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Belittled by burqa row, British Muslims fear rise in hate crime (LINK ONLY)
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Mike Pence condemns anti-Jewish attacks in Europe Addressing religious freedom conference, US vice president bemoans French and German Jews being warned not to display their religion in public
(Times of Israel) US Vice President Mike Pence condemned on Thursday increasing anti-Semitic violence in Europe, lamenting the fact that French and German Jews have been advised not to publicly identify as Jewish. Addressing a three-day conference on religious freedom at the […]
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Turkish man beats Jews in front of kosher shop in Vienna 24-year-old man attacks Jews in front of kosher restaurant in Austria capital before assaulting woman.
(Arutz Sheva) Several Jews were physically assaulted in Vienna on Thursday outside of a kosher restaurant. The incident occurred in Vienna’s Leopoldstadt district Thursday morning, on Tabor Street. According to Austrian media outlets, a 24-year-old Austrian man of Turkish origin attacked three […]
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France’s reputation is at stake again over the murder of Sarah Halimi France’s leaders should expect to undergo the trial of international public scrutiny if this sadistic, anti-Semitic killer is sent to a psychiatric hospital instead of answering for his crimes.
(JNS) For the second time in 20 years, France basked in the accomplishment of winning the World Cup with a team whose diverse backgrounds were as much a symbol of national unity as the creative brand of soccer they played. By any […]
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Jewish man, 69, attacked in Paris by assailant shouting about Allah and Hitler
(JTA) A 69-year-old Jewish man wearing a kippah was assaulted in Paris by a young Arab man who shouted about Allah and Hitler. In Tuesday’s incident, the alleged assailant hit the Jewish man, pushed him to the ground and dragged him by his […]
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American Jews lead kippah solidarity walk in heart of Berlin
(JTA) American Jews joined local Muslims and Jews for a “kippah walk” through the heart of Berlin in a show of solidarity with Jews in the German capital. Sunday’s march came against a backdrop of recent sensational anti-Semitic incidents in Germany; most […]
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French Jewish woman’s killer found unfit to stand trial in 2nd evaluation
(JTA) The suspect in the alleged murder of a Jewish physician in Paris was not responsible for his actions, a second psychiatric evaluation determined. The president of the CRIF umbrella of French Jewish communities protested the court’s decision to revisit the issue of suitability […]
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German Jewish groups: German NGOs must fight anti-Semitism if they want public funds After several high-profile incidents of anti-Semitic violence, Germany's Jewish community has had enough. They have appealed to the government to institute a kind of anti-Semitism oath for groups seeking public funding.
(Deutsche Welle) Just last week, a man wearing the Star of David was beaten down and kicked right in the center of Berlin. Some weeks earlier, a similar incident in Germany’s capital caused public outrage and sparked a nationwide debate on anti-Semitism […]
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German police arrest 10 in alleged anti-Semitic attack
(AFP) German police arrested 10 people Sunday over an alleged anti-Semitic attack in a Berlin park, with local media reporting that both victim and suspects are Syrians. The group, aged between 15 and 25, including three women, were detained following the assault […]