May 2021: Antisemitism in review 03 Jun 2021 share this on
When: 13 May
Where: Austria, Vienna
What: Approximately 2,500 protesters in
Austria rallied against Israel’s actions in Gaza, chanting in Arabic “Jews,
remember Khaybar, the army of Muhammad is returning.” The Khaybar Massacre
occurred in the 7th century, when Muslims massacred and expelled Jews from the
town of Khaybar, located in modern-day Saudi Arabia. Click here to read more.
A passenger on a train was punched in the face after he asked a
fellow passenger to stop denying the Holocaust and engaging in antisemitic
rhetoric.
Three people verbally and physically assaulted a non-Jewish young women who was
(JTA) A Holocaust memorial in Portland, Oregon, was defaced with swastikas and antisemitic slurs.
Police discovered the vandalism over the weekend covering a wall of the memorial in the Washington Park neighborhood and appearing elsewhere near the memorial, the local NBC affiliate KGW reported. There are no suspects.
The memorial was created by Holocaust survivors who lived locally and includes names of their family members who perished in the war, Judy Margles, the director of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, told the news station.
“It’s very twisted. It’s very visceral, I have to say, when you hear about something I think my whole body just went numb,” Margles said, describing her reaction when police alerted her to the vandalism on Sunday.
JTA A Holocaust memorial in Portland, Oregon, has been defaced with swastikas and antisemitic slurs.
Police discovered the vandalism over the weekend covering a wall of the US memorial in the Washington Park neighborhood and appearing elsewhere near the memorial, the local NBC affiliate KGW reported. There are no suspects.
The memorial was created by Holocaust survivors who lived locally and includes names of their family members who perished in the war, Judy Margles, the director of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, told the news station.
“It’s very twisted. It’s very visceral, I have to say, when you hear about something I think my whole body just went numb,” Margles said, describing her reaction when police alerted her to the vandalism on Sunday.