Nadene Goldfoot
2019 
Jewish Faces
- 2017--2019
Belgium's Fundamental Divide of land- Belgium outlawed Shechita (Kosher Killing by a proper butcher). - 2019 Flanders and Wallonia, Belgium ; In 2017, the parliaments of the Flanders and Wallonia regions in Belgium adopted legislation that as of 2019 would outlaw any slaughter that was not preceded by stunning, citing animal rights as the justification for the new laws respectively.; Neither law allows any exemption for religious minorities to carry out slaughter in accordance with their practices—this is despite the relevant European Union regulation 1109/2012 which allows for Member States to include a derogation in order to protect religious freedoms. The ban in Flanders came into effect on 1 January 2019. At least one kosher meat producer has relocated to Hungary to continue operations. The ban in Wallonia came into effect on 1 June 2018, however, an exemption for slaughter for religious purposes will continue until 1 September 2019.Yes, it's true that a ban on kosher slaughter (Shechita) came into effect in the Flanders region of Belgium in 2019. In January 2019, a law was passed requiring the stunning of livestock for animal welfare reasons, and this includes Shechita (as well as halal slaughter). The French-speaking Wallonia region followed suit in 2018, also prohibiting animal slaughter without prior stunning. Kosher slaughter, also known as "Shechita," is a specific method of animal slaughter required by Jewish law for meat to be considered kosher. It involves a trained shochet (slaughterer) making a swift, deep cut across the animal's throat with a sharp knife, severing the carotid arteries and windpipe. The animal must be fully conscious and healthy before the cut, and the procedure is designed to cause immediate unconsciousness and blood loss. Citing animal welfare concerns, the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in 2017 outlawed the killing of animals without prior stunning, as practised by observant Muslims and Jews who eat halal or kosher meat.
- 2019--February 11-Waashington DC
- Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar drew condemnation from Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House leadership, and a number of Jewish organizations for a tweet that was perceived as antisemitic, in which she alleged that American support for Israel was rooted in money spent by pro-Israel lobbying organizations, notably the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. She later apologized for the tweet in a statement. One of the two first Muslim women to serve in Congress has apologized for comments on social media widely condemned as anti-Semitic. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said she apologized "unequivocally" following a joint statement released by House Democratic leaders calling on her to do so.
- 2019-Britain
- Joan Ryan became the eighth MP to quit the Labour Party and join The Independent Group, citing a "culture of anti-Jewish racism" within the party as the reason for her departure. Joan Marie Ryan (born 8 September 1955) is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield North from 1997 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2019. She was first elected as a Labour Party MP but later defected to join Change UK.
- 2019-February-France/Poland
- In February, Polish nationalist based in France disrupted The New Polish School of Holocaust Scholarship conference in EHESS, Paris. The Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) which had made social media postings during the conference and sent a delegate, was criticized by French education minister Frédérique Vidal who said the disturbances were "highly regrettable" and "anti-Semitic". Vidal further stated the disturbances organized by Gazeta Polska activists, appeared to have been condoned by the IPN whose representative did not condemn the disruption and which criticized the conference on social media that were further re-tweeted by the Embassy of Poland, Paris. Agitators stalked conference speakers in Paris, shouting insults such as "dirty Jew" that hark back to interwar antisemitism. Polish anti-Semites in France...also full of anti-SemitesIan Christopher Austin, Baron Austin of Dudley (born 6 March 1965) is a British politician who sits as a life peer in the House of Lords. He quite Labour Party because they were anti-Semites.
- 2019-Britain Jeremy Corbyn
- Ian Austin quit Labour over a "culture of extremism, anti-semitism and intolerance" within the party under Jeremy Corbyn. Jeremy Bernard Corbyn born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. After asserting that the scale of antisemitism had been overstated for political reasons, Corbyn was suspended from the party in 2020. Now an independent, Corbyn had been a member of the Labour Party from 1965 until his expulsion in 2024.
