Recent years a specter has once again reared its ugly head across europe the specter of anti semitism. The budget. To. A little over seven decades after the holocaust anti jewish attacks are on the rise again in europe. Under. Suspicion was what crimes of jews committed to deserve two thousand years of persecution what do you think was to concede. Also this all the mood among french jews is very gloomy right now it was a dozen people have been killed in france in recent years simply because they were jews easy. To get those of those in poland the genie is out of the bottle anti semitism is becoming acceptable this is. Possible to see a state of mind that is not a matter of one country its an International Phenomenon or. Anti semitism has become much more common in europe the explanations for this phenomenon seem as varied as the proposals for how to deal with it for this report we travel to berlin paris and warsaw to talk to people whove experienced antisemitism and to discuss possible solutions. What is it like to be a jew in general today. Were. In recent years jewish life culture and traditions have enjoyed a renaissance in germany. But prayer rooms and kindergartens are often located in closed areas away from the street and out of the public eye protected by police due to fears of antisemitic attacks. Today germany is home to about two hundred thousand jews their numbers have increased almost continuously since the one nine hundred ninety s. Many have emigrated from the former soviet union some have even come from israel. The most popular destination is berlin. The very city where the nazis organized the extermination of european jews. This most anti semitism simply means hostility directed against jews as jews. Are subject to this hostility because of characteristics that are often attributed to the. Their hatred for being something they are not. And his image is most built and antisemitism is a wide ranging concept that some people use it to explain certain complexity third foundered Todays Society it helps them to find scapegoats. Begin to fit into this summit ism is an assault on the democratic culture of our society. So its more than just jews or such. Berlin has the Largest Jewish Community in germany. In december twenty seventeen and ugly anti semitic incident was caught on video in the citys leafy shona back district outside find x. Restaurant. A traditional menorah is displayed in the front window some of the art on the walls features the star of david. The restaurant specializes in traditional sephardic jewish cuisine. One day owner your i find back and his girlfriend were standing outside taking a break when they were approached by a man who was apparently drunk second my yes i have a problem i got some profit off her but violet quite some time from when i didnt get my post ya what got us up young dusty eyed source and drama source it is always a voice in the national. Right after your odds are tossed jamar. Its ago that if you cough its a common saloon should be redistributed to fall but its exactly what i do you know in my mind not the first initial so for me at first i didnt know what he wanted done as well and then things just got worse. And he started coming out with all these anti semitic prejudices about jews and money and the holocaust and so forth. Look ost and so its just people know its kate bush pushed him but you know i must dozens of bodies before the year i just want to cook some if i still do such and begin to kick some nice young folks john motson complex a. Good many guys from you know very good support you. Find their case prompted a new discussion about anti semitism in berlin which has a particularly high incidence of verbal and physical attacks. Nine hundred and forty seven cases were documented in twenty seventeen sixty percent more than the year before. Criminal offenses or threats can be reported to an anti Semitism Research and Information Center in berlin. Beyond. There are a number of right wing extremist and populist groups and then there are those that can be described as left wing and anti imperialist and some groups are scribed to conspiracy theories. And he is like an activist and then many of the socalled anti israel activists who are opposed to the existence of the state of israel stop this listed there is also the islamist brand of antisemitism. And then we have a wide range of groups that occupy the political middle ground. By disparate combos vs putting to submit to a child with nothing to do. What if theyve been to the cording to official figures right wingers are involved in the majority of antisemitic incidents that have been reported some farai politicians notably from the populist a. F. D. C. Call for an end to what they see as an excessive focus on germanys nazi past including the holocaust. Was. Nothing to do with. The. Present. It seems that comments that people used to make at their local pub or in the privacy of their home are now made fairly openly your Public Events and on social media sites. In time thats probably why i did these kinds of accusations have always been part of the German Society but now theyve become socially acceptable to a certain extent mostly due to the popularity of the of tea party. And. I think this was my understanding what sorts of answers does to semitism provide. Well for example it allows people to identify with the session philosophy like nationalism and that creates a sort of National Anti semitism and where the jews are always the outside is. Also anti semitism helps some people to make sense of the woes of modern society. Were now on our way toward the capital of poland. Until recently poland was widely regarded as a paragon of modern democratic progression in post communist eastern europe. But in the twenty Fifteen National elections a right wing populist. He took control of both houses of parliament. A new spirit of nationalism has caused concern among many and not just in poland. The countrys Independence Day is november eleventh