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The Bundy story that made media headlines today and reports like these would likely mobilize Trump administration to take action in accordance with its global campaign against anti-semitism:
Coronavirus Crisis Unleashed 'Tsunami' of anti-Semitism, Trump Official Says
Special envoy Elan Carr says his office is closely monitoring online expressions of anti-Semitism around the world, clearly seeing an uptick in hate speech caused amid the spread of COVID-19
Amir Tibon (Washington ) May 05, 2020
New report says coronavirus pandemic is fueling anti-Semitism
Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress (EJC), said Monday there has been a rise in accusations that Jewish people are behind the spread of the virus or are directly profiting from it.
By Joseph Guzman
The coronavirus pandemic is fueling a rise of anti-Semitism around the world, according to an annual report published by the Kantor Center at Tel Aviv University Monday.
Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress (EJC), said in the first few months since the COVID-19 outbreak, there has been a rise in “anti-Semitic manifestations relating to the spread of the disease and the economic recession triggered by the pandemic.”
“Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant rise in accusations that Jews, as individuals and as a collective, are behind the spread of the virus or are directly profiting from it,” Kantor said during the release of the Annual Report on Antisemitism Worldwide 2019.
“The language and imagery used clearly identified a revival of the Medieval ‘blood libels’ when Jews were accused of spreading disease, poisoning wells or controlling economies,” he said. “Unfortunately, these manifestations are continuing the consistent rise of anti-Semitism over the last few years, especially online, on the streets and in mainstream society, politics and media.”
The EJC said some of those spreading the “blood libels” and conspiracy theories about Jewish people range from far-right politicians and ultraconservative pastors in Europe and the United States, as well as far-right activists, artists and leaders in Iran.
Kantor said that as unemployment skyrockets due to lockdowns to curb the spread of COVID-19, “more people may seek out scapegoats, spun for them by conspiracy theorists.” He called on world leaders to address the problem of growing extremism “already at our door.”
thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/493671-the-coronavirus-crisis-is-fueling-anti-semitism-report-says
Ohio Governor Condemns 'Disgusting' Anti-Semitic Sign at Coronavirus Lockdown Protest
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine spoke out Wednesday against protesters who brought anti-Semitism into the mix at a demonstration last weekend opposing the state's stay-at-home order.
The order, which went into effect on March 23 as governors across the country began issuing similar measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, was extended to May 1 earlier this month.
newsweek.com/ohio-governor-condemns-disgusting-anti-semitic-sign-coronavirus-lockdown-protest-1499796
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JTA: The US will push countries to love their Jews more, anti-Semitism monitor says
May 4, 2020
Elan Carr, shown in April 2019, is the State Department's Sepcial Envoy on anti-Semitism. (Screenshot from C-Span)
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Elan Carr, the State Department’s anti-Semitism monitor, wants to get people in other countries to love their Jews more as a means of countering anti-Semitism.
In a press call Monday to mark Jewish American Heritage Month, Carr outlined steps the United States was taking worldwide to advocate for defending Jews as violent anti-Semitism spikes, including security measures, prosecuting hate crimes and condemning anti-Semitic speech.
jta.org/quick-reads/an-era-of-philo-semitism-the-us-will-push-countries-to-love-their-jews-more-anti-semitism-monitor-says
Trump administration launches global effort to fight anti-semitism
Coronavirus Crisis Unleashed 'Tsunami' of anti-Semitism, Trump Official Says
Special envoy Elan Carr says his office is closely monitoring online expressions of anti-Semitism around the world, clearly seeing an uptick in hate speech caused amid the spread of COVID-19
Amir Tibon (Washington ) May 05, 2020
New report says coronavirus pandemic is fueling anti-Semitism
Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress (EJC), said Monday there has been a rise in accusations that Jewish people are behind the spread of the virus or are directly profiting from it.
By Joseph Guzman
- Researchers said in the first few months of 2020, extreme right activists have used the crisis to foster hatred against Jews.
- In recent U.S. protests against coronavirus restrictions, some demonstrators reportedly used anti-Semitic images.
- The Kantor Center report released Monday shows an 18 percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents worldwide from 2018 to 2019.
The coronavirus pandemic is fueling a rise of anti-Semitism around the world, according to an annual report published by the Kantor Center at Tel Aviv University Monday.
Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress (EJC), said in the first few months since the COVID-19 outbreak, there has been a rise in “anti-Semitic manifestations relating to the spread of the disease and the economic recession triggered by the pandemic.”
“Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant rise in accusations that Jews, as individuals and as a collective, are behind the spread of the virus or are directly profiting from it,” Kantor said during the release of the Annual Report on Antisemitism Worldwide 2019.
“The language and imagery used clearly identified a revival of the Medieval ‘blood libels’ when Jews were accused of spreading disease, poisoning wells or controlling economies,” he said. “Unfortunately, these manifestations are continuing the consistent rise of anti-Semitism over the last few years, especially online, on the streets and in mainstream society, politics and media.”
The EJC said some of those spreading the “blood libels” and conspiracy theories about Jewish people range from far-right politicians and ultraconservative pastors in Europe and the United States, as well as far-right activists, artists and leaders in Iran.
Kantor said that as unemployment skyrockets due to lockdowns to curb the spread of COVID-19, “more people may seek out scapegoats, spun for them by conspiracy theorists.” He called on world leaders to address the problem of growing extremism “already at our door.”
thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/493671-the-coronavirus-crisis-is-fueling-anti-semitism-report-says
Ohio Governor Condemns 'Disgusting' Anti-Semitic Sign at Coronavirus Lockdown Protest
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine spoke out Wednesday against protesters who brought anti-Semitism into the mix at a demonstration last weekend opposing the state's stay-at-home order.
The order, which went into effect on March 23 as governors across the country began issuing similar measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, was extended to May 1 earlier this month.
newsweek.com/ohio-governor-condemns-disgusting-anti-semitic-sign-coronavirus-lockdown-protest-1499796
Related
JTA: The US will push countries to love their Jews more, anti-Semitism monitor says
May 4, 2020
Elan Carr, shown in April 2019, is the State Department's Sepcial Envoy on anti-Semitism. (Screenshot from C-Span)
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Elan Carr, the State Department’s anti-Semitism monitor, wants to get people in other countries to love their Jews more as a means of countering anti-Semitism.
In a press call Monday to mark Jewish American Heritage Month, Carr outlined steps the United States was taking worldwide to advocate for defending Jews as violent anti-Semitism spikes, including security measures, prosecuting hate crimes and condemning anti-Semitic speech.
jta.org/quick-reads/an-era-of-philo-semitism-the-us-will-push-countries-to-love-their-jews-more-anti-semitism-monitor-says
Trump administration launches global effort to fight anti-semitism
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