Tag archives: anti-Semitism

German police seek tips after arson attack on Oldenburg synagogue
April 14, 2024 By Faith Matters

German police seek tips after arson attack on Oldenburg synagogue

Police have launched an online portal seeking tips about an arson attack on a synagogue in the northern German city of Oldenburg last Friday that prompted widespread outrage. An incendiary device was thrown at the front door of the synagogue. Two janitors at a neighbouring cultural centre discovered the fire and extinguished it. No one […]

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Middle East Eye Peddles Conspiracy Theories Against Muslims Challenging Corbyn’s Antisemitism
October 28, 2019 By Faith Matters

Middle East Eye Peddles Conspiracy Theories Against Muslims Challenging Corbyn’s Antisemitism

We received correspondence from the Middle East Eye (MEE) web-site which was not only bizarre, it promoted a conspiratorial line of questioning where the journalist explicitly made a link between Government support to counter extremism and promote shared values through the Building Stronger Britain Together (BSBT) programme and how “the government is using public funds […]

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U.K.: Former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks declares Corbyn an anti-Semite
August 29, 2018 By Faith Matters

U.K.: Former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks declares Corbyn an anti-Semite

Britain’s former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has called Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn an anti-Semite and said comments about Zionists he made five years ago were the most offensive by a senior UK politician in half a century. Labour has been battling accusations of anti-Semitism for months, and Corbyn has previously apologised for what he […]

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Act on anti-Semitism or face ‘eternal shame’, says Deputy Leader of Labour
August 6, 2018 By Faith Matters

Act on anti-Semitism or face ‘eternal shame’, says Deputy Leader of Labour

The deputy leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party increased pressure on its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, over anti-Semitism on Sunday, saying the party could “disappear into a vortex of eternal shame” unless he tackled a growing crisis. Corbyn has been criticised by Jewish groups for what they describe as his tolerance of anti-Semitism in Labour, a […]

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Romanian officials condemn anti-Semitic vandalism of Elie Wiesel house
August 6, 2018 By Faith Matters

Romanian officials condemn anti-Semitic vandalism of Elie Wiesel house

Romanian police were investigating vandalism at the childhood home of Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, which was painted with anti-Semitic graffiti. Wiesel, an activist and writer, was born in the northwestern Romanian town of Sighetu Marmatiei. His family was deported to Auschwitz, where his mother and one of his sisters died. Wiesel and […]

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Germany’s far-right AfD helping make anti-Semitism ‘presentable’ – official
May 4, 2018 By Faith Matters

Germany’s far-right AfD helping make anti-Semitism ‘presentable’ – official

A senior German government official accused the opposition far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of helping make anti-Semitism “presentable” again in Germany by challenging a longtime consensus about how to deal with its Nazi past. Felix Klein, who holds a newly created government post tasked with fighting anti-Semitism, said in remarks to online news site […]

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Germany needs to do more to combat anti-Semitism, official says
April 28, 2018 By Faith Matters

Germany needs to do more to combat anti-Semitism, official says

Germany must do more to tackle anti-Semitism and should set up a national database to record anti-Semitic incidents that are not included in crime statistics, the country’s first anti-Semitism commissioner Felix Klein said on Friday. The former diplomat, who will take up the newly created position next month, also said anti-Semitism was still rooted largely […]

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John Mann’s Speech on Anti-Semitism in the Commons
April 17, 2018 By Faith Matters

John Mann’s Speech on Anti-Semitism in the Commons

“When my family helped to form the Labour Party in 1906, they suffered terribly because of that. The Jewish community in Leeds stood beside them and supported them. That is why I took on the role 13 years ago chairing the All-Party Group. I didn’t expect today when Labour members stand in solidarity with our […]

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Second Austrian far-right group has anti-Semitic songbook – newspaper
February 21, 2018 By Faith Matters

Second Austrian far-right group has anti-Semitic songbook – newspaper

A second Austrian student fraternity has a songbook containing anti-Semitic lyrics making fun of the Holocaust and insulting Jews, a newspaper said on Tuesday, three weeks after it exposed a similar case that forced a far-right politician to quit. The earlier case reported by Falter prompted the resignation of a prominent member of the anti-Islam Freedom […]

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British Sikhs, Solidarity and the Network of Sikh Organisations
February 18, 2018 By Faith Matters

British Sikhs, Solidarity and the Network of Sikh Organisations

It is with sadness that we read about the statement made by the Network of Sikh Organisations (NSO) about the support and solidarity that was being shown with Sikhs who are attacked because of their identity as Sikhs and because of racism. It is also clear that some Sikhs are attacked on the perception that […]

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