Bristol University professor fired for antisemitic comments

October 5, 2021
A professor of sociology at the University of Bristol in England was fired after making controversial comments about Israel that many alleged were antisemitic.
In 2019, Professor David Miller, who teaches about “how power self-perpetuates through lobbying and propaganda,” said in a lecture that the Zionist movement is one of five sources of Islamophobia, presenting a graphic associating Jewish charities with pro-Israel lobbying, The Guardian reported.
Miller has also stated that Israel is “the enemy of world peace” and that the Bristol Jewish Society, a campus Jewish organization, is an “Israel lobby group,” according to The Guardian.
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New Jewish European campaign seeks to house Jewish refugees from Ukraine

As the war in Ukraine enters a second week, Europe is witnessing a huge influx of refugees fleeing Ukraine toward the West, including many Ukrainian Jews in this surge to safety.The Brussels-based European Jewish Association (EJA), representing hundreds of communities across the continent, has launched a Europe-wide campaign to temporarily provide homes, food and clothing to hundreds of Jewish families whose lives have been torn apart and upended by the conflict in Ukraine.

The appeal has gone out to Jewish communities from Lisbon to Lublin, Bucharest to Bordeaux, and everywhere in between.

“The history of the Jewish people is one of displacement, either because of pogrom or war,” said Rabbi Menachem Margolin, EJA chairman. “We are only too aware of what it means to be forced to up and leave at a moment’s notice. In almost every one of our communities you will hear such stories. We, the Jewish people, are especially attuned to these catastrophes. And because we are so attuned, we are pre-programmed to help our Jewish neighbors, just as we always have.

“I have faith that this campaign will deliver. Since the war started, Jews from all over Europe have been getting in touch with us to see what can be done to help their Ukrainian Jewish brothers and sisters in need. We are providing them with the vehicle to do just that, by offering shelter, food and clothing to those who left in a hurry, often with nothing but the clothes on their backs.”

Another European Jewish organization very active on the ground is the Conference of European Rabbis, which announced this week that Israeli technology investor Yuri Milner has donated $3 million to the CER to help Jewish refugees from Ukraine.

“As we witness the terrible human suffering in Ukraine, the Conference of European Rabbis would like to announce a special donation of $3m. from the foundation established by Yuri and Julia Milner,” said the conference. “Yuri is an Israeli technology investor and science philanthropist.”

“The CER is grateful to Yuri and Julia Milner for their long-standing support and for this latest commitment to the Jewish community at this perilous time,” said CER President Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt.

Meeting with Madam Jolanta Urbanovič, Vice-Minister of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania

Yesterday, on 16 January 2020, the European Jewish Association and our partners from the Action and Protection Foundation /Hungary/ and the International Commission for the Evaluation of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania have joined together to further advance the ongoing Europe-wide initiative on the European Curriculum and Textbook Project against Antisemitism. The meeting has thus taken place in the wonderful Lithuanian capital of Vilnius – once known as the Jerusalem of the North.

With the EJA having been represented by Mihails Vorobeičiks-Mellers (Political Affairs Adviser), the APF by Kálmán Szalai (Secretary) and the International Commission by Ingrida Vilkienė (Deputy Director), we have had the pleasure of meeting with Jolanta Urbanovič, Vice-Minister of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania, and members of her team.

During the meeting, the European dimension of the project has been described and discussed, along with the ongoing dialogues with the educational authorities in several other countries, where meetings have already taken place earlier. Then the initiative’s realization in Hungary has been touched upon – its roots, planning, development, the negotiations involved, gradual implementation and results, and the effect it has had and continues to have on the national curriculum and those undergoing as well as teaching it. 

Afterwards, the Lithuanian system of education has been discussed, particularly the various aspects of Jewish studies already covered within the curriculum as well as the corresponding topics where the International Commission has achieved significant progress. In case of the latter, numerous teacher seminars, symposiums and events devoted to providing extensive information on the pre-war Jewish life in Lithuania, contributions to society and country as a whole, as well as Holocaust remembrance – just to name a few.

A consensus has been reached that a much stronger emphasis has to be made not only on the Holocaust remembrance – which is undoubtedly important – but also coexistence, cooperation and long-time friendship between the Jews and their compatriots inhabiting Lithuania in the many centuries preceding the Second World War, not to mention the after-war and contemporary periods as well. 

With the above in mind, and considering the Ministry’s plans to renew the curriculum (not just in history, but also other subjects, e.g., social studies, languages etc.), it has been, in particular, agreed that a project proposal containing a number of suggestions shall be prepared, covering the various aspects of the topics mentioned above and others, which shall then be discussed and further evaluated by a prospectively set up expert group, whose composition shall be also discussed soon. Interest and willingness for further close dialogue and possible cooperation has been expressed by all sides involved in the meeting.

