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TAU’s Kantor Center reports decrease in anti-Semitic physical violence but increase in desecrations of synagogues and graveyards

April 7th, 2021

The Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University has published its annual Anti-Semitism Report which summarizes anti-Semitism incidents for 2020. The findings were announced today in advance of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, April 8, 2021. The report, which covered the year of the pandemic lockdown, revealed contradictory trends,… Read More

TAU’s course on Islam ranked Top 50 in “Best Online Courses” in the world

November 12th, 2020

Over 20,000 students from more than 155 countries have registered for Tel Aviv University’s (TAU) online course on Arab-Islamic history. Enrollment includes students living in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Pakistan, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Malaysia, and more. A course at TAU’s Innovative Learning Center and the Zvi Yavetz School of Historical… Read More

Moshe Dayan Center signs Memorandum of Understanding with TRENDS Research & Advisory Center in Abu Dhabi

October 22nd, 2020

The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University (MDC) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TRENDS Research and Advisory Center (TRENDS) in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. The agreement between MDC and TRENDS seeks to enhance academic and analytical research and cooperation between the centers in mutual interest areas, such… Read More

Kantor Center urges Facebook to adopt international definition of antisemitism to fight online prejudice

August 10th, 2020

The Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University has joined 125 international organizations, both Jewish and non-Jewish, that published a joint call to Facebook on August 10, 2020. They urged Facebook to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism in order to fight online prejudice…. Read More

TAU’s Kantor Center reports an 18% rise in violent antisemitic incidents in 2019

April 22nd, 2020

On Monday, April 20, 2020, Tel Aviv University‘s Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry and the Moshe Kantor Database for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism held a press conference via Zoom with the European Jewish Congress to highlight their annual report on the state of antisemitism worldwide. The conference was… Read More

Moderate decline in violent attacks against Jews, but attacks are becoming more brutal

April 18th, 2018

Anti-Semitic violence around the world dropped 9% from 2016 to 2017, but a “dramatic increase” of all other forms of anti-Semitic manifestations, including harassment and hate speech, has raised increasingly “grave concerns among Jews regarding their security and the continuation of communal life,” according to an annual report from Tel Aviv University‘s Kantor Center for… Read More

Violent attacks against Jews declined 12% in 2016, but anti-Semitic hate speech spiked

April 25th, 2017

Anti-Semitic violence around the world dropped 12%, from 410 incidents in 2015 to 361 incidents in 2016. But anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses increased 45%, and the incidence of anti-Semitic hate speech, particularly online, rose dramatically worldwide, according to the annual report by Tel Aviv University‘s Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry,… Read More

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