- 2019-Brooklyn, New York
- The uptick in violence against Jews in Brooklyn continues with multiple violent attacks. In 2019, Brooklyn was populated by a diverse mix of groups, with Black Americans making up a significant portion of the population. While Jewish communities still exist in Brooklyn, their population is smaller than in the past, with Black Americans being the largest ethnic group in many parts of the borough. Specifically, Black or African American residents accounted for 33.7% of the population, while White residents accounted for 31.3%, and other groups made up the remaining portion
- 2019-Canada
- The owners of the BerMax Caffé in Winnipeg are alleged to have perpetrated an act of fake antisemitism by vandalizing their café and fabricating a claim of assault, in similar fashion to the recent Jussie Smollett case in Chicago, Illinois.facade of Synagogue in 2020
- 2019, 4 April
- Bet Israel Synagogue of İzmir, Turkey is attacked with a Molotov cocktail. On March 28, 2019, the Bet Israel Synagogue in İzmir, Turkey, was attacked with a Molotov cocktail. Fortunately, the Molotov cocktail landed on the sidewalk and did not cause any damage to the synagogue.
- 2019-April 27-USA
- The synagogue Chabad, of the city of Poway in California, was the site of an attack on 27 April 2019, in which multiple people were shot during Passover services. See Poway synagogue shooting. A shooting occurred on April 27, 2019, at Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California, United States, a city which borders the north inland side of San Diego, on the last day of the Jewish Passover holiday, which fell on a Shabbat. Armed with an AR-15–style rifle, the gunman, John Earnest, fatally shot one woman and injured three other people, including the synagogue's rabbi.
- 2019-October 9-Germany
- A synagogue in Halle, Germany, was attacked by a lone shooter who failed to gain access to the building. Two doors were damaged and improvised explosives set off. The attacker killed two people nearby. On October 9, 2019, a lone gunman, Stephan Balliet, attacked a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Attempted Entry: Balliet, a 27-year-old German national with far-right extremist and antisemitic views, attempted to break into the synagogue with firearms and explosives, but was unable to breach the heavy security gate.
- Terrorist Act: The attack was widely condemned as an act of terrorism and a stark example of rising anti-Semitism and far-right extremism in Germany.
- Increased Security: In the wake of the attack, security measures at synagogues and other Jewish institutions in Germany were increased.
- Public Outcry: The attack prompted widespread condemnation and expressions of solidarity with the Jewish community in Germany and around the world.
The Halle synagogue attack serves as a reminder of the persistent threat of anti-Semitism and far-right extremism and the importance of confronting these ideologies.England's 1st Anti-Semite, King Edward Ist in 1290. - 2019-Britain
- A Church of England report was published called "God's Unfailing World: Theological and practical perspectives on Christian-Jewish relations", that encouraged Christians to be repentant for "sins of the past" against Jews, and to challenge current stereotypes and attitudes against them. The report was the first time the Church of England made an authoritative statement about antisemitism.England readmitted Jews in 1656, nearly 365 years after they were expelled by King Edward I in 1290. This readmission occurred during the Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell, who allowed for their resettlement. It's been 363 years of anti-Semitism in Britain since being allowed to live there again after being kicked out for 365 years!!!!
- 2019-December 10-USA A kosher grocery store
- On December 10, 2019, a shooting took place at a kosher grocery store in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey. Three people were killed at the store by two assailants, David N. Anderson and Francine Graham.
- A shooting occurred at a kosher grocery store located in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey United States. Five people were killed at the store, including the two attackers and three civilians. A civilian and two police officers were wounded. A Jersey City Police Department detective was shot and killed at a nearby cemetery just before the grocery store attack.Mayor Steve Fullop of Jersey City, fighting anti-Semitism
- 2019
- Jersey City Mayor Steve Fullop said a trustee of the Jersey City Board of Education, Joan Terrell-Paige, should resign in the wake of her comment after the 2019 Jersey City shooting about Jew "brutes" that according to her have "threatened, intimidated and harassed" black residents. Terrell-Paige further asked whether the public is "brave enough" to listen to the perpetrators' message, and said the local rabbis were selling body parts. Nonetheless, she remained on the board until the 2022 elections. Joan Terrell-Paige was an at-large member of the Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. Terrell-Paige assumed office in 2019. Terrell-Paige left office on January 5, 2022.Terrell-Paige ran for election for an at-large seat of the Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. Terrell-Paige won in the general election on November 6, 2018. “Mr. Anderson and Ms. Graham went directly to the kosher supermarket. I believe they knew they would come out in body bags,” Terrell-Paige said of the shooters. “What is the message they were sending? Are we brave enough to explore the answer to their message,” she said.
