Struggle against antisemitism
21-01-2008 / Czech
Czech Republic - Neo-Nazi demonstration canceled in Pilsen
Fears of a large neo-Nazi demonstration planned for the 19th January, on the anniversary of the deportation of the Jews of Pilsen to Theresienstadt turned out to be unfounded. The invitation to the demonstration was posted on an international neo-Nazi website. The mayor of Pilsen subsequently banned the march and ultimately only a few dozen neo-Nazis turned up. These faced...18-01-2008 / United States
USA - Gandhi grandson resigns after criticism of anti-Semitic article
The president of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence at the University of Rochester resigned Thursday amid criticism of a short opinion piece he wrote for The Washington Post online titled "Jewish Identity Can't Depend on Violence."
Penned by Arun Gandhi, the fifth grandson of Mohandas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi, the article was widely condemned. The essay was first posted on Jan....17-01-2008 / Germany
Germany - German police to stop neo-Nazis traveling to Plzen march
Bavarian police will take all possible measures to prevent German extremists from taking part in a neo-Nazi march in Plzen, west Bohemia, on Saturday, January 20. The neo-Nazi march that is to pass by Plzen's Great Synagogue will be held one day after the 65th anniversary of the first transport of Jews from Plzen to the concentration camp. Nearly 3000 Plzen Jews perished in Nazi...14-01-2008 / Germany
Germany - Neo-Nazi Lawyer Sentenced for Denying Holocaust
A German court jailed the lawyer of a convicted Holocaust denier for calling the Nazis' World War II slaughter of European Jews "the biggest lie in world history."
Judges in the western city of Mannheim sentenced lawyer Sylvia Stolz to three and a half years in prison on charges that include inciting racial hatred, and barred her from practicing law for five years, a court...14-01-2008 / Austria
Austria - Holocaust denier gets six-and-a-half years in prison
A Vienna court sentenced a former extreme-right city councilor to four years in prison for Holocaust denial, adding another two-and-a-half years of a previous suspended sentence.
It was the third time that Wolfgang Frohlich, 56, had been found guilty on similar charges, following letters to Austrian members of parliament and Pope Benedict XVI denouncing the Holocaust as a...11-01-2008 / United States
USA- Four teens held in U.S. after 499 Jewish graves vandalized
Four teens were arrested in New Jersey as suspects in a massive desecration of a Jewish cemetery. The arraignment ended a week of fear and rage in the New Brunswick Jewish community after the 499 toppled headstones were discovered last weekend. About three-quarters of the gravestones in the Poile Zedek Cemetery had been uprooted and tossed into the paths between the rows,...10-01-2008 / Poland
Poland - New Polish government reviews EU grant to Catholic anti-Semitic radio
According to Polska newspaper, Poland’s Environment Minister, Maciej Nowicki, is making a critical review of a 15.3 million Euro EU grant to Radio Maryja, known for its anti-Semitic and anti-European opinions.
Nowicki reportedly hopes to find a reason to demand the radio station refund the entire amount.
The station, cosseted by the previous conservative government of...10-01-2008 / United States
USA - Oceanside man indicted for bias graffiti at synagogues
A 20-year-old Oceanside man was arrested and charged with spray-painting swastikas on two local synagogues a week before the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur in September. The suspect, James Weeks, was charged following a police investigation of the anti-Semitic graffiti, which was scrawled on the property of the Jewish Center, and Temple Avodah, in Oceanside, NY on...07-01-2008 / United States
USA - Black, Jewish leaders target hate crimes
Black and Jewish leaders have formed a coalition to fight hate crimes in response to a rise in the number of hate crime complaints last year that ended with an attack on a group of Jewish students during Chanukah.
The announcement of the coalition comes as elected officials and police seem to be flummoxed by the increasing number of possible bias crimes - in which police have yet...06-01-2008 / France
France - UNESCO to organize major event on International Holocaust Day
For the first time, UNESCO, the Paris-based UN agency for education and culture, will co-organize at the end of this month a major event in the framework of the annual commemoration of International Holocaust Day.
The event, on January 27, will be coordinated with the Israeli delegation to UNESCO.