celebrations across poland often provide a platform for the expression of resurgent ultra nationalist sentiment. Radical right wingers have essentially taken over the name Independence Day celebrations in warsaw and activists from all over europe travel here to join them. Over the past decade attendance at this event has jumped from just five hundred to newly one hundred thousand i. Think. This is the office of a group that features prominently in the Independence Day event the old polish Youth Organization the movement is based on a Student Group that was founded in one thousand twenty two the original group favored anti semitic policies such as limiting the number of jews in universities some members supported at least fascist dictator Benito Mussolini todays version has the same model for the nation is the highest temporal good. The groups members are all under thirty six and all eerily polite belief of the need and benito is the office dogs name. Mind than ever and wonder what you preach young people appreciate the fact that we respect polands history in trying to preserve it we consider ourselves a National Movement and we try to show people that they are part of that nation because thats the v. S. E. And thats why the Independence Day march is so popular. That are savannah. Votes for us nationalists americas love enough to just have a passport but says youre a citizen who. Started. Of peace theres a lot more to it thats just. A nation is composed of three basic elements. Ethnic Cultural Roots and religious affiliation. Dollars i would like to add that poland is proud of its history because there are hardly any dark chapters in that history. Feel cup to kish because on these national study. In their eyes dark chapters in polish history usually involve past attacks on the country by germany and russia while poland itself is always innocent but propaganda materials distributed by all polish jews often feature nationalist symbols a certain patriotic mysticism and soul stirring music and this is where associations with former times resurface. Here. In the last couple of years what we have seen in poland is a very spectacular rise in different types of xenophobia expressions of that spirit we can the. Observe it very clearly since the european refugee crisis in a way i think that this. Outbreak of xenophobia in poland since two thousand and fifteen finally also resulted in an outbreak of a of a new wave of months until she. Was. I think it shows that when the floodgates always in a formula are opened to the later it also translates into their way before still it is the jews. Since the law and Justice Party came to power in twenty fifteen the mood in the country has changed earlier this Year Parliament approved a law that banned comments linking. Holand with nazi war crimes such as the phrase polish death camps most of them were located in occupied poland but were run by the nazis and Prime Minister yet skee caused a global outcry after preferring to jewish perpetrators during the second world war. And you sure there is a. There is nowhere to semitism forward. On to say mutism oh. Theres never been an error in polish history book each else not even so much as a decade. For children who. Were dress is a more significant. Result thats due to our deeply rooted believe in christianity and specifically catholicism. That religious faith requires us to respect our neighbors. Senator john king was apparently unaware of this demonstration invites waffen twenty fifteen featuring what is clearly an effigy of a jew. Some say it represented george soros a prominent jewish investor and philanthropist who promotes liberal and internationalist policies. Soros is despised by many on the far right around the world. Vision of islam in poland is the. First of all the right wing phenomenon its the conservative discourse its the discourse that tries to put into the wider context the matters of well independence pride. All there and it said try and someone the jewish history seems not so not to fit in apparently. And this has got very dangerous wrecker questions for us as for the Jewish Community. Every year crowds gather invites watch on Independence Day to hear the preachings of yet second yet law a former catholic priest. Says. The taking. Is that for us it would be a small. Bundle there is more islam is small so how would a small box is more. Stats then jamie i. Totally is so determined served. As these kites just. The to. This to feel like they asked over you just now not nearly half are now so its certainly. We drive to the central polish city of kalish to meet. His blog features a traditional nationalist motto translated into english god on our fatherland. During our interview on secretive looking premises outlined his views on the issue of jews in poland. Used to the question of korea unfortunately right now both those who are hated by the jews and those who speak and quotable truths are called anti semites so its important to note that every official Jewish Organization in poland identifies with values that could be attributed to cultural marxism. Even those are values that we as traditionalists are catholics christian most right wingers and nationalists regard this fall psychology. Mazhar you know all of us about this ideology of what needs to moral decay the features of. A scotsman the great wrote the enslavement of entire countries. But if you dont want to know. Weve returned to warsaw on the governments new law that would criminalize the planing polish people for any crimes committed during the holocaust sparked International Criticism particularly from Israel Parliament later backed down and decided that violations of the law would result in only civil instead of criminal penalties. This is the museum of the history of polish jews the first jews arrived in what is now poland in the tenth century at the beginning of World War Two poland had more jewish residents than any other european country about three point four million. Only about two hundred