Struggle against antisemitism
29-07-2009 / United States
USA - Alleged Holocaust museum shooter indicted
A US jury indicted an elderly white supremacist on charges that could earn him the death penalty in the fatal shooting of a security guard at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington
.
Hate crimes charges have been added to the case against James von Brunn, who has been in a hospital since the shooting last month.
Officials say the 89-year-old shot and killed museum...28-07-2009 / Russia
Russia - Teenage skinheads found guilty of racist and antisemitic graffiti
A court in Birobidzhan , found two teenage neo-Nazis guilty of p ainting racist and antisemitic graffiti and gave them suspended sentences. The youths received one and two year sentences, plus a mandated curfew after being charged earlier this year. Source: http://www.ucsj.org/...28-07-2009 / Ukraine
Ukraine - Court sentences perpetrator of antisemitic attack on "hooliganism" charges
A court in Sevastopol, Ukraine found a man who
attacked the city's chief rabbi in 2007
guilty of "hooliganism" and sentenced him to four years in prison.
Roman Shvedov "without any reason went up to Benymin Wolf, asked him insulting questions about his external appearance" and then hit him twice in the head, causing a concussion, and subsequently deliberately ripped up...28-07-2009 / Germany
Germany - Far-Right leader charged with Incitement against Jews
Udo Pastoers, a leading member of Germany's far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) has been charged with inciting racial hatred for calling Germany a "Jews' Republic" and attacking Turks in a speech earlier this year.
Source:
http://www.vosizneias.com/25-07-2009 / Morocco
Morocco - Morocco's King Mohammed VI challenges Muslim world's Holocaust denial
At a time when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's dismissal of the Holocaust has made the biggest headlines, King Mohammed VI has called the Nazi destruction of the Jews "one of the most tragic chapters of modern history," and he has endorsed a Paris-based program aimed at spreading the word among fellow Muslims.
Many in the Islamic world still ignore or know little about the...23-07-2009 / Romania
Romania - Mayor apologizes for Nazi uniform
Constanta
mayor Radu Mazare wrote in an open letter that he wanted to express his regret to people offended by his dressing up as a Nazi officer and displaying a swastika at a fashion parade late Sunday at a Black Sea resort.
His gesture drew protests in Romania and from the Simon Wiesenthal center, which called on Mazare to resign.
Mazare said in his letter:
"I...23-07-2009 /
First mission of European imams and rabbis to the US
The
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
, the
All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center
, and the
Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU)
, will co-host a festive dinner this evening to meet and dialogue with members of the first Mission of European Imams and Rabbis to the United States. The event will take place at the ADAMS Center
The
visiting...
...22-07-2009 / Romania
Romania - Jewish group slams Nazi uniform mayor
A Romanian mayor has been criticized by Jewish groups after appearing in a Nazi uniform at a local fashion show.
Costanza mayor Radu Mazare and his 15-year-old son were both dressed in the uniform.
Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Centre has called on Mr. Mazare to admit he made a mistake, apologies and resign.
Mr. Mazare says his choice of costume was...21-07-2009 / Ukraine
Ukraine - Ukrainian committee bans xenophobic books
The National Expert Commission of Ukraine on Public Morals last week banned the books “The Secret History of Ukraine” by Aleksandr Shyrokorad and “Life, History and Reality” by Vladimir Putyatin, which, according to the findings of the experts, degrade both the Ukrainian and Jewish nations, and therefore must be banned in Ukraine. The book “Life, History and Reality”...20-07-2009 / United States
USA - Priests express their support to Chabbad in Long Island
Twelve priests in the
Mineola
neighborhood in Long Island have signed a letter of support to the Chabbad center headed by the envoy Rabbi Anchil Pearl. In the letter, they condemn the attack of the Chabbad community –Beit Shalom – in the city.
Two weeks ago, swastikas had been spread on the local Chabbad House and the police announced that a 6,000 dollars price would be...18-07-2009 / Australia
Australia - Holocaust denier Toben banned from attending exhibition
A Federal Court judge has forbidden Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben from going to an exhibition on people who risked their lives to save others during the Holocaust, after concerns were raised that he would offend survivors.
