Slovak Jewish cemetery vandals identified as five boys aged 9 to 12, not ‘extremists’
Bratislava, Slovakia – Žilina Police announced on Facebook that the culprits behind the desecration of gravestones in the Jewish cemeteryContinue Reading
Tag: Antisemitism
Slovakia: Second Jewish cemetery desecrated this month
Bratislava, Slovakia – Tombstones at a Jewish cemetery in Slovakia were vandalized for the second time this month. Nearly twoContinue Reading
Slovakia: Jewish cemetery desecrated in ‘unprecedented barbaric act’
Bratislava, Slovakia – Dozens of gravestones were vandalized in a Jewish cemetery in northern Slovakia, local authorities announced earlier thisContinue Reading
Poland and Hungary among the most anti-Semitic countries in Europe, says latest survey
Warsaw, Poland – The latest global survey conducted by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an international Jewish non-governmental organisation based inContinue Reading
Hungary has highest proportion of Jewish ancestry outside of Israel, says DNA study
Budapest, Hungary – A new study conducted by online genealogy platform MyHeritage in conjunction with the Institute for Jewish Policy Research has revealed thatContinue Reading
Anti-Semitism on the rise in the Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic – Anti-Semitic acts and hate speech in the Czech Republic have been steadily increasing these past fewContinue Reading
Polish fans applaud Israeli anthem at football game in “inspiring sporting spectacle”
Warsaw, Poland – Thousands of Polish football supporters attending Monday’s Euro qualifier in Warsaw between Poland and Israel applauded the Israeli anthemContinue Reading
Polish ambassador to Israel assaulted and spat on in Tel Aviv
Warsaw, Poland – A 65-year-old Israeli spat on Poland’s ambassador in Tel Aviv Marek Magierowski on Tuesday while he wasContinue Reading
Jewish Congress outraged by Poland’s ‘anti-semitic’ Judas lynching ritual
Krakow, Poland – The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has expressed its outrage over a Polish town’s Good Friday ritual lynching of aContinue Reading
Auróra: how a Budapest community centre is leading the resistance while fighting for survival
Budapest, Hungary – It’s Friday night in Budapest, and while most people are making their way downtown towards the Hungarian capital’sContinue Reading
Polish theatre stages play inspired by Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’
Warsaw, Poland – The Powszechny Theatre in Warsaw has staged a play, which premiered on Saturday, inspired by Mein Kampf,Continue Reading
Holocaust denier likely to be denied entry to Poland
Warsaw, Poland – Poland is likely to bar Holocaust denier David Irving from entering Poland. Israel had urged Warsaw to denyContinue Reading
Hungary opens diplomatic trade mission in Jerusalem
Budapest, Hungary – On Tuesday, Hungary opened a diplomatic trade mission to Israel in West Jerusalem, becoming the first EuropeanContinue Reading
Polish right-wing paper runs ‘How to Spot a Jew’ article on front page
Warsaw, Poland – On Wednesday, the Polish-language weekly, Tylko Polska – Only Poland – ran on its front page an article that instructsContinue Reading
Holocaust revisionism on the rise in Poland and Hungary
Warsaw, Poland – A recent study has taken a close look at how European countries deal with their past andContinue Reading
