“As far as combatting anti-Semitism, local institutions can be characterized as totally worthless in terms of fulfilling their ostensible function in Lithuanian society.”
Preventing and combating anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hatred in Europe’’ will be the topic of this week’s annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights in the EU organized by the European Commission in Brussels.
The decision on Friday came after Jewish representatives issues scathing denunciations of a proposed list of Principles Against Intolerance that did not directly mention anti-Semitism.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has apologized for publishing an anti-Semitic caricature of famed Jewish violinist Leopold Auer in a program for its annual summer concert festival.
The Jewish community of Ukraine calls for an immediate, thorough, and all-encompassing investigation of the ''Menorah'' incidents by the authorities and requests that the Prosecutor General's office take this incident under personal control.
In a new report, “Anti-Semitism: A Pillar of Islamic Extremist Ideology,” the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) examines the nature and function of anti-Semitism in terrorist propaganda, focusing on recent rhetoric being promoted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Al Qaeda, and Al Shabaab.
Europe’s leaders reaffirm their commitment to fight the wave of anti-Semitic acts that have blighted cities across the European Union and to reinforce ties with the Jewish communities, in their greetings to Rabbi Menachem Margolin, General Director of the European Jewish Association (EJA), ahead of the celebrations of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which will begin in the evening of next Sunday.
