Struggle against antisemitism
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
USA-ADL Joins Youtube to Fight Hate
YouTube has reached out to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for its expertise in dealing with hate on the Internet. In one outgrowth of that partnership, the League is now a contributor to YouTube's newly launched Abuse & Safety Center, where users are empowered to identify and confront hate, and to report abuses. The YouTube Abuse & Safety Center features...11-12-2008 / Britain
Britain - Boycott is now over say Oxford academics
Two Oxford academics who have mounted a legal challenge the University and College Union (UCU), said this week that the union had dropped its proposed boycott of Israeli academics.
But in a statement, the union said “There was never a boycott motion passed at its Congress”. Its general secretary, Sally Hunt, insisted: “We have passed a motion to provide solidarity with the...11-12-2008 / Britain
Britain - Teenager arrested for antisemitic abuse
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly racially abusing Jewish school children in West Hendon. The arrest follows an operation by police to crack down on a gang of teenagers who reportedly bullied and yelled antisemitic abuse at pupils from the Jewish Free School (JSF) The gang have carried out a campaign of abuse against the pupils over the last month, in once...04-12-2008 / Poland
Poland - Polish archbishop calls antisemitism 'irrational behavior'
A Polish archbishop said the Catholic Church must not accept antisemitism within its ranks, calling it "irrational behavior."
Archbishop Jozef Zycinski of Lublin spoke to Catholic News Service during a Nov. 30-Dec 1 conference in Jerusalem focusing on the relationships among the Polish Catholic Church, Jews and Israel.
"In the case of Lublin ... We emphasize that (the Jews)...04-12-2008 / Britain
Britain - London gallery shows antisemitism in Arab media
An exhibition documenting the widespread use of antisemitic cartoons in the Arab press opened in London.
"Cartoons and Extremism: Israel and the Jews in Arab and Western Media" will run until January 16, with a possible extension, at the Political Cartoon Gallery in central London.
The exhibition shows the frequent use of classic antisemitism to demonize the State of...02-12-2008 / Germany
Germany - Holocaust denier detained
The County Court in
Springe
(Lower Saxony) sentenced the Holocaust denier Arnold Hoefs to 4 month in prison and a fine of 1500 Euros. The 72 years old Hoefs wrote more than 100 letters to public authorities and media under the pseudonym “Herbert Hoff”, in which he claimed that the remembrance of the Holocaust in the USA is only used for fundraising campaigns but is...27-11-2008 / Serbia
Serbia – A law against the neo-Nazis
A proposal for a law forbidding neo-Nazi's organizations and the use of Nazi symbols is taking shape in Serbia. The Law is submitted by the ruling parties, the DS and the LSV.23-11-2008 / Israel
Israel - 8 Neo-Nazi gang members sent to jail
The Tel Aviv District Court sentenced to prison terms eight young men convicted of membership in a neo-Nazi gang operating in central Israel. The gravest punishment given to one of the gang members was seven years in jail. Judge Zvi Gurfinkel wrote in the ruling, "These are horrifying actions no Jews can accept." As part of the organization, which also included...22-11-2008 / Canada
Canada - New trial for leader who made antisemitic comments
Canadian aboriginal leader David Ahenakew will appear before a Saskatchewan court next week after successfully appealing his original 2005 conviction on antisemitic incitement charges.
In a recorded 2002 interview with Saskatoon StarPhoenix reporter James Parker, Ahenakew praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler as having “cleaned up a hell of a lot of things” with the systematic...22-11-2008 / Germany
Germany - Police suspect man of antisemitic vandalism
Police in Germany searched Friday the home of a man whom they suspect hung a pig's head over the entrance of an historic Jewish cemetery a week ago. They said the suspect, 48, from the town of Gotha had a criminal record for similar hate offences.
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