Struggle against antisemitism
10-11-2009 / Germany
Germany - German court tells holocaust denier he must face trial
The British bishop, Richard Williamson, has denied the charges brought against him and has refused to pay the 12,000 euro ($18,000) fine imposed by the court in the German city of Regensburg.
As a consequence, the court has now summoned the bishop to stand trial, although a spokesman for the court said no date had yet been set.
Williamson, however, will not have to appear in person. He...09-11-2009 / Germany
Germany - Germany marks anniversary of Kristallnacht
As Germany celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday, more subdued tributes were held to mark the 71st anniversary of the Nazi's Kristallnacht antisemitic pogrom. On Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, at least 91 German Jews were killed, more than 200 synagogues were destroyed, and thousands of Jewish businesses vandalized and looted in state...09-11-2009 / Serbia
Serbia - International day against fascism and antisemitism to be marked
The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy will organize a concert entitled "Gifts of Love" on November 9 at 8 pm in the National Theatre, Belgrade, to mark the International Day against Fascism and Antisemitism, as well as the 71st anniversary of Kristallnacht.
Serbian and foreign officials will be present. Foreign minister Vuk Jeremic will address the gathering.
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Germany - Germany’s Jews honor national soccer head for his stance against antisemitism
Germany's Jewish community gave its top annual honor to the president of the German Football Association for his stance against antisemitism.
The Central Council of Jews in Germany recognized Theo Zwanziger, 64, with the Leo Baeck Prize for his "unwavering commitment" to fighting antisemitism, including the "alarming and dangerous tendencies" among soccer fans today, German Finance...05-11-2009 / Czech
Czech Republic - Czech neo-Nazis were planning terror acts
The Czech daily newspaper Mlada fronta Dnes informed about a Neo-Nazi group White Justice which prepared its members for a terror acts against public targets (Power plant) and highly positioned Jews. The information come from a police investigation of few recently arrested neo-Nazi. Based on their testimony they trained themselves in shooting, self-defense and other skills in special training...03-11-2009 / Germany
Germany - Merkel: Iranian nukes - unacceptable
In a speech to US Congress marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons, especially with a leader that denies the Holocaust, is "non-negotiable."
"A nuclear bomb in the hands of an Iranian president who denies the Holocaust, threatens Israel and denies Israel the right to exist is not...03-11-2009 / Britain
Britain - Tory calls for government to blacklist neo-Nazi group
Shadow Security Minister Baroness Neville-Jones has called on Home Secretary Alan Johnson to proscribe the extreme right-wing group Blood & Honour.
Last week the group was reported to the police for distributing racially offensive CDs which spread hatred against Jews, Asians and blacks. The Home Office confirmed that its status would be re-assessed.
Baroness Neville-Jones said:...02-11-2009 / Canada
Canada - Parliamentary committee examines antisemitism
A group of federal MPs and senators began a parliamentary inquiry into antisemitism Monday, saying there has been a global resurgence and they want to find out where Canada fits into the picture.
The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat antisemitism says it will hear from police investigators, academics and international experts as it probes why Jews both at home and abroad are being...30-10-2009 / United States
USA - 2 arrested, Torah still missing in Sherman synagogue burglary
SHERMAN, TX -- Two men are in jail accused of stealing a sacred document worth thousands of dollars. Sherman Police are closer to finding a local synagogue's Torah that was stolen last week.
It was a week ago Friday that the temple on Rusk Street was reported burglarized and vandalized. Now two Sherman men believed to have stolen their most sacred possession, their Torah, have been...30-10-2009 / United States
USA - Antisemitism continues to surge on College campuses
The Institute for Jewish & Community Research (IJCR) announced the release of The UnCivil University: Intolerance on College Campuses, Revised Edition. The Revised Edition revisits rising levels of campus antisemitism and the corrosion of university norms detailed in the first edition.
