antisemitism – Euro-Asian Jewish Congress https://test.eajc.org Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:54:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 Vandals desecrated Sholem Aleichem’s monument in Kiev with swastika graffiti https://test.eajc.org/en/vandals-desecrated-sholem-aleichems-monument-in-kiev-with-swastika-graffiti/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 13:46:10 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?p=11696 Last Sunday night, an unidentified group of vandals painted a swastika graffiti on the monument honoring the father of Jewish literature, Sholem Aleichem, according to a report posted by Chief Rabbi of Ukraine and Kiev, Moshe Reuven Asman, on his Facebook page. This is yet another case of anti-Semitism in Ukraine in the past several weeks. In September, for instance, unidentified criminals desecrated a monument dedicated to the Jews who perished in a massacre in Bogdanoka village in Nikolayev region at the very site of this tragic event. The attackers covered the monument with a swastika and left a threatening note to President Vladimir Zelensky, former transportation minister, Yevgeny Chervonenko, and head of Ukrainian Jewish Committee, Eduard Dolinsky.

CEO of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC), Haim Ben-Yakov, addressed the Ukrainian government, “To our great dismay, recently we have been witnessing an increasing number of anti-Semitic incidents all across Ukraine. The country’s law enforcement agencies must do everything possible to find and prosecute the criminals. Desecration of monuments is an alarming symptom of a troubling condition, which can develop into a more acute form. We must act promptly and decisively to avert further escalation of anti-Semitic sentiment in the country.”

On November 27, Kiev will host the first Summit of Euroasian Jewry, bringing together for the first time hundreds of Jewish leaders from across the region.

Photo from the Facebook page of Rabbi Asman.

]]> EAJC expresses condolences to victims of anti-Semitic attack in Halle https://test.eajc.org/en/eajc-expresses-condolences-to-victims-of-anti-semitic-attack-in-halle/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:54:45 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?p=11637 The leaders of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress and representatives of the Jewish communities of the region are deeply saddened by the news of the terrorist attack in the German city of Halle that targeted the local synagogue and Jewish cemetery. We express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and pray that the world wound be cured of of xenophobia and anti-Semitism.

According to press reports, during a prayer on Yom Kippur, when 70-80 people were present in the building, the offender tried to get into the synagogue, throwing Molotov cocktails, firecrackers and grenades. At the same time, a grenade was thrown at the Jewish cemetery located near the synagogue. Then the attacker went into the neighboring kebab shop and opened fire, as a result of which two people were killed, and two more were injured.

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