crime during the week of Hanukkah.
Rabbi Boruch Liberow said he put a menorah on top of his car to celebrate the holiday.
Late Tuesday night his family said it heard shouting and noise. They said it sounded like neighborhood teens being rowdy, but didn't think it had anything to do with them.
Wednesday morning Rabbi Liberow...
17-12-2009 / Australia
Australia – Antisemitic graffiti
Antisemitic Graffiti was spray-painted in Lyne Park, Rose Bay, Sydney
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17-12-2009 / Australia
Australia – Antisemitic graffiti
Antisemitic graffiti was spray-painted in a bathroom of a beach in Byron Bay.
Notice the noughts-and-crosses game in the centre of the photo...
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16-12-2009 / Israel
Israel - Lieberman: Modern antisemitism denies Israel's existence
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Wednesday that "classic anti-Semitism, alongside Iranian funding and Islamic antisemitism, are being used to inflame hatred against Jews, but also to delegitimize the State of Israel."
Speaking at the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem, the foreign minister said that this has become a complex attack, which has drawn the...
16-12-2009 / United States
USA - Racist graffiti found at two county schools
Howard County police are investigating an incident in which someone spray-painted racist graffiti on Hammond Middle School in North Laurel. Vandals spray-painted the outside of the school building and a trailer with a swastika and a gun firing at a Star of David. The graffiti also included an obscene drawing and the word “Hi” with a smiley face, police said. The three teenagers, all...14-12-2009 / Belgium
Belgium - Three "Hanouccia-car" vandalized at Uccle
Three cars each bearing a hanouccia (candelabra used for lighting candles of Hanukah) were vandalized. The three cars were parked in Avenue du Gui at Uccle, near the Yeshiva (Talmudic school). Source: http://www.antisemitisme.be/ View Larger Map ...14-12-2009 / Belgium
Belgium - Three "Hanouccia Car" vandalized at Uccle
Three cars each bearing a Menora (candelabra used for lighting candles of Hanukah) were vandalized and the Menoras were ripped of their mounting. The cars were parked in Avenue du Gui at Uccle, near the Yeshiva (Talmudic school). Source: http://www.antisemitisme.be/ View Larger Map ...14-12-2009 / Spain
Spain – Dudu Aouate was the victim of antisemitic remarks during a match against Osasuna
Each time that Aouate touched the ball during the first half, the Osasuna supporters chanted "Jewish bastard" towards him, despite having received warnings before and during the match that the team may be fined if they use racial abuse.
In the 25th minute, the local supporters decided to vary the taunts and the next time Aouate gathered the ball they chanted at him: "If Munua hit you –...
14-12-2009 / France
France - Antisemitism increases sharply
The French government has appointed a special coordinator to deal with anti-Semitism and other forms of racism.
Daily newspaper Le Figaro reports that Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux decided to appoint a coordinator after a huge increase in antisemitic incidents in the first nine months of the year.
During this period, 704 incidents against Jews were reported, up 350 on the year...
