antisemitism
American comedian Reginald D Hunter has been cancelled from an upcoming September show at the Eastwood Theatre in the Giffnock suburb of Glasgow following an antisemitism controversy during his run at the Edinburgh Fringe. During his ‘Fluffy Fluffy Beavers’ show on Sunday 11 August at the Assembly George Square Studios, Hunter spoke about a documentary of a man enduring an abusive relationship only for his wife to falsely claim she was the one being abused. “When I saw that, I thought, my God, it’s like being married to Israel.” Reportedly, after this an Israeli couple complained that the joke...
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US comedian Reginald D Hunter has issued a statement saying there had been an "unfortunate incident" at his Edinburgh Fringe gig, following reports two Israeli audience members were reportedly heckled out of his show. Police are investigating a report of a "hate incident" at Hunter’s "Fluffy Fluffy Beavers" show at Assembly George Square Studios. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We have been made aware of a hate incident, which reportedly took place at an event in Edinburgh on Sunday 11 August. We are reviewing the circumstances." Hunter, 55, was said to have made a joke comparing Israel ...
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A memorial marking the deportation of Jews from Berlin during the Nazi era has been defaced with graffiti of a political nature, police in the German capital reported on Sunday. The memorial known as the Mirrored Wall is a Holocaust Memorial on a square in the Steglitz district in south-western Berlin. The damage had been found on Saturday afternoon and was being investigated, police said. The anti-Semitic statements on the mirrors had been rendered illegible, they said. The contents of the graffiti were not revealed. The memorial marks the site of a former synagogue in the courtyard in a neig...
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A lack of clarity concerning their respective past has prevented the French and Italian far-right parties from being fully perceived by public opinion as ordinary, mainstream political forces. Despite their relative electoral success, unresolved issues from their histories seem to be casting a shadow over their contemporary iteration. Anti-semitic leftovers are still present among their more extreme supporters, making it hard for their leadership to be fully integrated into the national and European establishment. Is National Rally truly pro-Israel?Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) is expect...
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Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned racist and antisemitic remarks made by some members of the ruling Brothers of Italy party's youth league. Speaking to reporters in Brussels, Meloni said antisemitism and racism are incompatible with the party after two leading members of the National Youth resigned over alleged antisemtic remarks made against a Jewish Senator. "I have said many times and repeat, I think that those who have racist, antisemitic or nostalgic feelings have simply got their home wrong, because these feelings are incompatible with the Brothers of Italy, they are in...
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In Germany, antisemitic incidents went up by more than 80% last year, with well over half of the total occurring after Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on 7 October, according to a German anti-hate research group. The Federal Association of Research and Information Centres on Anti-Semitism (RIAS) said the recorded incidents range from anti-Jewish comments to attacks and include a mid-October attack on a synagogue in Berlin. Of the incidents RIAS documented last year, seven cases were classified as “extreme violence,” which did or could endanger lives or result in severe injury. There were 3...
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A 102-year-old Holocaust survivor has been revealed as the cover star for the July / August edition of Vogue Germany. Kerstin Weng, head of editorial content at the magazine, said that the theme of the issue was love, featuring their “favourite pieces, favourite people.” The front of the collector’s issue includes the word “love” written by Friedländer, as well as her signature. Weng noted: “The most positive person I know is on this issue’s cover: Margot Friedländer. To many she is known as a Holocaust survivor. But she not only survived the Nazis, she also overcame betrayal and loss." "She w...
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Red paint has been daubed on a Jewish commemorative stone in the small town of Löcknitz, police in the north-eastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern said on Sunday. The stone and the plaque attached to it was sprayed with paint, the report said. The crime was first noticed early on Saturday. The perpetrators are unknown, and an investigation is under way. Löcknitz lies in the far north-east of Germany, close to the border with Poland.
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New York (AFP) - The Anti-Defamation League on Sunday warned that "the future of Jewish life in the West" was under threat, detailing a sharp rise in anti-Semitism since the start of the war between Hamas militants and Israel. The annual report from the ADL, the leading Jewish advocacy group, said anti-Semitic incidents had been increasing before the war erupted in October, but that the conflict had fueled "a fire that was already out of control." Jointly written with Tel Aviv University, the report said anti-Semitic incidents in 2023 were far above 2022 figures in most countries with large Je...
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New York (AFP) - US rapper Kanye West apologized to the Jewish community Tuesday, after a series of anti-Semitic comments that sparked outrage and led to the star being dropped from lucrative commercial deals and banned from social media. The reason for the timing of the mea culpa was unclear -- West's most high profile outbursts came more than a year ago -- although his next album, "Vultures," is due out in two weeks. "I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any unintended outburst caused by my words or actions. It was not my intention to hurt or disrespect, and I deeply regret any ...
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