thousand survived the holocaust. After the war many polish jews emigrated to israel and the us leaving a population of just forty thousand excess decisions this video shown in the museum shows polish student demonstrations in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight the countrys communist government used the protest as an excuse to launch a campaign against socalled zionist sympathizers many jews were forced to leave the communist party others had to resign their teaching jobs at schools and universities by nine hundred seventy one more than fourteen thousand polish jews had left the country in desperation a member of comparison found similarities has been drawn between the discourse of nine hundred sixty eight and todays discourse both regarding jews as a foreign factor in this state and diminishing the meaning of the holocaust. As the biggest tragedy in our history those who experienced march night in sixty eight those who had to lift poland or who stayed in poland they see the similarities they can compare the climate of nine hundred sixty eight states climate corps a vision of fascism is. Present in in the european consciousness and i would say that the core vision of fascism is the vision of total cultural homogenized and its the vision. That is directed against all types of minorities ethnic religious and your logic or political. And of course the jews are the sort of part of the minority. Risk is an outlet named clothing label developed by jewish designer antoninus i met scott. Fashions often feature. Jewish symbols and hebrew language phrases. Says she wants to rebranded jewish identity and show its modern and positive aspects she says a lot of germans buy her clothes at the same time so metzger has strengthened her own jewish identity and her relationship with the local Jewish Community. I believe that in poland the fear of outsiders is an emotionally charged issue and there are historical reasons for that. Throughout its history poland has been overrun by other states and people are still deeply afraid of such invasions. In addition we are an ethnically homogenous society with everyones caucasian and they all look similar. And they want to treat the example. A lot of people are surprised to learn that some mexico is jewish shes never experienced incidents of antisemitism and says that its safe for jews to wear a yarmulke or indeed her own clothing designs on the streets of warsaw. But she still concerned about current developments. There are social tensions in poland just as there are in every country. But here the hatred is not directed exclusively against jews but. People also hate gays arabs and black people. There are simply a lot of people who hate others because theyre different. And that hatred to can take different forms. But i dont think that the jews are any worse off than now for example ok is. Period. Some polish jews like to joke that there would be anti semitism in poland even if there were no jews there. Our next stop is france home to europes Largest Jewish Community an estimated five hundred thousand jews live here more than in any other country except israel and the United States but in recent years france has been hit by a new wave of antisemitic attacks and this is prompted many french jews to fear for their safety. In twenty fifteen four jewish hostages were gunned down in a kosher supermarket invalid send the perpetrators parents were muslim immigrants from mali. Thanks in twenty twelve four people a rabbi and three children were shot and killed outside a Jewish School in toulouse the gunmans parents were immigrants from algeria. The sephardic chief rabbi of jerusalem shlomo amar spoke at the funeral and said that in every generation there are people whose primary goal is to annihilate the jews. In recent years three further jews araik not sorry me and ilan halimi were murdered by muslims and antisemitic attacks in france. All the force in this whole focus in it generally speaking the french are not antisemitic theyre just not interested in that sort of thing. Until about twenty years ago there were no public expressions of anti semitism here. The soup was in the room the major problems that we face in france today on not only the existence of traditional anti semitism even if expressed very subtly. By leaks. But also a brand new kind of anti semitism that established itself very rapidly. Hate in football the. Muslim but its not the semitism is definitely a problem. Of course not all muslims are anti semites you cant make general statements like that. But there are ordinary muslims who have no education and who have come here from north africa Subsaharan Africa or the middle east with classic anti semitic prejudices. Because its part of the cultural environment they grew up in. To look this. Is a situation is serious in the three years since the attacks and to loosen up the culture supermarket in paris a number of french jews have left the country because theyre scared im concerned about the future of french jews and the future of france. Fosses reese so much of. This is the paris suburb of stocks and home to one of frances biggest jewish communities. It has approximately Twelve Thousand jewish residents and an estimated forty thousand christians and muslims on the surface the different faiths live together peacefully more or less the tensions are never far away. In july twenty fourth. Demonstration that had been banned by the authorities got out of hand. In its resulting street battles between arab and jewish youths protesters. Attack Jewish Stores and a synagogue in january this year and unknown assailant slashed the face of a fifteen year old jewish girl a few weeks later an eight year old jewish boy was beaten up. Historian josh been susannah is an expert on jewish communities and arab countries and france this summer he was acquitted on charges of making defamatory statements about muslims receiving anti semitism from their mothers milk he explains why jews enjoy living in south said