Struggle against antisemitism
21-01-2009 / Russia
Russia - editor charged for antisemitic articles
Alexander Yaremenko, the editor of Russian Transbaikal, oversaw the publication of nationalistic articles that lashed out at immigrants to Russia and Jews over the course of two years, according to Vladimir Skubiev, the prosecutor in the eastern Russian city of Chita. The articles asked inflammatory questions in the headlines such as "To whom and why should we lie about the...20-01-2009 / Australia
Australia - Newspaper apologizes for antisemitic column
The editorial team at The Age has offered an unreserved apology to the Jewish community for the controversial Michael Backman column that appeared in last Saturday’s newspaper. A formal apology appeared on page two of Tuesday’s edition (January 20) of the newspaper, with The Age editor Paul Ramadge telling The AJN that the antisemitic views expressed by Backman “have no...20-01-2009 / Ukraine
Ukraine - Editor sentenced for antisemitic article
The editor of an Odessa newspaper was found guilty of inciting ethnic hatred in Ukraine for writing an antisemitic article. Ihor Volin-Danilov, an editor of Nashe Dyelo, received a suspended 18-month sentence for a 2007 article titled “Kill the best of the goyim.” Volin-Danilov concluded in the story that the Jewish religion is “criminal and immoral.” An expert...19-01-2009 / France
France - Police arrest three for synagogue attack in Toulouse
French police arrested three people on suspicion of involvement in a petrol bomb attack on a synagogue earlier this month.
About a dozen people were inside the synagogue in the southwestern city of
Toulouse
when a car was set on fire and pushed into the door of the building, which suffered only slight damage.
Police found unexploded petrol bombs inside a second...16-01-2009 / Britain
Britain - Prominent British Muslims denounce antisemitic attacks
More than 20 prominent British Muslims have signed a joint letter denouncing recent anti-Semitic attacks in Britain and calling on Muslims to help prevent attacks on Jews on the UK. The letter is being circulated widely and sent to all British mosques. The letter comes as Jewish organisations in the UK and throughout Europe report a significant rise in anti-Semitic attacks on...09-01-2009 / United Arab Emirates
Italy- ROME JEWS TO SUE LEFTIST UNION OVER BOYCOTT
(ANSA) - Rome, January 9 - The Rome Jewish Community announced on Friday that it intended to sue The Union a far left trade union over its call for a boycott of Israeli goods.The president of the capital`s Jewish community, RenzoPacifici, said the Flaica CUB union would be cited for violation of the so-called Mancino Law against instigation ofracial hatred.The boycott proposal has...09-01-2009 / Italy
Italy - Rome’s Mayor: "I'll go on a shopping spree in Jewish-owned stores to denounce ridiculous boycott"
Rome’s Mayor, Gianni Alemanno, said he would go on shopping at Jewish-owned stores in the city’s centre with leaders of the Italian Jewish community to denounce the boycott proposal of these stores by a trade union as a protest against Israel’s military operation in Gaza.
The appeal to boycott Jewish-run shops created a storm in the country and was condemned by politicians...08-01-2009 / Britain
Britain - Web racists convicted in historic trial
Two racists have been convicted of publishing racially inflammatory material in the first case brought by the Crown Prosecution Service involving the diffusion of race hate via the internet.
Stephen Whittle, 41, from Preston, Lancashire, wrote five offensive articles under the pen-name Luke O’Farrell, published on the internet by his co-defendant, 51-year-old Simon...08-01-2009 / Canada
Canada - CUPE chief issues apology for comparing Israeli assault in Gaza to Nazis
The president of the Ontario arm of the Canadian Union of Public Employees apologized for comments earlier in the week comparing bombings by the Israeli army to actions taken by the Nazis during the Second World War.
"I was wrong to say what I did," Sid Ryan said in a release. "It was never my intention to hurt or cause offence to anyone."
Ryan told a newspaper that a Dec....06-01-2009 / Russia
Russia - Student sentenced for antisemitic link
A Russian college student was convicted of linking an antisemitic video to a Russian Web site. The court sentenced Andrey Paydimirov to 90 days of community service for inciting ethnic hatred. He posted the video to a Web site in the Russian town of Syktyvkar . Source: http://jta.org...02-01-2009 / Denmark
Denmark - Police arrest man in mall shooting
Danish police say they have arrested a man of Palestinian descent on suspicion of shooting and wounding two Israelis at a shopping mall. Police spokesman John Jacobsen says without naming the suspect that he is a 27-year-old Dane born in Lebanon of Palestinian parents. A court on Thursday ordered the suspect held for up to four weeks while police investigate....30-12-2008 / Germany
Germany – A demonstrator arrested in Berlin
The police arrested a demonstrator who participated to a manifestation against Israel in Berlin because he grabbed a poster comparing the Star of David and the swastika.25-12-2008 / Britain
Britain - Life lesson for "fit Jew" students
Oxford students will attend a cultural diversity course as punishment for their “bring a fit Jew” party. Members of the under-21 rugby team will take part in the special seminar in January, but university proctors have refused to reveal details. It has been organised after an investigation into last month’s party at which players were invited to find “fit” female... ...23-12-2008 / Russia
Russia – Football supporter sent to prison following antisemitic slogans
Feldbloom and Maccabi Moscow Maccabi: Pavel Feldbloom, a Jew living in Moscow, is also the President of the football Maccabi Moscow. This is modest team that plays in a regional league and whom only some of its players are Jews. About a year and a half ago, Maccabi Moscow played against P.Z. Alliance and Nokovo in the framework of the league.
During this game, about 30 supporters...23-12-2008 / United States
USA - Defacing synagogue gets teen 9-18 months
Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. on Monday sentenced 19-year-old Nora Rynkiewicz to nine to 18 months in county prison followed by three years of probation.
Rynkiewicz faced charges of institutional vandalism, criminal mischief and ethnic intimidation for defacing a Wilkes-Barre synagogue in March with swastikas and other anti-Semitic messages....19-12-2008 / Hungary
Hungary - Fidesz reinstates former member accused of antisemitism
The Fidesz membership of Gabriella Cs. Kovács was reinstated earlier this week following her suit against news portal Hírszerző, in which she charged the portal of attributing antisemitic slurs to her.
According to a Hírszerző reporter and editor, Kovács gave a press release in the summer of 2007 which contained antisemitic declarations. In response, Kovács resigned her...17-12-2008 / Greece
Greece-Neo-Nazi Author Convicted
A Greek court
sentenced a neo-Nazi author of an antisemitic book to a 14-month suspended sentence, in the first case of its kind in Greece. Constantine Plevris was found guilty of inciting hatred and racial violence with his book The Jews -- The Whole Truth.
In his 1,400 page book, Plevris glorifies Hitler and calls for the extermination of the Jews. He declares himself “a...16-12-2008 / Germany
Germany-Drivers warned of Nazi codes on license plates
Thousands of Brandenburg residents could come under suspicion for being neo-Nazis or right-wing sympathisers because of the letter and number combinations on their license plates.
In the struggle against right-wing extremism, the Brandenburg Constitutional Protection Authority has warned of several license plate letter and number combinations that extremists use to identify...12-12-2008 / Norway
Norway - Wiesenthal Centre Condemns Norwegian Comedian’s Antisemitic Jokes
In a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre’s Director for International elations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, expressed “grave concern at increasing antisemitic expression in Norway. The letter noted that “within the context of our research, we have encountered the rhetoric of Otto Jespersen – co-host of TV2’s ‘Thursday Club’...11-12-2008 / United States
