‘’It is not acceptable that armed police is needed these days to guard synagogues and Jewish schools across Europe because of rising anti-Semitism,’’ said Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins as he hosted in Dublin a reception of senior Jewish professionals and foreign diplomats from 41 countries.
Stephen Bannon, named by Presidentelect Donald Trump has his top White House strategist chief, has denied the charges of anti-Semitism leveled against him, in an an interview published in The Wall Sreet Journal.
A new Israeli ambassador to Turkey has been appointed, a move that finalise the restoration of full diplomatic relations between the two countries following their downgrading in 2011.
On November 19, 2016, the front of the Central Synagogue in Chernivtsi (Ukraine), located on Lukyana Kobylitsy street, was defaced with paintings and writing in black paint.
Unknown vandals have once again poured paint over a memorial stone located in the center of Mogilev city, Belarus. The memorial is dedicated to Jews who were victims of the Nazis.
Greenblatt detailed the anti-Semitic attacks that rose during the 2016 presidential campaign, mentioning the appointment of Stephen Bannon as the chief strategist to President-elect Donald Trump