despite the interethnic tensions. Those who will go to sussex soft sell is often called a little jerusalem. The jews in the region around paris tend to live in one district not scattered around the city. They feel safe in their shops and schools right now by because it gives them a sense of security and dont forget fifty two thousand jews left france for israel between two thousand and twenty sixteen thats a huge number. Of holes. Its more than the entire Jewish Community in belgium and twice as much as the one in italy it involves Hebrew School activities you do bill g. C. Diff welcome to delhi. Many french jews who emigrate to israel end up in the city of natanya about thirty kilometers north of tel aviv some local residents now call the city the little cook does you know. Among the new arrivals are the family. They arrived here from hyde was thirty kilometers north of paris. They left france in twenty seventeen after they were subjected to repeated anti semitic insults by their neighbors. To post and. I think that europe has a real problem with anti semitism at one time some people were openly anti jewish. And today its different they say theyre anti israeli. This was all its the same thing and we experience it first hand we dont understand why the. Jews are a very small people globally speaking. People get really angry at us and we genuinely have no idea why she was sick or if i feared for my childrens safety. I didnt think there was any future for them in france. So i decided to take them to a place that was safe. You dont need to suffer the most offensive the more they could think islam is a sham is getting worse and worse in fact im sure of it. So i invite all jews who live in europe to come to israel if theres room for everyone so they should come here. To get. Good. Other jews have decided to stay in france and to defy anti semitism in their own way. Rabbi Michel Serfaty emigrated to france from morocco and has lived here since the one nine hundred sixty s. He had a successful career as a professional basketball player and was ordained a rabbi in one thousand nine hundred five. His synagogue is located in the southern paris suburb of lisa. Serfaty has worked for years to promote better relations between jews and muslims he travels regularly through the suburbs of paris to engage muslims in dialogue. He also organizes joint sports events. Once a year he and any mom conduct a special bus tour around the country. Serfaty is seventy five years old he spent the last several decades searching for truth peace and reconciliation even if some call him a kind of don quixote. The brief history of the trip we speak in the name of religion or a sort of sense. Its our promise to them our best to be a friend to muslims and to always represent them and islam correctly and to promote friendship between jews and muslims. And even walk the. Sea. Level to. All its love for muslims the quran. And kosher food for jews and how out for muslims all of them will show. It took a lot of courage for serfaty to set up his friendship bus ten years ago. But ultimately i think hes failed. Because most of the muslims dont listen to him on the. Television you can understand why when you consider most of them children who were born in france its. A lot of work their parents were also born here but their grandparents came from algeria morocco or tunisia you goalball they say im not french. They dont even say im tunisian or. They just say im a muslim if you look at your own life palestine or you know palestine since the my country is argyria. Not you see. This is you know this is not my homeland. Ok muslim iraq was my home his friends think ok jews and muslims practice circumcision its almost the same religion. Or what hes doing its not as if they are getting closer. And its never said in the same letter to them and. So theres not much difference but. A guy who argue well thank you i know. Shut up subtle so none of the sun loves stuff so those sort of theres a mood of it is. I cant afford to be pessimistic. In general jews have always contributed to western culture. But theyve always stood their ground is look the the media. In france the land of i mean. Half the people defended drunk posts the goodies the holes in the church protected french jews during World War Two we will be today the french must use western culture to help fight anti semitism. The huge influx of new immigrants and refugees to germany that began in twenty fifteen has prompted a discussion about muslim anti semitism. This is for lens north korean district forty four percent of the people who live here are either immigrants or descended from them. Some critics say no current is not safe for jews and claim that multicultural integration has failed here. The Authorities Say that ninety four percent of all anti semitic crimes are committed by right wingers by contrast researchers at the university of bella fat interviewed a number of german jews about antisemitic attacks eighty one percent of those surveyed indicated that the alleged perpetrators were muslims. I mean lana is a jewish theologian langar promotes peaceful coexistence between muslims and jews but some jewish critics say lana goes too far in his efforts to improve relations with muslims. Right now langer is on his way to an interfaith foran at the dar al salam mosque an icon the mosque is regularly monitored by berlin security authorities because of its alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood organization. Lunger says that dialogue is the best way to bring muslims and jews together. As. An amount equal to elect as a chef we have a Multicultural Society here in nikon or that we do face some challenges and we can find out more about them by talking to the local residents and taking part in public discussions. But there are also a number of opportunities here. And im committed to not only talking about the challenges which include anti semitism among muslims. Thats a hot topic right now among germ. But i also want to