This Week’s Anti-Semitism: French Parliament Forced to Close After Death Threats to Jewish MP.

Over the past week, the world’s Jewish community witnessed a spate of anti-Semitic incidents. Notably the far-right political party in Germany, AfD, disrupted a tour of Sachsenhausen death camp with anti-Semitic rhetoric and the French parliament was forced to close after death threats to a Jewish French MP.
Still, there were some bright spots in the fight against anti-Semitism: two Spanish cities reversed BDS legislation after legal action by the Jewish community. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling also stood up for the Jews of Britain after a fellow writer called outrage at Labour Party anti-Semitism “synthetic.” This is your run down of anti-Semitism from 8/27-8/3:
Anti-Semitic incidents, hate and propaganda:
A top representative of French Jewry condemned harshly what he called anti-Semitic rhetoric of a Republican politician who called the republic’s leader “President Rothschild.” Francis Kalifat, president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities, on Thursday wrote on Twitter that he considered The Republicans’ secretary general Fabien Di Filippo’s comment about President Emmanuel Macron to be “revolting.” Read more: http://bit.ly/2QbwZ3U
Some think that calling Macron "President Rothschild" is anti-Semitic. https://t.co/pCIF0xW33B
— JTA | Jewish news (@JTAnews) August 31, 2018
Far-right AfD group disrupted a tour of Sachsenhausen death camp, on the outskirts of Berlin. The disruptive visitors came from from the Lake Constance constituency of the political party: Alternative for Germany (AfD) and were reportedly traveling under a federally-funded scheme to enable voters to visit parliamentarians in Berlin. Read more: http://bit.ly/2wRxaci
Members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) disrupted a tour of the former Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin, German media reported Fridayhttps://t.co/HtmwhlcGTe
— POLITICO (@politico) August 31, 2018
In an act of “digital vandalism” of a mapping service “Mapbox” used by major internet companies, New York City was renamed “Jewtropolis” on several popular online services on Thursday. Read more: http://bit.ly/2NTEDhu
Anti-semitic vandalism lists New York as 'Jewtropolis' on Snapchat, CitiBike, and more https://t.co/2X7gA4BsAI pic.twitter.com/vfydqIu6wR
— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) August 30, 2018
Swedish Gov't Newspaper, OmVarlden, utilized innuendo to attack NGO Monitor with innuendo, factual inaccuracies, and, most alarmingly, anti-Semitic motifs reminiscent of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (spider web, conspiracy theories). Read more: http://bit.ly/2oNnxXW
It is quite astounding that the Swedish government would engage, albeit by proxy, in such an overt antisemitic attack and that it so furiously avoids scrutiny. Below is one of the images used by @omvarlden as "proof" of a a conspiracy to prevent aid to Palestine. pic.twitter.com/aALCPOigM1
— Annika H Rothstein (@truthandfiction) August 30, 2018
Police are investigating the toppling of four headstones at a Jewish cemetery over the weekend.The headstones at Congregation Agudath Achim Cemetery likely occurred between Saturday morning and Sunday morning, the Freehold Township police said in a news release. Read more: http://bit.ly/2MTS3Ok
Police are investigating the toppling of four headstones at the Jewish Congregation Agudath Achim Cemetery in Freehold Township, N.J. https://t.co/vP4C0qhb3Z
— Admas Kodesh (@AdmasKodesh) August 31, 2018
Bolivian photojournalist Samy Schwartz was accused of being a “Zionist agent” while he was covering a meeteing between President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, and President of Spain, Pedro Sanchez. Read more: http://bit.ly/2NSHjMB
DISCRIMINAN: FOTOPERIODISTA FUE ACUSADO DE SER “AGENTE SIONISTA”#ANP #Bolivia #SamySchwartz #Periodismo https://t.co/FZ3iGAqNYs
— Visor Bolivia (@VisorBolivia) August 30, 2018
