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Azerbaijan hosts forum on social media within framework of Global Baku Forum

“We can say with confidence that the spike is real, and that we’re seeing things that we have not seen before,” said one OAS official.

Aaron Keyak, U.S. deputy special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, called the rise “a tsunami.”The post US officials warn of booming Jew-hatred in Latin America appeared first on JNS.org.

A State Department official visited Brazil, Chile and Argentina earlier this month.

Antisemitism is “negligible” in the country, but Panama’s decision is a “preventive measure” that sends a clear message, said Dina Siegel Vann of the American Jewish Committee.The post Jewish leaders

The rise in antisemitic incidents has prompted rigorous actions from governments and organizations across the Americas, while Africa strengthens its ties with Israel and the Jewish community.

These envoys have shown exemplary leadership, moral courage nad outstanding contribution to the global fight against antisemitism.

At organization’s Global Forum in Tel Aviv, Israeli leaders discuss country’s future and relationship with U.S. and world Jewry

From the blog of Adela Smeke at The Times of Israel

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/rio-holocaust-memorial-remembers-jewish-victims-and-others/"></div>RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro on Thursday opened the doors to a Holocaust Memorial that honors not only Jewish victims, but also lesser-known groups likewise persecuted by the Nazi regime. Curators hope that the memorial, perched atop one of Rio’s shapely hills with a view of Sugarloaf Mountain and the Guanabara Bay, [...