December 2020: Antisemitism in review 07 Jan 2021 share this on
When: 5 December
Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina
What: Among several hateful and antisemitic posts on Twitter were tweets mocking circumcision, others referencing the antisemitic stereotype of Jews being cheap, and yet others using a slang expression referring to the idea of killing Jews to make soap during the Holocaust.
Responding to the controversy the WJC-affiliated Delegation of Israelite Associations of Argentina (DAIA) tweeted: “The hatred and racism referring to different groups reveals the contempt for equality and human diversity from who today is one of the representatives of Argentina.”
Despite the derogatory tweets, only two days after being suspended, the players were reinstated following pressure from the national team and other Argentine rugby clubs. Click here to read more.
Antifa’s ‘street thugs’
Your editorial “We need a big-tent antifascist movement” (Dec. 9) properly warned of the potential danger of the Proud Boys, one of whose factions openly calls for the organization to formally become white supremacist and “anti-Zionist.” However, your treatment of antifa, while laudably covering their recent “random acts of vandalism like smashing the cars of Trump supporters” in Sacramento, seriously understated the danger posed by this anarchist group. The editorial said, “Many members … are peaceful.” A better description would have been a collection of street thugs for whom violence is the norm.
Last spring and summer, antifa and BLM rioters took a terrible toll in American cities. In Seattle, their violence led to at least 12 injured police on July 19 and 55 on July 25. One day later, the Department of Homeland Security reported that in Portland there had been at least 14 injured federal officers over the previous 24-hour perio
On the first day of Hanukkah, the public menorah in front of Alameda City Hall was found torn down and smashed.
Next to it, the city’s Christmas tree had had its lights ripped away.
Alameda Police responded to a Friday morning call and found the menorah “had been knocked over and light bulbs broken,” according to Lt. Eric Klaus, public information officer with the Alameda Police Department. “We don’t have any suspects or leads on who is responsible, but currently we’re doing the best we can,” he said.
By early afternoon, the menorah had been repaired and placed back on the plaza outside City Hall.
A menorah outside Alameda City Hall that was toppled Thursday night, the first night of Hanukkah, has been repaired and is standing once again, the city said.