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The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racismis a resource for information, provides a forum for academic discussion and fosters continuing research on issues linked to antisemitic and racist theories and manifestations.
The social and political exploitation of these phenomena in the period since the end of World War II, and the influence of their historical background, constitute the principal focus of the Institute.
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GENERAL ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS FOR 2008/EARLY 2009
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Italy
Sixty-nine antisemitic incidents were recorded in Italy in 2008 compared to 53 in 2007
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Slovakia
Publications such as Kultura and Pravo naroda continue the revisionist, pro-Tiso trend of almost two decades, fueling Slovak extremism
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Czech Republic
A cluster of groups, some with a clear neo-Nazi ideology, has been increasingly active in organizing xenophobic, racist and antisemitic activities, targeting chiefly the Roma
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Sweden
A total of 159 antisemitic hate crimes were registered in 2008 by the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, compared to 118 in 2007
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Russian Federation
As in previous years, the year 2008 in Russia was marked by numerous incidents of vandalism of Jewish sites and property, as well as a few assaults on Jewish individuals
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Topical Brief:
Esther Webman, The Swiss Referendum in Arab and Muslim Discourse
The referendum that took place in Switzerland on November 29, 2009, in which 57.7 percent favored a ban on the construction of minarets, triggered a lively debate in Europe
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Topical Brief:
Roni Stauber, Violence against the Roma Minority in Hungary and the Czech Republic and Its Repercussions
Post-communist central and east European (CEE) countries are home to some of the world's largest Roma communities, with 75 percent out of the estimated eight million Roma living in Europe
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Topical Brief:
Miriam Nissimov, The Jews of Iran between Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
One of the founding precepts of the Islamic Revolution and one that has guided its path ever since has been the uncompromising battle
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Save the date: Annual Holocaust Memorial Day event: a conference on: "The Holocaust - Between Past and Present," April 12-13, 2010
(in Hebrew)
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Marianne and Ernst Pieper Annual Research Seminar Series on Racism, 2009/10
(in Hebrew)
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The Holocaust between Past and Present
Weekly lecture series, 2009/10 (in Hebrew)
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The year 2008 witnessed a continuation of the trend of relative stability in numbers of antisemitic violence, with a small percentage decrease compared to 2007... January 2009 proved to be a striking exception. With the start of Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip on December 27, a wave of antisemitic manifestations swept the world
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