We are most grateful to Madam Vice-Minister Urbanovič and her colleagues at the Ministry for their much welcome interest, time and the possibility to have this discussion yesterday, not to mention for being such wonderful and gracious hosts. We very much look forward to further communication with the Ministry and our partners on the present initiative and, of course, other topics of common interest and concern.

President of the Portuguese Republic blessings for Rosh HaShanah

The EJA warmly thanks H.E. Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Republic, for His Excellency’s kind wishes to the European Jewry in light of the upcoming holiday of Rosh HaShanah

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Respuestas inesperadas sobre los mejores países europeos para los judíos – Estudio

(JTA) — El sentimiento antisemita prevalece especialmente en Italia y Hungría, según múltiples encuestas. Pero un índice único en su tipo que combina diferentes medidas de la experiencia judía encontró que también son los mejores países europeos para que vivan los judíos.

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El índice, presentado el lunes, se basa en un estudio que combina datos de encuestas e información de políticas para crear una métrica única de calidad de vida para los judíos en los 12 países de la Unión Europea con comunidades judías considerables, según Daniel Staetsky, estadístico de la Institute for Jewish Policy Research, con sede en Londres, que escribió el informe para la Asociación Judía Europea en Bruselas.

Dijo que los resultados pueden desafiar las ideas preconcebidas sobre qué países de la UE son más hospitalarios con los judíos. Por ejemplo, Alemania obtuvo una puntuación alta en lo que respecta a las políticas gubernamentales relacionadas con los judíos. Pero los judíos allí reportan una débil sensación de seguridad, lo que lleva a una puntuación general media.

El índice es principalmente una herramienta “para exigir acciones concretas de los líderes europeos”, dijo el rabino Menachem Margolin, director de la Asociación Judía Europea. “Damos la bienvenida a las declaraciones contra el antisemitismo de los líderes europeos. Pero se necesita algo más que declaraciones”.

La Asociación Judía Europea hará recomendaciones individuales a cada país encuestado, agregó Margolin en el evento de prensa. Fue parte de un evento de dos días patrocinado por múltiples organizaciones judías, incluido el Consistoire en Francia, la Agencia Judía para Israel y el gobierno israelí, sobre cómo las comunidades judías europeas pueden ayudar a la de Ucrania.

Titulado “Europa y los judíos, un índice de país de respeto y tolerancia hacia los judíos”, el estudio otorga a BélgicaPolonia y Francia las puntuaciones más bajas con 60, 66 y 68 puntos sobre 100, respectivamente. Los tres primeros países tienen 79, 76 y 75 puntos, seguidos de Gran Bretaña y Austria (75), Países BajosSueciaAlemania y España (74, 73, 72, 70).

Para elaborar el ranking, Staetsky otorgó calificaciones a cada país encuestado en múltiples temas, incluido el sentido de seguridad judío, las actitudes públicas hacia los judíos y la cantidad de judíos que dijeron que habían experimentado antisemitismo. Las calificaciones se basaron en las principales encuestas de opinión de los últimos años, incluidas las realizadas por la Liga de Acción y Protección, un grupo que monitorea los crímenes de odio contra los judíos en varios países europeos, y la Agencia de Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea.

El estudio combinó esos puntajes con los puntajes que el autor le dio a las políticas gubernamentales de los países, incluida su financiación para las comunidades judías, si habían adoptado una definición de antisemitismo y el estado de la educación sobre el Holocausto y la libertad de culto.

Bajo ese sistema de puntaje, Alemania recibió un puntaje general de 72 a pesar de tener el mejor puntaje (89) en el desempeño del gobierno en temas relacionados con los judíos y un sólido 92 en lo que respecta a la prevalencia del antisemitismo. Pero una puntuación relativamente baja en el sentido de seguridad de los judíos (46) perjudicó su puntuación general, entre otros factores.

En el caso de Hungría, “el puntaje que recibió refleja la realidad sobre el terreno”, según Shlomo Koves, jefe del grupo paraguas de comunidades judías en Hungría EMIH, afiliado a Chabad. “Los judíos pueden caminar por aquí, ir a la sinagoga, sin el menor temor al acoso”, dijo.

Pero la prevalencia de sentimientos antisemitas en la sociedad húngara (una encuesta de la Liga Antidifamación de 2015 encontró que alrededor del 30% de la población los tiene) “muestra que también hay trabajo por hacer aquí, en educación y divulgación”, dijo Koves.

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