Department of Communities and Local Government (2008)

In September 2006, the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism published a comprehensive report about the sources of contemporary antisemitism in Britain. The report made 35 recommendations which set out what the Inquiry believed would improve the situation. The Government response of 29 March 2007 undertook to take action across government to respond to the report recommendations. Following the Government’s response to the Inquiry report a cross-government working group was established and tasked with responding to the Inquiry recommendations. The working group also included membership from key Jewish organisations. This report sets out what the Government has achieved over the last year in tackling Hate Crime and more specifically antisemitism. The report reviews what the Government has achieved and sets out the commitment to continue to take practical, effective action to stamp out antisemitism whenever and wherever it occurs.

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Karl Pfeifer (2006). Engage.

In the aftermath of the conviction and sentencing in Austria of David Irving for the denial of Nazi crimes, the author argues in favour of such legislation against those believing that freedom of expression should extend to Holocaust denial.

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JPR Law Panel (2000). Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR).

The report examines the arguments in favour and against the criminalisation of Holocaust denial in the UK. The nature of Holocaust denial is also discussed. The panel adopts the position that Holocaust denial should not be made illegal, but instead, existing laws on racial hatred should be amended to improve their effectiveness in dealing with expressions of racism and antisemitism, including Holocaust denial.

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Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) (2007).

The article chronicles high profile incidents of antisemitism in Russia and the Ukraine in 2005 and 2006.

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Marco Maximillian Katz (2002). Center for Monitoring and Combating the Anti-Semitism in Romania. The Romanian Jewish Community.

The report considers antisemitic incidents, antisemitism in politics, Holocaust denial and contemporary attitudes towards Jews in Romania in 2002.

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A. Axelrod and T. Lokshina (2002). Moscow Helsinki Group.

This chapter from the 2002 annual report of the Russian human rights monitoring organisation the Moscow Helsinki Group addresses antisemitismin 2001. Violent incidents, vandalism, the dissemination of antisemitic literature, and the government response to them are all considered.

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Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) (2002).

This comprehensive report documents and analyses incidents of antisemitism throughout Russia in 2001.

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Kenneth S. Stern (2004). American Jewish Committee (AJC).

The report chronicles the development of hate sites and newsgroups on the internet. The content and messages of far right and Islamist antisemitic sites are highlighted. Suggestions are made for efforts to counter the appearance and spread of hate on the internet.

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Leonard C. Epafras (2006). Engage.

The article examines the portrayal of Jews in the Indonesian daily newspaper Republika between 1997 and 2005. The connotations and implications in the use of the terms ‘Jew’, ‘Israel’ and ‘Zionist’ are highlighted.  

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Giorgio Israel (2007). Covenant.

The relationship between Jews and the political left in Italy is examined. The worsening of that relationship from the mid 1970s is attributed to the dissemination of traditional antisemitic stereotypes amongst left wing anti-Zionists.

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