discuss those opportunities for example how jews and muslims can Work Together so i can and elsewhere might. Like. You know. Keep your leash on thomas leave there are of course muslims who are anti semitic as a few wouldnt just saw for love and thats just my own and we cant deny that. This is an attack. But antisemitism is unfortunately a homegrown concept so. It started right here in europe and its been here for decades and even centuries. I wonder is this i mean does it shock you should this is a problem of society and we have to fight it deviates a bit came from. You i was here lou i. Was through i this is the annual al could stay a demonstration in central berlin the events origins date back to one nine hundred seventy nine when irans Supreme Leader called on muslims around the world to support the rights of palestinians and to oppose zionism most of the protestors are muslims but there are also left wingers present and even some anti zionist ultra orthodox jews. Over there that her own lesser is about as easy to find it interesting there is this speech that theyre actually right even if these kids could stay is the biggest public antisemitic event in germany i cant believe that the authorities still allow it to take place and sadly the german people havent yet realized that the philosophy of these people will eventually destroy german democracy. To talk to keep. This was a percentage of them inside the palestinian you i hate israel but not the jews themselves youve got to make that distinction im opposed to zionism but not jews people forget that in my country palestinians are killed illegally and expelled from their homes this is a shelf. Calbert would be like im convinced that antisemitism is quite often expressed as allegedly legitimate criticism of israel fine by you mark fifty one and the victim ends with which the criticism is directed against israel for example for its policies toward the palestinians is completely disproportionate on if. For me it clearly constitutes antisemitism. Guns and ordered to show off something to them its just nice. To see. This really Palestinian Conflict dominates relations between the jewish world and the arab and muslim worlds and it is a bloody territorial conflict that has yet to be resolved because. Opinion on this conflict is divided. And that wide range of opinions has to be taught in schools. Everyone in German Society including muslims and jews have to learn all sides of the conflict and understand that everyone has their own interpretation of the truth there is no single truth. Which roughly. Always taste better when my mom makes that i dont know why it just does the. German integration officials would like to see more young people like Hussein Yousef taking part in efforts to ease tensions between muslims and jews hussein is a student representative at his school. His parents came to germany from lebanon his family is religious but they fit perfectly well into German Society husseins older brothers are at college studying Political Science and a college but he hasnt decided on a career yet. This is the answer the high school and i can. Ninety percent of the students here are either migrants or are descended from them. Here like at similar schools officials have launched a number of initiatives to try to prevent racism and antisemitism including Educational Programs aimed at raising awareness of these problems. I cannot imagine that our high school we have one of the highest proportion is a migrant students among all the high schools in our current. And its a relatively small school its right on the main road but inside you can hardly tell should we try to help students with all their problems whether its family difficulties in our poverty i mean for me or other issues there can be an went to the fact one gets a blues and b. A can and we can have hundreds of official experts investigating antisemitism and put together all kinds of figures but that wont help us resolve these problems the key is to maintain the dialogue and the situation. Just disappeared and didnt. You do come across antisemitism and a lot of schoolyards. So i was pleasantly surprised to find that in this school theyve worked on preventive education programs. When it comes. Have done better in those programs than we could have imagined. At the jews and muslims simply have to learn to get along and accept everyone as human beings they need to put that into practice in their neighborhoods you know muslims and jews should make friends with each other and do things together. That way they can show that theyre just people whether theyre Christians Jews or muslims. Were part of the same hand muslim with us hes. Walking. Hand in hand to a Brighter Future hope does exist although many remain skeptical. This minister for the jewish people have been around for two thousand years exist and we will find a way to survive and. The problem right now is the problem with the jews and their culture to be able to survive in europe. And that question is being decided right now on this money gets tripped up see not to see me dismissed or give up if anti semitism continues to grow like it has its possible that in a few decades all the jews in france will have left the country. They are already leaving other European Countries i ask you since. The new post when i sometimes i ask myself whether we will gradually see jews fleeing from everywhere in europe. These recently be developed. If you look up. My. First one this. Take football personally with the wonderful people and stories that make the games so special un. Truth will. Come. A good. Thirty minutes on d w. You can tell a lot about a society by its garbage. Posts its worthless for the rich but for many people it offers their full chance for survival africa is among the most unequal regions in the world. Could be launched today just like that. Our reporters travel to nairobi and new york to meet people who know the true value of garbage. 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