Antisemitism Policy Trust chief executive Danny Stone has collected a prestigious honour from the Norwegian Government in recognition of the British charity’s work fighting anti-Jewish prejudice.
Mr Stone addressed the Norwegian Høyre party conference in Olso on Sunday after being congratulated by Prime Minister Erna Solberg on the Trust’s work.
The award, which includes approximately £5,000, is given each year by the governing party of Norway to individuals or organisations which promote essential human rights.
University of Oslo academic Prof Janne Haaland Matláry had introduced Mr Stone – praising the trust's work against prejudice, as well as raising awareness of antisemitism.
In his speech, after receiving the Sjur Lindebrække Memorial Prize, Mr Stone spoke of how “racism has blamed Jews for the death of Jesus, communism capitalism.”
He added that antisemitism that casts Jews as “powerful and controlling” had been “updated for the modern age is on the rise and no longer taboo”.
Mr Stone touched on the global rise of anti-Jewish hate across American and in Europe, especially in France and Belgium.
He also spoke of the importance of international efforts to address hate online and concerns about conspiracy theories which have fed attacks such as those in Pittsburgh, on the Jewish community online in the UK and which inspired the mass murder on the island of Utøya in Norway.
The award, which includes a cash prize of approximately £5,000, is given each year by the governing party of Norway to individuals or organisations which promote essential human rights.
Past recipients include Svetlana Gannushkina, a leading Russian rights activist working with migrants and refugees, Yoani Sanchez, the Cuban dissident and blogger, and Lilian Tintori, a Venezuelan activist and the wife of the imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo López.
“We are honoured and humbled to be awarded the Sjur Lindebrække Memorial Prize,” said Mr Stone.
“I am hugely grateful to the prize committee, who through this award are demonstrating that antisemitism is a warning sign for the health of democracy, and efforts to address it are critical to our global civil society”.
