WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department’s report on religious freedom described a “global increase” in anti-Semitism and said the “rising tide of anti-Semitism” was among the key trends of last year. The executive summary of the report for...
Should the history of Jewish persecution in rough economic times inform our opinions on how to deal with the world’s economic struggles? We answer in the affirmative, because we can’t avert our eyes from the rampant hatred toward Jews that spreads...
By Ruth Ellen Gruber, JTA
• Published May 13, 2012
BUDAPEST -- The debate over anti-Semitism in Hungary has sharpened since the anti-Israel, anti-Jewish and anti-Roma (Gypsy) Jobbik movement entered Parliament two years ago as the country’s third largest party. Seeking scapegoats and channeling paranoia...
The holiday of Shavuot (May 26 - 28), when we will celebrate the receiving of the Torah, is just around the corner. It is an appropriate time to reflect upon the importance of Jewish education, and the sharing of our national inheritance—the Torah —to...
By Gidon Van Emden, JTA
• Published April 19, 2012
WASHINGTON -- How much homophobia is there? And how much anti-Semitism? How many Muslims are beaten up because of who they are? The only accurate answer today is, “We don’t know.” Organizations that combat hate and bigotry do not know how many crimes...
PRAGUE -- A Hungarian government official rejected charges of anti-Semitism in the asylum case of Hungarian-Jewish writer Akos Kertesz. Following Kertesz's political asylum request last week to Canada, the head of the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat...
By David J. Michaels, JTA
• Published January 26, 2012
WASHINGTON—The link between hatred of Jews and of the only Jewish state often requires little conjecture. This is particularly so in the Arab world, where cultivated popular anti-Semitism has been ignored abroad as an impetus of regional conflict. For...
A U.S.-based group of Holocaust survivors is commending Germany on its determination to fight "deep-rooted" anti-Semitism at home. The American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants in a statement issued Monday said they were deeply shaken...
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff approved an agreement to allow students, teachers, and researchers in Brazil to teach and research the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and other Jewish-related subjects. Under the agreement, Hebrew-language...
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe renewed the posting of Rabbi Andrew Baker of the American Jewish Committee to its top anti-Semitism post. On Wednesday, AJC said that the OSCE had reappointed Baker to be its personal representative...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 28, 2011
In a sense, Hannah Rosenthal is guaranteed job security as long as she stays at her post in the U.S. State Department.Rosenthal, 60, is U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, a position she's held since 2010. And, as history has shown,...