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- 2019-December 10-Washington DC
- The Executive Order on Combating Anti-Semitism is an executive order announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, 10 December 2019, and signed the next day. The White House initially indicated that the order would define Judaism as a nationality instead of a religion in the United States, though the order ultimately released was more modest in its reach. The purpose of the order is claimed to be to prevent antisemitism by making it easier to use laws prohibiting institutional discrimination against people based on national origin to punish discrimination against Jewish people, including opposition to policies undertaken by the government of Israel. Some American Jews applauded the order, while others objected to defining Judaism as a nationality (as the order was initially indicated to do, though it ultimately did not), claiming that "Trump's reclassification of Judaism mirrored sentiments used by white nationalists and Nazi Germany" and that "the move appears to question whether Jews are really American". Some decried the order as a political stunt, and called on Trump to more directly address the threat of white nationalism.
- 2019-December 28, USA
- Monsey, NY Hanukkah stabbing. A Jewish elder was killed and four others were injured in a mass stabbing at the home of a Hasidic rabbi, which was hosting Hanukkah celebrations, in Monsey, New York. The suspect was later apprehended by the police. On the night of December 28, 2019, the seventh night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, a masked man wielding a large knife or machete invaded the home of a Hasidic rabbi in Monsey, Rockland County, New York, where a Hanukkah party was underway, and began stabbing the guests. MONSEY, N.Y. — A knife-wielding man stormed into a rabbi's home and stabbed five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City, an ambush the governor said Sunday was an act of domestic terrorism fueled by intolerance and a “cancer” of growing hatred in America. The suspect, Grafton Thomas, was apprehended and charged with attempted murder and other offenses. He was later charged with federal hate crimes. The attack left one man dead and four others injured.
- 2020
The country is divided into three highly autonomous regions: the Flemish Region (Flanders) in the north, the Walloon Region (Wallonia) in the south, and the Brussels-Capital Region in the middle.
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Chris Williamson, ex-Labour MP for Derby North posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday night that "Israel has forfeited any right to exist".Derbyshire Police said they had received "multiple reports"about the comment.The force said it would now consider whether the post constituted a hate crime. Chris Williamson, a Labour MP, was suspended by his party over comments that Labour had "given too much ground" when responding to criticism over its handling of antisemitism within its ranks.
2019-USA
Ginsburg was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. A subway poster in Brooklyn with a picture of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (who was Jewish) was vandalized with the writing "Die, Jew Bitch!" and a swastika.
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- 2020
- Roald Dahl's family published a statement on the official Roald Dahl website apologising for his antisemitism. The statement, which is not prominent on the site, says "The Dahl family and the Roald Dahl Story Company deeply apologise for the lasting and understandable hurt caused by some of Roald Dahl's statements. Those prejudiced remarks are incomprehensible to us and stand in marked contrast to the man we knew ... We hope that, just as he did at his best, at his absolute worst, Roald Dahl can help remind us of the lasting impact of words."The apology comes three decades after the British author's death in 1990. Over his nearly 50-year career, Dahl wrote such classic children's books as Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, and The BFG.
- 2020, March
- Beginning with the Coronavirus outbreak, Jewish synagogue services, schools, and institutions that had switched to virtual platforms were subjected to Zoombombing attacks with antisemitic imagery and messaging
- 2020, 28 March-USA
- Tikvat Israel Congregation in Rockville, Md. vandalized with swastikas and other hate messages.
- 2020, mid-May-Iran
- Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan, Iran subjected to arson attack.-setting Jewish tombs on fire
- 2020, 24 August-USA
- Jewish Center at the University of Delaware subjected to an arson attack. Jewish center on fire
- 2020, November-Nigeria, Africa
- Six Igbo synagogues in Nigeria are razed by soldiers. At least 50 people were killed during the siege.