A teacher put a bowl on the back of a pupil’s head and made a homophobic and antisemitic remark, a court has heard. Teacher Darren Marr repeatedly slapped Josh Harper on the back of the head before the incident at a school in Livingston, West Lothian, the pupil claimed. Read more: http://bit.ly/2M6XYud
PE teacher faces being struck off amid claims he called pupil a 'poofy Jew' https://t.co/zX4JTVEwqo pic.twitter.com/kBhovrsFZ3
— The Jewish Chronicle (@JewishChron) August 29, 2018
A Jewish MP received an envelope containing white powder and antisemitic death threats, prompting security to evacuate and lock down a wing of France’s parliament. Security held the B wing of the French National Assembly in Paris on lockdown for over two and a half hours after French MP Meyer Habib reported receiving the letter. Read more: http://bit.ly/2Qd6Stp
French parliament evacuated over white powder sent to Jewish lawmaker https://t.co/o3OTX2pnfx pic.twitter.com/11MiIwXEIt
— The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) August 28, 2018
A new video has emerged of Hearts fans in Scotland performing an anti-Semitic chant on a bus. The fans repeatedly chanted: ‘He hates the f*****g Jews, his name is Aaron Hughes’ in reference to a northern Irish player who plays for the football club. The vile clip was uploaded onto social media after the Hearts win over Kilmarnock on Saturday in the Scottish Premiership. Read more: http://bit.ly/2M71BAa
Shocking video shows Hearts fans chanting 'he hates the f***ing Jews' https://t.co/wq48gjsYms pic.twitter.com/IX5pA7Q5qp
— The Scottish Sun (@ScottishSun) August 27, 2018
Jeremy Corbyn claims Israel controls speeches made by British MPs in Parliament, in bizarre remarks slammed as an ‘antisemitic conspiracy theory’ that ‘casts Jews as sinister manipulators’. Read more: https://dailym.ai/2oINGXQ
A campaign spokesperson for former Miami Beach Mayor Phillip Levine, who is Jewish and seeking the democratic nomination for Florida governor, reported that some campaign signs were vandalized with swastika symbols in St. Petersburg, Florida. Read more: http://bit.ly/2oMw9Oj
Campaign: Philip Levine signs vandalized with Nazi swastikas https://t.co/GtpxJLE206 pic.twitter.com/f5mT8hfOXl
— Orlando Sentinel (@orlandosentinel) August 27, 2018
The Fight Against anti-Semitism
Lord Sacks has said he stands by his view that Jeremy Corbyn made "massively irresponsible" comments about Zionism and the Jewish people in 2013. Read more: https://bbc.in/2oKTEar
The Labour leader would pose a danger as prime minister unless he expresses 'clear remorse,' Jonathan Sacks sayshttps://t.co/psstbrWESa
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) September 2, 201
J.K. Rowling, made famous by the Harry Potter series and more recently for her pointed political quips via Twitter, expressed indignation at a fellow UK writer Sunday for his defense of Jeremy Corbyn and demand that a Jewish journalist explain his accusations of anti-semitism. Read more: http://bit.ly/2NSCEKu
How about you explain - publicly, to Twitter, to the world - why you've taken it upon yourself to attack a Jew, demanding that they explain themselves, when there are literally hundreds of accounts currently online explaining how British Jews currently feel?
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 26, 2018
In a letter to Labour's Chief Whip Nick Brown published on Thursday, Mr Field said he had quit the party “for two principal reasons”, the first of which “centres on the latest example of Labour's leadership becoming a force for antisemitism in British politics". Read more: http://bit.ly/2wMnCiQ
Frank Field quits as Labour MP and warns Jeremy Corbyn's leadership is 'force for anti-Semitism'https://t.co/86zQgWuh6J
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 30, 2018
Two municipalities in Spain rescinded their motions to endorse the campaign to boycott Israel following legal action by a Madrid-based organization devoted to defending the Jewish state. Read more: http://bit.ly/2NS9drZ
2 Spanish cities reverse Israel boycott motions following legal action https://t.co/02yj3W7KNY pic.twitter.com/9cltx2EiZi
— The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) August 29, 2018