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Mountain station no longer wants to lend sports equipment to Jews
Anti-Semitism in Switzerland: A sign has appeared at a mountain station near Davos stating that ski equipment will no longer be issued to Jewish guests.
Davos in Graubünden Photo: Markus Schreiber / AP
An anti-Semitic notice has appeared in the Swiss ski resort of Pischa near Davos. A sign in Hebrew stated that no more sports equipment would be issued to Jews.
No more sledges, skis or snowshoes would be lent to "Jewish brothers" - after "a series of very annoying incidents", as it said. Among other things, a sledge had been stolen.
Zurich local councillor Jehuda Spielman first drew attention to the controversial sign on Sunday.
The Swiss police have now launched an investigation into possible discrimination against Jews. A private individual drew the police's attention to the notice on Sunday, said Graubünden police spokesman Roman Rüegg. Officers then inspected the notice. They are now investigating whether discrimination or incitement to hatred has been committed.
The message was apparently aimed at Israeli Jews, who have increasingly been traveling to Davos for their summer or winter vacations in recent years. The store owner has not yet commented on the accusation of anti-Semitism.
The Swiss Association of Jewish Communities sharply criticized the incident: "The poster is undoubtedly discriminatory," wrote its Secretary General Jonathan Kreutner in an email to the AP news agency. "This shocks me. This really is a new level of audacity." It is clearly anti-Semitism - an entire group of guests is being collectively condemned on the basis of their appearance and origin.
The global elite meet in Davos every year for the World Economic Forum.
Tourism commissioner Reto Branschi told the "Davos-Zeitung "** in August 2023 that there were problems with orthodox Jewish guests who lacked respect. "I really have the feeling that things are simmering," Branschi said at the time.
The "Jüdische Allgemeine" countered that "public sentiment was being stirred up against Orthodox Jews".
Pic of the message, found on Twitter (now X)
Translation:
"Due to various very annoying incidents, including the theft of a sledge, we no longer rent sports equipment to our Jewish brothers. This applies to all sports equipment such as sledges, airboards, skis and snowshoes.
Thank you for your understanding."
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(both German)
Mountain station no longer wants to lend sports equipment to Jews
Anti-Semitism in Switzerland: A sign has appeared at a mountain station near Davos stating that ski equipment will no longer be issued to Jewish guests.
Davos in Graubünden Photo: Markus Schreiber / AP
An anti-Semitic notice has appeared in the Swiss ski resort of Pischa near Davos. A sign in Hebrew stated that no more sports equipment would be issued to Jews.
No more sledges, skis or snowshoes would be lent to "Jewish brothers" - after "a series of very annoying incidents", as it said. Among other things, a sledge had been stolen.
Zurich local councillor Jehuda Spielman first drew attention to the controversial sign on Sunday.
The Swiss police have now launched an investigation into possible discrimination against Jews. A private individual drew the police's attention to the notice on Sunday, said Graubünden police spokesman Roman Rüegg. Officers then inspected the notice. They are now investigating whether discrimination or incitement to hatred has been committed.
The message was apparently aimed at Israeli Jews, who have increasingly been traveling to Davos for their summer or winter vacations in recent years. The store owner has not yet commented on the accusation of anti-Semitism.
The Swiss Association of Jewish Communities sharply criticized the incident: "The poster is undoubtedly discriminatory," wrote its Secretary General Jonathan Kreutner in an email to the AP news agency. "This shocks me. This really is a new level of audacity." It is clearly anti-Semitism - an entire group of guests is being collectively condemned on the basis of their appearance and origin.
The global elite meet in Davos every year for the World Economic Forum.
Tourism commissioner Reto Branschi told the "Davos-Zeitung "** in August 2023 that there were problems with orthodox Jewish guests who lacked respect. "I really have the feeling that things are simmering," Branschi said at the time.
The "Jüdische Allgemeine" countered that "public sentiment was being stirred up against Orthodox Jews".
Pic of the message, found on Twitter (now X)
Translation:
"Due to various very annoying incidents, including the theft of a sledge, we no longer rent sports equipment to our Jewish brothers. This applies to all sports equipment such as sledges, airboards, skis and snowshoes.
Thank you for your understanding."
link / archive
(both in German)
**tried to get that article too but it's behind a paywall
