Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of antisemitism, bigotry against Jews.
Antisemitism
The Latest
-
Fast Forward ADL: Coronavirus sparks anti-Semitic conspiracy theories
(JTA) — The spread of and fear generated by the coronavirus has led extremists to promote conspiracy theories and share their anti-Semitic views, the Anti-Defamation League said. It also has fomented racism against the Chinese and calls for a halt to immigration to the United States, the post to the ADL’s website said. “Finally! Science…
-
Fast Forward UK anti-Semitic incidents rise for 4th straight year, reach all-time high
(JTA) — The number of anti-Semitic incidents documented in Britain increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2019, reaching a record tally of 1,805 cases. Overall, the increase over 2018 was of 7%, but the category of assault increased by 27% to 157 incidents, the Community Security Trust, or CST, British Jewry’s largest watchdog on…
-
Fast Forward The Forward sues NYPD for refusing to share records of anti-Semitic hate crimes
The Forward has filed a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department, demanding access to public records related to anti-Semitic hate crimes. The suit, filed in New York County Supreme Court on Tuesday, followed months of unsuccessful requests for the records under the New York State’s Freedom of Information Law. The NYPD “has improperly…
-
Fast Forward Swastikas painted on headstones at Dutch Jewish cemetery
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans were painted on several headstones at a Jewish cemetery in the Netherlands. The incident in Dordrecht, situated about 40 miles south of Amsterdam, was discovered Tuesday, De Telegraaf daily reported. The Organization of Jewish Communities in the Netherlands, or NIK, filed a police complaint. Mayor Wouter Kolff said…
-
Opinion Anti-Semitism’s rise in Europe is more than a far left, far right problem
Whether anti-Semitism stems more so from the far-right, far-left, or Muslim extremism remains a matter of contentious debate. Germany’s interior ministry says the far-right is responsible for 90% of anti-Semitic hate crimes in that country. The monitoring organization RIAS Berlin paints more of a mixed picture. And now the Institute for Zionist Strategies—a not-particularly-prestigious right-wing…
-
Fast Forward Anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City fell in January
NEW YORK (JTA) — There were fewer anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City in January than in the same month last year. The period between Jan. 1 and Feb. 2 saw 21 hate crimes directed at Jews, according to a preliminary set of statistics published Tuesday by the New York Police Department. The same…
-
Fast Forward Duke University resolves anti-Semitism discrimination complaint
(JTA) — Duke University has resolved a discrimination complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights over a Middle East conference on Gaza co-sponsored with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The Zionist Organization of America filed the complaint in April 2019 over the conference held the previous month at the…
-
Fast Forward Former U.K House of Commons speaker says he experienced anti-Semitism
(JTA) — John Bercow, the British House of Commons speaker who resigned in late October, said he experienced anti-Semitism in his own Conservative Party. In 22 years in the House of Commons, he never faced anti-Semitism from the beleaguered Labour Party, Bercow said in an interview with the Sunday Times magazine. “Unspeakable,” a memoir by…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News School Israel trip turns ‘terrifying’ for LA students attacked by Israeli teens
- 2
Culture Cardinals are Catholic, not Jewish — so why do they all wear yarmulkes?
- 3
Fast Forward Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
- 4
Music After decades of waiting, we’re finally getting a Bob Dylan-Barbra Streisand duet
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion 80 years after Germany surrendered, we’re still learning the real lessons of World War II
-
News How a Holocaust denier turned antisemitism into a cryptocoin
-
Fast Forward Dozens of arrests reported as NYPD removes pro-Palestinian protesters who occupied Columbia library
-
Fast Forward Temple suspends second student involved in ‘F— the Jews’ sign
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