Toben, 65, who is appealing against his three-month jail sentence for contempt of court, had planned to take advantage of a relaxation of his bail conditions to...17-07-2009 / France
France - Dissolution of ""Jeunesse 'Kémi Séba" ("'Kémi Séba Youth")
The Minister of the Interior, Brice Hortefeux, has presented to the Ministers' Council a decree about the dissolution of the ultra-radical antisemitic black movement ""Jeunesse 'Kémi Séba " that has replaced the "Tribu K" movement that was dissolved on July the 26th, 2007.
In his announcement given at mid-day, the Minister of the Interior said that: "This small group that includes...11-07-2009 / Britain
Britain - Two jailed for inciting racial hatred online
Two men have been jailed in UK for publishing inflammatory race hate articles on the internet
, in a case that has been hailed as a landmark.
Simon Sheppard, 52, was sentenced to four years and 10 months while Stephen Whittle, 42, was given a term of two years and four months.
Sheppard had argued that because his website used a server registered in the US it was beyond the...11-07-2009 / France
France - Life in prison to Ilan Halimi’s murderer
The leader of a group that called itself a "gang of barbarians" was sentenced to life imprisonment by a French court for kidnapping and torturing Ilan Halimi for more than three weeks before leaving him to die.
The gang abducted 23-year-old Ilan Halimi in 2006, unsuccessfully tried to extort a ransom for their captive, tortured him until he was close to death and then left him near a...10-07-2009 / Germany
Germany - Germany urged to create Antisemitism panel
Six nongovernmental organizations and academic institutes demanded that Germany keep its promise to create a commission to combat Antisemitism. ''We want this [commission] to be more than just a hope; it must be a reality", Deidre Berger, head of the American Jewish Committee office in Berlin, said at a joint news conference with the Amadeu Antonio Foundation, the Anne Frank Center, Action...07-07-2009 / Canada
Canada - Students condemn Antisemitic hate crimes at York University
Toronto students at York University condemn recent hateful Antisemitic attacks that occurred at the University campuses. On July 2nd, Antisemitic material was found in a bathroom of Scott Library and on July 7th, an office window of ''Hillel'' - a York Jewish student association - was smashed in a deliberate act of vandalism ( After a Police investigation, it was determined that the... ...06-07-2009 / Australia
Australia - Prime Minister of Australia visits Holocaust Memorial in Berlin
Berlin’s ‘Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe’ – a haunting maze of thousands of grey, concrete pillars – visibly moved the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, who laid a wreath in silence and prayed such a catastrophe would never occur again.
Walking through the 19,000 square metre site marked by the phalanx of 2,711 concrete slabs, Mr Rudd, said any reminder of the...05-07-2009 / United States
USA - Jail sentence for dentist sending antisemitic letter to competition
A dentist from
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
, was sentenced to 60 days in jail and 5 years of probation after pleading guilty to felony ethnic intimidation.
Marc Kamp sent a threatening, antisemitic letter in April 2008 to another dentist with whom he was involved in a civil lawsuit. The other dentist, Steven Moss, is Jewish.
The letter included a picture of Adolf Hitler...03-07-2009 / Hungary
Hungary - Budapest court disbands neo-Nazi Hungarian Guard
A Budapest appeals court disbanded the Hungarian Guard, the private army of the neo-Nazi Jobbik political party.
Thursday's legally binding ruling upheld a non-binding decision passed by a lower court in the capital in December. The Guard has responded by vowing to continue its activities, while seeking legal redress from the Hungarian Supreme Court and the European Court of Human...03-07-2009 / United States
USA - David Irving’s holocaust-denial speaking tour - the show that must be stopped
This July, David Irving, a British neo-fascist and fraudulent historian, goes on the road in the United States, planning to hold approximately one and a half dozen speaking engagements over the course of a month.
Irving’s current tour focuses on "Re-writing history, using the decoded Nazi messages" (see: http://www.focal.org/speaks/index.html). The re-writing of Third Reich history...