- 2020, December-USA Louis Farrakhan
- Nation of Islam minister Ishmael Muhammad, in a live 6 Dec. broadcast from Chicago’s Mosque Maryam, repeats an earlier claim of Louis Farrakhan that Jews get a special version of the flu shot, while other populations receive one with toxic chemicals. In a subsequent sermon on 20 Dec., he references the "Synagogue of Satan" as promoting vaccines to sterilize Black people.
- 2020, 30 December
- Can you believe this thinking? Oy vey!
- Congregation Beth Israel in northwest Portland, Oregon was subjected to an arson attack.
He also made some anti-Semitic comments. In one example, in 1983 Dahl reportedly told Britain's New Statesman magazine that "there is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity. ... Even a stinker like Hitler didn't just pick on them for no reason." "For his family and estate to have waited thirty years to make an apology, apparently until lucrative deals were signed with Hollywood, is disappointing and sadly rather more comprehensible," the Campaign Against Antisemitism said in a statement. (Netflix reportedly paid The Roald Dahl Story Company at least $1 billion in 2018 for the rights to 16 of the author's works.)
A Northwest Portland synagogue fire that police said was set intentionally was probably not an act of antisemitism, the synagogue’s senior rabbi said Thursday. (If there is a fire within a synagogue, it's definitely set on purpose!!!)
Firefighters arrived at Congregation Beth Israel about 9:10 p.m., Wednesday, to find a fire against the synagogue’s side door, Portland police and Rabbi Michael Cahana said. After putting out the flames, firefighters ceded the scene to investigators, who concluded that the fire was likely set on purpose.
Again, in May 2022, Congregation Beth Israel, a historic Reform synagogue in Northwest Portland, Oregon, was targeted in an antisemitic attack involving vandalism and a small fire. (a 2nd attack)
2021
- 2021, April-USA
- A visibly Orthodox family visiting from Belgium was attacked by a knife-wielding assailant in Manhattan's Battery Park.
- 2021, April 25-USA A US rabbi inspects the damage at the Chabad of Riverdale synagogue after vandals broke windows of four neighborhood synagogues on April 25, 2021. (Screen capture/News12 Connecticut)
- Four synagogues in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx were vandalized over a single weekend,
- George Washington University’s Alpha-Pi chapter of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity reported that their house was broken into and vandalized, with a Sefer Torah being destroyed.
- 2021, November
- The release trailer of Seth Rogen's Santa Inc. is flooded with antisemitic and Holocaust-denying comments, receiving over 200,000 dislikes before comments were disabled. Santa Inc. is a 2021 Canadian-American eight-part stop-motion adult animated Christmas-themed satirical black comedy fantasy television miniseries. Sarah Silverman as Candy Smalls, the 20-year-old highest-ranking female Christmas elf and Santa Claus's second-in-command who wants to become the first ever female Santa in the history of Christmas.(Not a smart move, Sarah! )
were vandalized as rocks were hurled through their windows and glass doors.The vandalism in the Bronx neighborhood, which has a large Jewish population, occurred overnight on Saturday. The vandalized synagogues are the Riverdale Jewish Center, Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale, Young Israel of Riverdale and Chabad of Riverdale.No suspect has been arrested, according to News12, a local Connecticut station. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo instructed the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to assist in the investigation. Police presence will increase around the synagogues.
2021, October
2022, January 15-USA
- Four hostages were taken at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. On January 15, 2022, a hostage situation unfolded at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, where a gunman held four individuals hostage for about 11 hours during a morning service. The gunman, later identified as Malik Faisal Akram, was killed by law enforcement, and all four hostages were released safely, according to CNN. The incident was investigated as a potential act of terror and hate crime, according to The Texas Tribune.
