Anti-semitism

Man charged with vandalizing Catholic college’s cemetery
- Jun 24, 2020
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — A man painted swastikas and anti-Catholic language on gravestones at a cemetery at Providence College and assaulted a campus safety officer who tried to intervene, according to the school and city police. Keveon Gomera, 26, faces 15 counts of desecration of a grave and an assault

By Associated Press
Aalst Carnival again has Jewish stereotypes in its parade
- Feb 24, 2020
The Aalst Carnival parade included stereotypical depictions of Jews for the second year in a row and the Belgian government said that the anti-Semitism in the three-day festival embarrassed the nation and endangers society.

By Raf Casert
Israel calls on Belgium to scrap carnival parade over anti-Semitism
- Feb 21, 2020
Israel on Thursday called on Belgium to scrap this weekend’s annual Carnival parade after last year’s featured a float with anti-Semitic caricatures.

By Associated Press

German appeal court rejects bid to remove anti-Semitic relic
- Feb 4, 2020
A German appeals court on Tuesday rejected a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of a 700-year-old anti-Semitic statue from a church where Martin Luther once preached.

By Geir Moulson
Holocaust is ‘an archetype’ of man’s capacity for evil, says archbishop
- Jan 29, 2020
The anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland, is “a solemn and mournful opportunity to reflect upon man’s capacity for evil,” said Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.

By Catholic News Service
Europe’s bishops mark Auschwitz anniversary denouncing hate
- Jan 25, 2020
Europe’s Catholic bishops are marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a statement denouncing anti-Semitism and the “manipulation” of the truth for political aims.

By Vanessa Gera