Anti-Semitism on the rise worldwide

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Global Anti-Semitism: Recent Incidents Around the World in 2009
Source Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

Moldova: December 13, 2009 – Chisinau - A mob led by and Orthodox priest and shouting anti-Semitic statements pulled down a Menorah in a local square and replaced it with a cross. The mob used hammers and iron bars to pull down the menorah while shouting “We are an Orthodox country. Stephan the Great defended our country from all kinds of kikes, and now they come and put their menorah here. This is anarchy.”

Canada: November 14-15, 2009 – Calgary, Alberta – Several Jewish buildings, including two synagogues and a Holocaust monument, were vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, including swastikas and slogans such as “Kill Jews” and “6 million more.” Anti-Jewish graffiti was also discovered on bus stops, fences and mailboxes nearby.

October 21, 2009 ­– Ottawa – Vandals desecrated the Jewish Memorial Gardens near Greely, painting swastikas and anti-Semitic epithets on eight headstones and on the entrance to the burial grounds.

Germany: November 7, 2009 – Dresden – A synagogue was vandalized with swastikas and other anti-Semitic hate symbols. The vandalism took place days prior to events commemorating the 71st anniversary of Kristallnacht.

Hungary: October 26, 2009 – Mako – The memorial plaque commemorating the 1944 death of Rabbi Dr. Armin Kecskemeti, a famous Hungarian chief rabbi, was shattered, and its wall defaced with anti-Jewish and Holocaust denying statements such as “What Six Million?”

Ukraine: September 13, 2009 – Kyiv – The front door of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) offices was defaced with Nazi symbols. Responding to suspicious noises in front of the building, a guard saw three young men leaving the area.

August 30, 2009 – Melitopol – Vandals painted swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on the main entrance of a Jewish charity’s building in southern Ukraine. Similar graffiti appeared in nearby towns. During World War II, Melitopol was in the part of Ukraine that fought against Nazi invasion.

France: September 8, 2009 – Marseille – A local Jewish school, ORT Bramson High School, was attacked by vandals who threw aerosol cans soaked with flammable liquid at the school building.  Nearly 400 students were in the building at the time of the attack, but none were injured.

Belarus: July 31, 2009 - Brest – Anti-Semitic epithets and a swastika were spray-painted on a Holocaust memorial.
Source: Anti-Defamation League (ADL)