The ceremony, under the patronage of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and...03-01-2008 / Chile
Chile – The Chilean Senate joins the operation to find Nazi War Criminals in Chile
The Chiliean Senate has unanimously decided to join the operation “Last Chance”, initiated by the Wiesenthal Center, to locate Nazi War Criminals who found refuge in Chile and other Latin American countries. The text of the parliamentary initiative calls for all citizens of Chile to volunteer any information in their possession that is likely to lead to the arrest of Nazi War Criminals...02-01-2008 / Ukraine
Ukraine - Odessa Rabbi condemns inaction of authorities in face of antisemitic hate speech
Avraam Wolf, the chief rabbi of Odessa, Ukraine, sharply criticized Ukrainian officials for not doing enough to combat antisemitic propaganda. In a statement sent to the press after leaflets calling for the murder of Jews were distributed around the city of Odessa, Rabbi Wolf wrote that:
"The antisemitic rhetoric of several Ukrainian politicians and programs shown on Odessa...31-12-2007 / Australia
‘The New World Order is the Same Old Order for Jews’
Co-authors: Manny Waks & Geoffrey Winn Presenter: Manny Waks Antisemitic motifs after 9/11 ‘Since September 2001 we’ve been told over and over again that the world has changed. But some of the trends of the past two years are depressingly, frighteningly familiar. ’ These are the words of Abraham Foxman, the United States’ Anti-Defamation League’s...24-12-2007 / United States
USA - 5 Kendall hate crime suspects arrested
Miami-Dade police have arrested five young men in connection with a hate crime reported about a week ago in which anti-Semitic slurs and symbols were scribbled on a Falls area home.
According to arrest warrants released Monday morning, Mao Joa, 16; Victor Morris, 16; Jorge Leyva, 18; Jose Montero, 18; and Olenka Gayoso, 18, all of Kendall, were arrested last week on criminal...19-12-2007 / Britain
Scotland - Hate books removed
Tesco removed a range of anti-semitic book from sale on its website.
The “Totally Jewish” Website alerted Tesco to the fact that their online facilities were peddling a number of publications alleging that Jews were plotting to take over the world and were responsible for all society’s ills. Among the books pulled from sale were the infamous Protocols of the Elders of...19-12-2007 / United States
USA - ADL Honors Hanukkah Subway Hero Hassan Askari
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today recognized a Muslim student who came to the aid of several young adults physically assaulted in an anti-Semitic attack while riding the New York City subway. In recognition of Hassan Askari's courage in standing up to the hate, bigotry and violence he witnessed, ADL established the Stand-Up New Yorker Award, and made Mr. Askari its inaugural...19-12-2007 / Russia
Russia - Suspect Detained in Vandalism of Izhevsk Jewish Center
Police detained a 19-year-old resident of Izhevsk, Russia (Republic of Udmurtiya) in connection with last month's vandalism of the city's Jewish center. The suspect reportedly confessed to the crime after being caught on a security camera spray painting "death to the kikes" on the building's walls. He now faces hate crimes charges. Source: www.fsumonitor.com Date: December...17-12-2007 / Spain
Spain - Spanish court to probe speech by David Irving
A Spanish court will analyze a police recording of a speech delivered in Barcelona by British Holocaust denier David Irving to see if he violated any law during the event.
Under Spanish law justifying genocide or inciting racism and xenophobia are crimes which can carry a prison sentence of up to three years.
During his speech at a Barcelona bookstore, Irving, a historian...17-12-2007 / Russia
Russia - Neo-Nazis arrested in connection with Attacks on Jewish School
Police in Bryansk arrested one college student and three teenagers in connection with five separate attacks on a Jewish school. Over the course of a month, starting at the end of October, the youths, who admit to membership in a neo-Nazi gang, shattered eight out of the Or Avner school's nine windows while screaming neo-Nazi slogans at the students. The extremists face charges of...17-12-2007 / Hungary
Hungary - Prosecutor calls for disbanding extreme-right Hungarian group
Budapest’s prosecutor filed a request to disband a recently formed Hungarian extreme-right group, accusing it of having a racist stance.
"The official letter was presented to Budapest’s municipal court, the competent authority in this case," said spokesman for the prosecutor’s office, Attila Morvai.
The request comes eight days after the group, known as Magyar Garda...
