Chair of Stockholm Jewish Community calls conference positive step, Malmo rabbi laments small Jewish representation, lack of focus on fostering Jewish life.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Australia will become the 30th country to formally endorse or adopt the IHRA definition.
For 20 years, beginning with the infamous antisemitic Durban NGO Forum, European-funded networks have been at the center of the boycott movement (BDS).
World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder and Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven join at Malmö Synagogue; share next steps in fight against hatred.
“It is not only glass that is broken, it is the heart.”
"The reason is that the association that organizes the book fair has violated the cooperation agreement with Ibn Rushd."
The government was alerted to the antisemitic texts after the Simon Wiesenthal Center penned a letter to Swedish Prime Minister Steafan Lofven, notifying him of their presence.
The chants reference a massacre of the Jews in the town of Khaybar, in northwestern Arabia, in 628 C.E.
The event had been scheduled to take place in October of this year, marking 75 years since the end of the second world war, but will now take place in 2021.
Rabbi Moshe David Hacohen and Imam Salahuddin Barakat established Amanah in 2017. Since then, they have been working together relentlessly to fight prejudice and foster trust.