“Jewish communities are fearful and are being threatened,” said the statement, among whose signatories is Deborah Lipstadt, the State Department’s envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism.
“I think there is lot of hate in those marches. when you have people chanting ‘jihad, jihad’ or ‘from the river to the sea,’ that is intended to send intimidation,” Dowden said.
The incident adds to a growing list of planned or actual attacks on Jews amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and spiking antisemitism that has accompanied it.
The envoys called upon governments "to assess the needs and provide the necessary security assistance that Jewish communities require at this time of crisis."
The coalition’s approach involves tackling a range of antisemitic incidents, providing pro bono services to victims, and pursuing cases that set precedents for combating hate.
The renaming is part of a broader concept that aims to celebrate the diversity of the children attending the daycare center, according to Andreas Brohm, the city's mayor.
Former French-Algerian Olympic medalist Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad criticized Israel's actions in Gaza, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of committing genocide like Adolf Hitler.
Hamas "may lose [in Gaza], but it will give birth to such a new wave of antisemitism and not only in the Arab world," Žižek says in his latest interview.
The meeting, which his office called “Healing breakfast: Fighting antisemitism and hate,” will be held at Bowman’s office in White Plains on Monday morning.