Category - anti-semitism

Jewish Board challenges Tories over links with alleged anti-Semites

staff writers — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:01:35 +0100

The Board of Deputies of British Jews has written to Tory leader David Cameron “seeking assurances” about the Conservative Party’s links with allegedly anti-Semitic politicians from Poland and Latvia.

Chief Rabbi warns of dangerous growth in anti-semitism

Ecumenical News International — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:43:09 +0100

The world is in the grip of a "virulent" new strain of anti-Semitism, says the Chief Rabbi of Orthodox Jews in Britain. Britain itself is facing an increasing number of anti-Semitic attacks.

Pope calls for Palestinian homeland and denounces anti-Semitism

staff writers — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:42:04 +0100

Resisting pressure from both Israeli hard-liners and those antagonistic to the Israeli state, the visiting Pope Benedict XVI has come out in support of a genuine Palestinian homeland and has equally condemned anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.

Christian and Jewish shared fidelity

Simon Barrow — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:21:37 +0000

The lifting of the excommunication on Holocaust-denier Richard Williamson has left many people confused about the Catholic Church’s relation to the Jewish people.

Alarm at fresh rise in anti-semitism in Britain

staff writers — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:16:08 +0000

Concerns are being expressed about a significant rise in anti-semitic attacks and harassment in Britain. Some 270 cases have been reported in 2009, according to information from the Community Security Trust.

Vatican tells Holocaust denying bishop to recant

staff writers — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:29:07 +0000

Following vast international pressure and condemnation, including a sharp riposte from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Vatican says it is asking a Holocaust-denying bishop to publicly recant

British Muslims take a stand against rise in anti-semitism

staff writers — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:21:31 +0000

Twenty-two prominent British Muslims have signed a joint letter denouncing anti-semitic attacks and calling for continued vigilance against anti-Jewish attacks, and have circulated it to mosques across the country.

Concern about rise in anti-Jewish attacks in England

staff writers — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:40:08 +0000

Civic and religious leaders are concerned about a recent rise in anti-Jewish attacks and incidents in Britain, linked to the exploitation by racists of feelings about the current hostilities in Gaza.

British faith leaders visit former Nazi death camps in Poland

agency reporter — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:21:48 +0000

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams and Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks joined representatives from different religious communities at the Holocaust Educational Trust’s ‘Lessons from Auschwitz Project’ this week.

Churches in Germany admit failure to speak out for the Jews

Agencies — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:35:46 +0000

Churches in Germany have remembered the 70th anniversary of the systematic attack by the Nazis in 1938 on Jewish Germans, saying that many Christians failed then in their duty to speak out.