Released in 2005, The UnCivil University exposed how American Universities had become...30-10-2009 / Russia
Russia - Petersburg University student fined for racist, antisemitic leaflets
A court in St. Petersburg fined a university student for posting antisemitic and racist leaflets on the city's metro. Sergey Orlov was charged under Article 282 of the Criminal Code, which prohibits incitement of ethnic or religious hatred. Prosecutors plan to appeal the verdict, which they considered too lenient. Source: http://www.ucsj.org/...30-10-2009 / Russia
Russia - Police detain suspect in multiple vandalism of cemetery
Police in Bogorodsk (Nizhny Novgorod region) detained a man suspected of vandalizing a local cemetery. In September and October, someone smashed gravestones at the cemetery and painted swastikas and Stars of David on some of them. Police reportedly caught the 25-year-old suspect in the act of vandalizing gravestones again at the same cemetery. The article reported that he has a record of...30-10-2009 / United States
USA - Acclaimed Irish tenor Ronan Tynan tells ADL: 'I will be a foot soldier in your mission'
Irish tenor Ronan Tynan has found a little forgiveness.
After making an antisemitic remark
and being dropped from his gig singing "God Bless America" at Yankee games, he was asked to sing at last night's Anti-Defamation League dinner.
"I come here tonight not to explain my unintentional insensitivity, but to seek your forgiveness," Dr. Tynan told...30-10-2009 / Britain
Britain - Dieudonné's London show cancelled
French comedian Dieudonne’s London show has been axed in the wake of his fine for antisemtic comments.
The 43-year-old stand-up, who has stood as a far-right candidate in European elections, had been due to appear at the Leicester Square Theatre in March with a solo show about domestic violence.
But the day after a Pariaian court ordered him to pay €20,000 for his latest antisemtic...
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Germany - Germany's anti-Nazi cleaning lady
A Berlin woman is waging a lone campaign against neo-Nazi graffiti, armed with a scraper and nail-varnish remover. Irmela Mensah-Schramm, 63, removes swastikas and racist stickers from lampposts and walls across the city. It's an endless battle against neo-Nazi youths, passersby who file legal complaints, and above all indifference.
She walks down the streets inspecting street signs and...
27-10-2009 / Israel
Israel – The IDF Chief of Staff in Germany: "We will not entrust our security to foreigners"
Against the backdrop of Iran's nuclear aspirations and the IDF operations in Gaza having been awarded the title of "war crimes", the Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi delivered an emotional speech in Berlin today.
"The voices of our fellow Jews, led beaten and humiliated, as they marched in to the rail carriages, cry out to us from the silent steel slabs laid on the platform", said the Chief...27-10-2009 / France
France - France fines black comic for antisemitism
French judges ordered a far-right black comedian to pay 20,000 euros (30,000 dollars) Tuesday over an anti-Semitic stunt during a stage show in which he invited a notorious Holocaust denier onto stage.
The Paris court fined Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, a 43-year-old French stand up, 10,000 euros for his "public antisemitic insults" and told him to pay a further 10,000 in damages and legal fees...26-10-2009 / Germany
Germany - German court fines British bishop for Holocaust claims
The court in the Bavarian city of Regensburg sent notice to German lawyer Matthias Lossmann to say it was fining Richard Williamson for incitement over his claim on Swedish television that fewer than 300,000 Jews died in Nazi death camps.
Lossmann said that the court was giving Williamson the option to pay the fine or take the case further, which will mean facing trial.
The exact fine...22-10-2009 / Australia
Australia - Alleged Nazi criminal in Australian police custody
An 88-year-old man accused by Hungary of Nazi war crimes during World War II surrendered to Australian police after exhausting his appeals against extradition.
Australian citizen Charles Zentai is accused by the Hungarian government of being one of three men who tortured and killed a Jewish teenager in 1944 for failing to wear a star identifying him as a Jew.
Zentai, who immigrated to...22-10-2009 / Thailand
Thailand - Thailand covers Hitler billboard
Museum officials in Thailand have covered a billboard depicting Adolf Hitler saluting after complaints from the German and Israeli embassies.
The advertisement, which reads in Thai, "Hitler is not dead," was set up on a main road out of Bangkok two weeks ago.
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