Antisemitism

Burnley FC decides not to rename stand dedicated to 'antisemite' former owner

After what the club described as a six-month probe, it has decided to adopt the IHRA definition, but not rename the Bob Lord stand

By Nic North

3 min read

BURNLEY, ENGLAND - JANUARY 19: General view inside the stadium prior to the Premier League match between Burnley FC and Leicester City at Turf Moor on January 19, 2020 in Burnley, United Kingdom. (Photo by Nigel Roddis/Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Teenager jailed after beating a rabbi over the head with a concrete brick

By Nic North

4 min read

Deputy for the Parti Socialiste (PS) and member of the NUPES left-wing coalition Jerome Guedj takes a selfie at the French National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale), in Paris, on June 20, 2022, one day after the parliamentary elections. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)

France

Fury as French MPs call Israelis a ‘racial group’ in a parliamentary resolution

By Shirli Sitbon

1 min read

Conservative Party

Liz Truss: My pledge to Britain's Jews

By David Rose

5 min read

Iran

US antisemitism envoy slams Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei’s ‘Zionist merchant’ comments

By Georgia L Gilholy

1 min read

America

Jerry Maguire child star turned MMA fighter escorts observant Jews to worship

By Georgia L Gilholy

1 min read

Universities

Revealed: Bristol Uni student's three-year ordeal after David Miller complaint

By Ben Bloch

2 min read

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Fury as top German uni votes to keep antisemite in its name

Eberhard Karl University in Tübingen, near Stuttgart, will not scrap its formal name despite calls for the change - Count Eberhard Im Bart was a virulent 15th-century antisemite who expelled all the Jews living in the city

By Rob Hyde

3 min read

August 4, 2022 10:44

Fury as top German uni votes to keep antisemite in its name

'The way Bristol Uni handled my David Miller complaint messed up my uni life'

Nina Freedman first complained about David Miller in May 2019, and her ordeal didn't end until June 2022 when Bristol was ordered to apologise and pay compensation

By Ben Bloch

11 min read

August 4, 2022 10:33

'The way Bristol Uni handled my David Miller complaint messed up my uni life'

By Mark Gardner

We cannot relax as ‘normal’ torrent of abuse resumes

This year, thankfully, the numbers of antisemitic incidents have fallen but the proportion of incidents that involve violence has increased

1 min read

August 4, 2022 10:17

We cannot relax as ‘normal’ torrent of abuse resumes

The Community Security Trust warns against complacency after fall in the number of acts of antisemitism

The charity noted that despite the sharp drop this year’s figures are the joint fifth-highest on record for the first half of any year since it began recording hate incidents in 1984

By Nic North

2 min read

August 4, 2022 10:15

The Community Security Trust warns against complacency after fall in the number of acts of antisemitism

Jeremy Corbyn ‘must be expelled from Labour’ for appearing on extremist TV channel say campaigners

The former party leader gave an interview to interview to Lebanese station Al-Mayadeen, which has frequently employed antisemitic rhetoric in its opinion and analysis content

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

3 min read

August 4, 2022 09:51

Jeremy Corbyn ‘must be expelled from Labour’ for appearing on extremist TV channel say campaigners

Lufthansa to hire antisemitism manager after orthodox passengers barred from flight

The company will also adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism

By Ben Bloch

1 min read

August 1, 2022 13:48

Lufthansa to hire antisemitism manager after orthodox passengers barred from flight

By Charlotte Littlewood

The Holocaust was not just another genocide

Antisemitism education in schools is not up to the job and requires deep and urgent reform

3 min read

July 29, 2022 09:32

Female Student Raising Hand To Ask Question In Classroom

Graduate sues uni after essay is failed because it didn’t blame Israel

Leeds University graduate Danielle Greyman claims her essay about crimes committed by Hamas against Palestinians was failed because it did not pin blame on the Jewish state

By Felix Pope

2 min read

July 28, 2022 11:53