#antisemitism

#antisemitism

Josh Breslaw was looking forward to a homecoming gig with his band of two decades' standing. Oi Va Voi, a predominantly Jewish collective mixing traditional eastern European folk tunes with drum'n'bass and dance, were due to conclude a spring tour of Turkey with a gig in May at Bristol's Strange Brew club, plus one in Brighton where Breslaw lives. But then, after protests from local activists about both the band's past performances in Israel, and with Israeli singer Zohara, Strange Brew abruptly cancelled, citing the ongoing situation in Gaza.

Toronto police are investigating after Jewish prayer scrolls were removed from three condos in North York on Thursday. The scrolls, called mezuzahs, contain religious texts and are often placed on the doorposts of homes as a symbol of the Jewish faith. Just before 12:30 p.m. on Christmas day, three mezuzahs were taken from three units near Finch Avenue E. and Bayview Avenue, according to a statement from Ashley Visser, spokesperson for Toronto Police Service (TPS). Officers are investigating and the hate crime unit has been notified, Visser said in the statement.

Police said emergency services were called to a vehicle displaying a mobile billboard that had been set alight in the driveway of a property in St Kilda East about 2.50am. Sign up: AU Breaking News email Guardian Australia has seen images of the damaged car with a sign which said Happy Chanukah! No one was inside the car at the time of the incident but the occupants of the house were evacuated as a precaution, police said.

Hateful rhetoric such as this harms not only those directly targeted, but also the integrity of civic life on which all communities rely-especially when spread by those elected to lead and govern,

Unfortunately, antisemitism has been around for a long time, but its flames have been fanned recently by the wanton slaughter of thousands of innocent women and children in Gaza. As for accountability, look to Benjamin Netanyahu, who has equated Zionism with Judaism, and to our Congress, which has unanimously and repeatedly appropriated our tax dollars to fund this massacre. Mayor Martinez is calling attention to a genocide. He should be applauded, not censored.

The recent events at Branham High School are remarkable. The students who participated in this antisemitic act need to understand the magnitude of their actions. Hopefully, they understood that the symbol they portrayed was offensive to many. No one should be surprised by this event or similar events, though. This is what happens when our governmental school system fails to teach history. Thomas BakerSan Jose

Maccabi Tel Aviv have been given a suspended one-match away fan ban from Uefa for "racist and/or discriminatory behaviour" by it supporters during last week's Europa League game at German side Stuttgart. The Israeli club, whose supporters were barred from attending an away match at Aston Villa in November because of safety concerns, were also fined 20,000 euros (17,550) for their fans' conduct during the fixture on 11 December.

In the video posted online, Amrou Fudl known by his stage name Myron Gaines was confronted by a group of people outside the venue. Someone in the group asked Fudl about a potential debate with social media influencer Destiny and another person named Adam. A confused Fudl then said, You already f*cked that up. When someone said something back, Fudl then responded, Oh, I f*cked it up now?

X Screenshot CNN's Jake Tapper took to social media on Sunday to denounce anyone who supports conspiracy theorist and rabid antisemite Candace Owens's bigoted bullshit. Both Tapper and The Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro have condemned Owens for pushing what journalist Yashar Ali called Neo-Nazi propaganda, including dangerous Talmudic conspiracies. On last week's podcast, Owens held up a copy of antisemitic tome, The Talmudic Jew, and told her listeners that Shapiro and other Jewish people believe they are contract lords.

If Palestine were a schoolyard playground, I would be a Palestinian. And that part of me that couldn't endure the abuse any more would be Hamas,

Members of Melbourne's Jewish community gathered on Thursday to mourn Reuven Morrison. The 62-year-old met his wife, Leah, at Bondi after immigrating from the Soviet Union in the 1970s. He died there on Sunday night, having thrown a brick at one of the gunmen, trying to slow the deadly attack on joyful Hanukah celebrations. His unjust death betrays the reason Morrison chose to move across the world.

In the first full day of opening since a mass shooting driven by antisemitism killed 15 people at Australia's famed Bondi Beach on Sunday, thousands of people returned to the waterfront Friday to commemorate the losses and try to heal through a sense of community. In a hastily organized event, people gathered shoulder to shoulder on Bondi's pristine crescent of sand and then formed an enormous circle in the ocean in an expression of solidarity among Sydney's residents and support for the Jewish community.

When we last checked in with Ross he was hanging out in what was surely a crazy-smelling room with then-Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner, who decided that a live broadcast was a good place to say, "I'm gonna be honest, like no funny weird shit, y'all run the world." He was talking to Ross, who is Jewish, and who did not take offense because his whole brand is built around moronic provocation. You may also remember him as the guy who bought Donald Trump a Cybertruck.

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For humanities faculty, the past five years have felt like a relentless assault on our ability to do our jobs. We have endured COVID, generative AI, budget cuts, and bitter fights over the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and Israel's war on Gaza. At times it has been a challenge to remain human, let alone humanistic: to calm the nervous system enough to read a book, refine an argument, or show up for our colleagues and our increasingly fragile students.

The federal government will significantly strengthen hate speech laws including to target religious preachers and create new powers to cancel or reject visas of people who spread hate and division as part of a major escalation in its response to the Bondi massacre. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, unveiled the measures on Thursday after days of intensifying pressure to do more to stamp out anti-Jewish hate in the wake of Sunday's terrorist attack on a Hanukah celebration.

I've gone through the different decisions that have been taken in this respect, and I have confidence of the decisions that [were] made, Burke told the ABC's 7.30 on Wednesday. Obviously, they are not all decisions that were made during the life of this particular government, but I'm not playing political games with any of this. And no matter who was in office at different times, I have confidence in the way decisions were taken.

We were just crossing the street when he started ranting at all of us,

A menorah erected in Travers Park was vandalized early Sunday morning in an apparent antisemitic attack one day before a scheduled public Hanukkah lighting ceremony in the park. The menorah, erected by the Jackson Heights Chabad on 76th Street between Northern Boulevard and 34th Avenue, was spray painted with foam during the incident, with vandals targeting the menorah's center support beam. Local residents cleaned the menorah in time for the Dec. 14 public lighting ceremony on the first day of Hanukkah. However, Rabbi Meir Pape of the Jackson Heights Chabad told the New York Post that the act of vandalizing a menorah stands as a "statement."