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Police officers inspect the premises at the 'Schild und Schwert' (Shield and Sword) neo-Nazi festival, in the small eastern German town of Ostritz on April 20, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL)
Hundreds of neo-Nazis attend far-right festival in German town
By AFP and AP
Two-day event for Hitler's birthday expected to attract up to 1,000 far-right extremists; hundreds more arrive for counter-protests: 'We don't want these people here'
In Weimar, Germany, Adolf Hitler participates in a Nazi party rally, 1930 (public domain)
January 8, 2018, 3:15 am
What did Germans know? Secret anti-Nazi diary gives voice to man on the street
Friedrich Kellner's account, starting from 1939, about the Nazi regime's atrocities and the unfolding destruction of European Jewry is being published in English for the first time
By Matt Lebovic
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, during a government seminar following the first weekly cabinet meeting of the year, on January 3, 2018. (AFP/ POOL/ BENOIT TESSIER)
January 7, 2018, 3:24 am
French prime minister okay with publication of anti-Semitic essays
Edouard Philippe says Celine's place as a great writer cannot be ignored, despite opposition from Jewish groups over reprint of Nazi-supporter
By JTA and AFP
Illustrative photo of a swastika painted at Temple Ohawe Sholam in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. (Courtesy of Marty Cooper/Jewish Alliance for Greater Rhode Island via JTA)
January 5, 2018, 1:13 am
State Department says anti-Semitism monitor post to be filled ‘soon’
Official indicates Tillerson has shifted stance since saying that position, unfilled for a year, was not necessary
By JTA
German Neo-Nazis at a rally in Dresden, 2009. (Wikimedia Commons)
January 4, 2018, 11:44 pm
German neo-Nazi sentenced to prison for making fun of Holocaust
32-year-old man sentenced to 18 months behind bars for posting a picture on Facebook of Auschwitz with offensive caption
By AP
Louis Ferdinand Céline (Wikimedia Commons/Domaine public)
January 4, 2018, 7:48 am
French Jews protest reprint of Holocaust-era anti-Semitic essays
French government's anti-Semitism envoy contacts publishing house to express 'concern' over plan to reissue Celine works
By JTA
Andrew 'Weev' Auernheimer (Weev/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
January 3, 2018, 8:37 pm
Neo-Nazi who co-runs Daily Stormer has Jewish relatives on both sides of family
Newsweek report on Andrew 'Weev' Auernheimer, who has called to kill the Jews, marks first time a family member has confirmed his background
By JTA
Sam Zerin, with his wife Rabbi Rachel Zerin and their son, said the JCC bomb threats recalled an anti-Semitic threat his middle school received when he was 13. (Courtesy of Zerin family via JTA)
January 3, 2018, 2:01 pm
What is anti-Semitism? It’s complicated
It's not just Nazi Jew-hatred anymore, but the Jewish right and Jewish left against each other
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
A New York-bound Delta Air Lines Flight 469 at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv (AP/Michael Simon)
January 3, 2018, 9:07 am
Flight attendants sue Delta for anti-Semitism, ‘discrimination’ against Israelis
Former and current employees say the airline's management has an 'anti-Jewish, Hebrew, and ethnic Israeli attitude'
By TOI staff
Alabama attorney Richard Jaffe (YouTube screenshot)
January 3, 2018, 6:26 am
Roy Moore’s Jewish lawyer voted for Doug Jones
Moore's wife had said 'one of our attorneys is a Jew' as a defense against anti-Semitism allegations
By TOI staff
Michael Hamill and two other Florida police officers. (Gainesville Police Department /Facebook)
January 1, 2018, 1:03 am
Florida cop resigns amid investigation over his anti-Semitic Facebook posts
Offensive messages discovered after Gainsville Police Department posted a picture of the officer helping the community in the wake of the Hurricane Irma
By JTA
Extreme right-wings demonstrators gather prior to a neo-Nazi rally on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the death of Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess in Berlin Spandau on August 19, 2017. AFP/Tobias SCHWARZ)
December 31, 2017, 2:03 am
Jewish leader decries ‘commonplace’ anti-Semitism in Germany
Charlotte Knobloch says community life can only take place under police protection, days after Hannukah menorah vandalized
By TOI staff
The Cards Against Humanity 'Jew Pack' (Screen capture: YouTube)
December 29, 2017, 8:25 am
Target pulls Jewish-themed Cards Against Humanity pack after complaint
'Chosen People Pack' and 'Jew Pack,' with jokes about the Holocaust and Jews liking money, still available via other online retailers
By TOI staff
A composite picture of Columbus, Ohio, on a snowy day, left, and a market in Lagos, Nigeria. (AP /Kiichiro Sato and AP/Sunday Alamba)
December 29, 2017, 1:52 am
US judge seeks to flush notorious neo-Nazi website founder out of hiding
Federal judge in suit over harassed Jewish Montana woman says he won't tolerate 'game-playing' from Andrew Anglin, who claims to be in Nigeria, but may have been spotted in Ohio
By Michael Kunzelman
Screen capture from video of Imam Raed Saleh Al-Rousan giving a sermon in which he spoke of the Muslim duty to fight the Jews. (Twitter)
December 28, 2017, 10:48 pm
Houston imam walks back sermon calling on Muslims to kill Jews
Anti-Defamation League rejects statement from Imam Raed Saleh Al-Rousan, demand explicit apology
By JTA
Illustrative: An Iranian Jew prays in a synagogue in Shiraz, Iran. (Public domain/Creative commons)
December 28, 2017, 8:55 am
A second synagogue reported vandalized in southern Iran
Vandals in Shiraz rip Torah scrolls, steal their silver ornaments, throw prayer books in the toilet, and soil prayer shawls and phylacteries
By TOI staff and JTA
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