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- Uk: Four Men Arrested After Terrifying Anti-semitic Attack On Jewish Family
UK: Four Men Arrested After Terrifying Anti-Semitic Attack On Jewish FamilyFour arrests have been made after an alleged anti-Semitic attack on a Jewish family in the early hours of Friday morning.A 28-year-old Jewish man was driving...
- Anti-semitic Visa Card Emerges In Norway
An anti-Semitic caricature has appeared on a VISA debit / credit card issued by Norway’s largest banking institution, DNB. A cartoon bearded Jewish man with a long hooked nose wearing yarmulka and a blue and white tallit (prayer shawl) is seen...
- Never Again, Huh?
From the Jewish Chronicle: When I boarded a packed 102 bus in Golders Green on Tuesday evening, the last thing I expected was to be confronted with a racist free to spout antisemitic abuse with no one prepared to stop him. On the top deck of my...
- Denmark: Jews Banned From Displaying Israeli Flag At “diversity” Festival, Officials Worried May Provoke Muslims And Leftists
From the Copenhagen Post: A city hall request that the Israeli flag not be displayed at a street festival intended to promote diversity has Jewish community leaders wondering what “diversity” really means to some city leaders. During planning...
- American Newspaper Publishes Danish Mohammed Cartoon
While all of us Infidels agree with Baron's post below that we are all now Danes, the truth is, America has not begun to stand with the Danes on the cartoon issue. Honestly, I am ashamed. And, I want to say sorry to our European brothers, but it means...
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BBC Apologizes for Antisemitic Caricature of Famous Jewish Violinist in Concert Program
The BBC apologized on Friday for publishing an antisemitic caricature of famed Jewish violinist Leopold Auer in a program for its annual summer concert festival.
“We use a range of caricatures and illustrations in our concert programmes and wanted one of Leopold Auer,” a BBC spokesperson said in an email to The Algemeiner.
“We’re sorry to anyone who was offended by the image choice – this was never our intention.” The spokesperson also said the BBC has “no plans to use that image again.”
The offensive illustration of Auer appeared in the program for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. The concert was part of the BBC Proms, an eight week-long festival of concerts, lectures, workshops and family events, ending with the famous Last Night of the Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall. A number of composers specifically dedicated pieces to Auer, including Tchaikovsky.
Violin teacher Nigel Goldberg was outraged by the illustration and told the U.K.’s Jewish Chronicle: “It is an antisemitic cartoon and it is completely out of context… There is no explanation of the image at all. Anyone I’ve shown it to, Jewish or not, has been stunned.”
London native Gillian Stern told the publication she was shocked that a “hideously and very obviously antisemitic cartoon” would be published by the festival. She addressed BBC Proms on Twitter last week asking for an explanation.
Calling the offensive caricature “extraordinary,” she said, “I can’t get my head around why they would have picked that.” Other social media users also questioned the BBC‘s choice of imagery.
- Uk: Four Men Arrested After Terrifying Anti-semitic Attack On Jewish Family
UK: Four Men Arrested After Terrifying Anti-Semitic Attack On Jewish FamilyFour arrests have been made after an alleged anti-Semitic attack on a Jewish family in the early hours of Friday morning.A 28-year-old Jewish man was driving...
- Anti-semitic Visa Card Emerges In Norway
An anti-Semitic caricature has appeared on a VISA debit / credit card issued by Norway’s largest banking institution, DNB. A cartoon bearded Jewish man with a long hooked nose wearing yarmulka and a blue and white tallit (prayer shawl) is seen...
- Never Again, Huh?
From the Jewish Chronicle: When I boarded a packed 102 bus in Golders Green on Tuesday evening, the last thing I expected was to be confronted with a racist free to spout antisemitic abuse with no one prepared to stop him. On the top deck of my...
- Denmark: Jews Banned From Displaying Israeli Flag At “diversity” Festival, Officials Worried May Provoke Muslims And Leftists
From the Copenhagen Post: A city hall request that the Israeli flag not be displayed at a street festival intended to promote diversity has Jewish community leaders wondering what “diversity” really means to some city leaders. During planning...
- American Newspaper Publishes Danish Mohammed Cartoon
While all of us Infidels agree with Baron's post below that we are all now Danes, the truth is, America has not begun to stand with the Danes on the cartoon issue. Honestly, I am ashamed. And, I want to say sorry to our European brothers, but it means...