- 2022, January
- The neo-Nazi, antisemitic hate group and conspiracy theory network Goyim Defense League ( using Yiddish word "Goyim" meaning "Gentile" ) begins distributing flyers accusing Jews of being behind the COVID-19 pandemic. The Goyim Defense League (GDL) is an antisemitic hate group that engages in the harassment of individuals and groups. They are known for their public displays of antisemitism, the distribution of propaganda, and online harassment. The GDL has been led by Neo-Nazi agitator Jon Minadeo II since its founding in 2018. On the internet, the GDL is active on social media, operating a television called the GoyimTV. In real life, the GDL regularly harasses American Jews by holding violent marches and dropping antisemitic flyers over Jewish neighborhoods.The GDL supports the Hamas, Houthis, Hezbollah and Iranian theocracy.The GDL celebrated the October 7 massacre in 2023 and attended pro-Palestinian events to recruit new followers and adopt anti-Zionist rhetoric to expand their influence. While some critics expressed confusion over this, often due to the popular perception that Neo-Nazis are anti-Muslim, it is not a historical anomaly. Collaboration between Nazis and Islamists happened during the Holocaust and in post-war America, despite the relative lack of coverage in history textbooks.
- 2022, December
- In December 2022, American musician Kanye West praised Adolf Hitler on InfoWars, saying "every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler", "I love Jewish people but I also love Nazis", "There's a lot of things that I love about Hitler; a lot of things" (with heavy emphasis on 'a lot' and 'love'), "I like Hitler", and "I am a Nazi".
- 2022, December-USA
- A man was arrested and charged for shouting antisemitic, racist and threatening statements during drop-off of children at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills, MI's pre-school. Yes, a man named Hassan Yehia Chokr was arrested and charged in connection with making antisemitic, racist and threatening statements at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
2023 
- 2023, February
- During an episode of his podcast referencing comments made in 2019 by Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar about U.S. support for Israel, actor and commentator Joe Rogan stated the "idea that Jewish people are not into money is ridiculous. That's like saying Italians aren't into pizza."
- 2023, May 9-Tunisia
- Mass shooting at El Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia. On May 9, 2023, Wissam Khazri, a 30-year-old national guardsman, killed five people in a mass shooting at the El Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia. Khazri initially killed a colleague and seized his ammunition before targeting the synagogue, where a large gathering of Jewish pilgrims were celebrating Lag BaOmer.
- 2023, October 7, Israel
- Hamas, a large terrorist group, launched its deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, prompting the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to engage in aerial campaigns and ground operations within the Gaza Strip.
Continued post-Oct. 7 spike; 84 percent increase in incidents on campus; 21 percent increase in physical assaults. New York, NY, April 22, 2025 …The massive spike in antisemitic incidents following the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel continued in 2024, with totals again exceeding any other annual tally in the past 46 years. This is the fourth year in a row that antisemitic incidents increased and broke the previous all-time high. It is also the first time that incidents containing elements related to Israel or Zionism made up a majority of all incidents (58 percent of the total).
There were 9,354 incidents of antisemitic assault, harassment and vandalism across the country in 2024, according to ADL’s (the Anti-Defamation League) annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, released today. This total represents a 5 percent increase from 2023 (already a record-setting year), a 344 percent increase over the past five years, an 893 percent increase over the past 10 years and is the highest level recorded since ADL started tracking this data in 1979. The 12-month total for 2024 averaged more than 25 targeted anti-Jewish incidents in the U.S. per day, more than one an hour.
- On January 15, 2025, the United States, Egypt, and Qatar announced that they had mediated a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas to end fifteen months of fighting in Gaza. Hamas released thirty-three of the remaining hostages, while Israel released hundreds of Palestinians from Israeli jails, displaced residents were allowed to return to northern Gaza, and 600 humanitarian aid trucks were permitted to enter the territory each day.
- 2025-March 18-Gaza
- However, Israel launched a wave of strikes and ground operations in central and southern Gaza on March 18, bringing an end to the six-week cease-fire.
- Resource:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_antisemitism_in_the_21st_century#2002
- https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/antisemitic-incident-data-breaks-all-previous-annual-records-2024-fourth#:~:text=7%20spike;%2084%20percent%20increase,more%20than%20one%20an%20hour.
- https://www.ajc.org/IsraelHamasWar
On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists waged the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust — slaughtering babies, committing sexual violence, burning whole families alive, and taking 240 civilians hostage. Hamas murdered more than 1,200 Israelis during the attack. Over a year later, Hamas is still holding over 50 men and women — including five Americans — captive in the terror tunnels in Gaza.
Israel continues to fight for its survival, battling a seven front war against the Iranian regime and its terror proxies Hezbollah, Houthis, and Hamas, and more.
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