The Holocaust and Heroism Anniversary: In 2019 - 18% increase in antisemitic incidents

The Holocaust and Heroism Anniversary events began in the shadow of the Corona virus struggle.
This year's beacons are Zohar Arnon, Aviva Blum-Wex, Haim Arbiv, Leah Miriam Reuveni, Abraham Carmi, and Yehuda Baylis. The survivor's speech will be delivered by Naomi Cassuto. In addition, at a ceremony led by Danny Kushmaru, State President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Rabbi Israel Meir Lowe, Chief Rabbis David Lowe and Yitzhak Yosef, Cantor Daniel Dahan, Singers Songs Financing and Shai Sabri and Actor Zohar Strauss.
In 2019, there was an 18% increase in the number of antisemitic incidents involving serious violence over the previous year - according to a report published today (Monday), Holocaust Day, Cantor Center and Tel Aviv University. According to the Anti-Semitism Report for 2019 and early 2020, 1,839 cases of anti-Semitism were recorded in Germany this year, and more violence against Jews occurred in the United States. The center also says that anti-Semitism continues to seep from the margins of society to the center, while a gap between the reality on the ground and the efforts of governments and civic bodies to combat anti-Semitism is growing.
Prof. Dina Porat of Tel Aviv University said the Corona crisis led to an increase in the expression of anti-Semitism, but also found some highlights in the developments. "It's been a tough year for sure, but I would like to point out one point: We are seeing efforts by world governments to fight anti-Semitism, laws, budgets and seminars. We have to thank the governments of the world for these efforts," she says. "At the same time, anti-Semitism is rising. Of course, the Corona has led to an increase in anti-Semitic expressions. These are hard times to be accused of being the source of this epidemic, to the least that Jews will invent a vaccine and sell it to the world. It comes from all over the world, it's obviously ugly, but let's take it in proportion "There are other reactions to the Chinese people as well. We're not the only ones at the center of the attack, we're not alone in the world."
In total, 456 serious antisemitic incidents occurred this year, including the murder of seven people for antisemitic motives. At least 53 synagogues (constituting 12% of the cases) and 28 community centers and schools (6%) were attacked for antisemitic backgrounds. In most countries, the number of all different anti-Semitic expressions increased. The number of life-threatening threats increased greatly (by 47%), as did the number of personal property injuries (24%).
The teasing center found that the return of traditional anti-Semitic stereotypes, along with the strengthening of anti-Semitism coming from radical and anti-Zionist Muslims, contributed to the further spread of anti-Semitic discourse moving from the margins of society to the center of public discourse. The report pays attention to anti-Semitic expressions spread in the background of the spread of the Corona virus, claiming to reflect traditional Jewish conspiracy and hate theories, which rests on the stereotype that describes the Jew as a distributor of diseases that seeks to dominate the world. So far, the distributors appear to be mainly radical right-wingers, ultra-conservative Christian circles, Islamists and, to a lesser extent, radical leftists - each group according to its narrative.
According to a report by the FRA (FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AGENCY) in 2019, 41% of Jews surveyed, aged 34-16, considered immigrating from Europe during the last five years due to the rise of anti-Semitism. Another conclusion of the report is that the impetus for immigration may be strengthened by the conclusion of many Jews that the response they receive from government bodies regarding anti-Semitism is not satisfactory at all.
Centurion reports worrying trends mainly from Germany and the United States, where several prominent incidents of violence occurred over the past year, such as the attempt to break into the synagogue in this city in Germany on the last Yom Kippur on October 9, turned into a symbolic event reflecting the current situation. In the past year, there have been an average of five incidents a day, mostly related to neo-Nazis and extremist right-wingers, but the daily bullying of radical Islamists has not yet been monitored, and surveys in Germany have shown that Holocaust knowledge is diminishing Jews in general schools suffer harassment Persistence of Muslim students.
The report also focused on the shootings in the United States, some of which were carried out by individuals without prior planning, and some were inspired by ideologies of the far right and groups within the Hebrew Black or Islam movement led by Lewis Farhan. It also emerges that most of the serious anti-Semitic violence perpetrators in 2019 were active in spreading anti-Semitic propaganda on the network, through local and international networks to which these groups are members. Anti-Zionism expressed in anti-Semitic terms has been strengthened by the extreme left, especially in response to the close relationship between the US and Israel - these relations are denounced by left-wing activists as attempts by Jewish communities in support of Israel to take control of the US leadership and its policies and to navigate them according to their needs.