Meanwhile, the Center for Information and Documentation Israel says the real picture of anti-Semitism in the Netherlands is far bleaker, as most victims of anti-Semitic attacks don't report them to the authorities "because they believe nothing will come of it."
Threats, harassment, and grading discrimination – Jewish students in the US are increasingly plagued by incidents of anti-Jewish sentiment on campuses, coming from both pro-Palestine organizations and lecturers. The schools hide behind freedom of speech, and the students hope that President Trump's executive order will prove effective.
"Given the surge in anti-Semitism it is simply impossible to settle for statements like 'never again,' which have unfortunately become empty clichés," says EJA head Rabbi Menachem Margolin.
"It is troubling to see, in many parts of the world, an increase in selfishness and indifference, lack of concern for others and the attitude that says life is good as long as it is good for me, and when things go wrong, anger and malice are unleashed," Pope Francis tells delegation from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
"Bryan E. Leib brings years of advocacy and nonprofit work to AAA," says organization in press release.
"Today, we do not simply walk over a bridge, we begin building better bridges between all denominations of Jews, and between Jews and non-Jews," head of UJA-Federation of New York says.
"The expansion of hassidic communities in New York's Hudson Valley, the Catskills, and northern New Jersey has led to predictable sparring over new housing development and local political control. It has also led to flare-ups of rhetoric seen by some as anti-Semitic," the NBC report says.
The new Austrian government, which in the coming days will be sworn in, says "Austria will not support any initiative or decision in international forums that contradicts" its commitment to Israel.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon said that UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn lost last week's Parliament elections because of "orders" from the Jewish communities and the council that represents Jewish institutions in France.
Grant means to strengthen “the legal sector to identify, respond, and prosecute crimes related to anti-Semitic hate focusing on physical violence, desecration of religious community sites, and religion-based discrimination in three to five countries in the Europe region.”
