WASHINGTON ( CNN ) -- A report from the U.S. State Department details `` an upsurge '' across the world of anti-Semitism -- hostility and discrimination toward Jewish people . `` Today , more than 60 years after the Holocaust , anti-Semitism is not just a fact of history , it is a current event , '' the report says . The report -- called Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism and given to Congress on Thursday -- is dedicated to the memory of the late U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos , a survivor of the Holocaust , the extermination of 6 million Jews during World War II . The report details physical acts of anti-Semitism , such as attacks , property damage , and cemetery desecration . It also lists manifestations such as conspiracy theories concerning Jews , Holocaust denial , anti-Zionism and the demonization of Israel . `` Over much of the past decade , U.S. embassies worldwide have noted an increase in anti-Semitic incidents , such as attacks on Jewish people , property , community institutions , and religious facilities , '' the report says . The report also deals with efforts to combat the bigotry , described by Gregg J. Rickman , the department 's special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism , as `` one of the oldest forms of malicious intolerance . '' The report says violent acts and desecration of Jewish property happen whether there are a lot of Jews or only a few living in the region . Bigoted rhetoric , conspiracy theories regarding Jews , and anti-Semitic propaganda are transmitted over the airwaves and on the Internet . It says that although Nazism and fascism are rejected by the West `` and beyond , '' blatant forms of anti-Semitism are `` embraced and employed by the extreme fringe . '' `` Traditional forms of anti-Semitism persist and can be found across the globe . Classic anti-Semitic screeds , such as 'The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion ' and 'Mein Kampf ' remain commonplace . `` Jews continue to be accused of blood libel , dual loyalty , and undue influence on government policy and the media , and the symbols and images associated with age-old forms of anti-Semitism endure . '' New forms of anti-Semitism are reflected in rhetoric that compares Israel to the Nazis and attributes `` Israel 's perceived faults to its Jewish character . '' This kind of anti-Semitism , the report says , `` is common throughout the Middle East and in Muslim communities in Europe , but it is not confined to these populations . '' The report says various U.N. bodies are regularly asked to launch `` investigations of what often are sensationalized reports of alleged atrocities and other violations of human rights by Israel . '' `` The collective effect of unremitting criticism of Israel , coupled with a failure to pay attention to regimes that are demonstrably guilty of grave violations , has the effect of reinforcing the notion that the Jewish state is one of the sources , if not the greatest source , of abuse of the rights of others , and thus intentionally or not encourages anti-Semitism . '' The report gives examples of leaders and governments that `` fan the flames of anti-Semitic hatred within their own societies and even beyond their borders . '' It cites Syria , Belarus , Venezuela , Egypt , and Saudi Arabia . `` Iran 's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has actively promoted Holocaust denial , Iran 's Jewish population faces official discrimination , and the official media outlets regularly produce anti-Semitic propaganda , '' the report adds . It notes `` societal anti-Semitism '' in places where there have been efforts to fight the problem . Among the countries are Poland , Ukraine , Russia , France , Germany and the United Kingdom . `` Recent increases in anti-Semitic incidents have been documented in Argentina , Australia , Canada , South Africa , and beyond , '' the report said . The report is a follow-up to the State Department 's January 2005 `` Report on Global anti-Semitism . '' E-mail to a friend .
Anti-Semitism not just history , it 's `` a current event , '' State Department report says . Report cites attacks , Holocaust denial , property desecration , hate-mongering . Some governments promote anti-Semitism , report says , citing Iran , Syria .