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The Anti-Defamation League Warned of an ‘Enormous' Attack on Jan. 6 — So Why Wasn't Law Enforcement Ready?
The deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol was “the most predictable terror attack in the history of the U.S.,” according to the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League. Jonathan Greenblatt told LX News his organization, which analyzes and details antisemitic incidents around the nation, had warned government agencies of a likely attack before Jan. 6 and he’s “at a loss to...
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Anti-Semitism Seen in Capitol Insurrection Raises Alarms
As a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol last week clamoring to overturn the result of November’s election, photographs captured a man in the crowd wearing a shirt emblazoned with “Camp Auschwitz,” a reference to the Nazi concentration camp
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Miss France Runner-Up Becomes Target of Anti-Semitic Tweets
The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation to identify the authors of online anti-Semitic comments directed at the runner-up for Miss France 2021
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Holocaust Survivors Call on Zuckerberg to Delete Deniers
The rise of Holocaust deniers on social media platforms has been deeply painful to the elderly survivors of the genocide. These survivors are now taking to Facebook with the hashtag #NoDenyingIt to call on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to remove Holocaust deniers from the company’s platforms
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Holocaust Survivors Call on Mark Zuckerberg to Delete Deniers From Facebook
The rise of Holocaust deniers on social media platforms has been deeply painful to the elderly survivors of the genocide. These survivors are now taking to Facebook with the hashtag #NoDenyingIt to call on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to remove Holocaust deniers from the company’s platforms.
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Is Lack of Jewish Players in NFL Leading to Intolerance?
Former NFL offensive lineman Geoff Schwartz, who is Jewish, speaks out on anti-Semitic comments made by NFL star DeSean Jackson and says much of the problem lies with the lack of Jewish players in the NFL.
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Nick Cannon Apologizes for ‘Hurtful' Anti-Semitic Comments
Nick Cannon has apologized for “hurtful and divisive” anti-Semitic comments that led ViacomCBS to cut ties with the TV host and producer
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How Did Shein Think Selling a Swastika Necklace Was OK?
The online retailer Shein has apologized for selling a swastika necklace on its website. Adam Shear, associate professor of religious studies at the University of Pittsburgh, explains the history and changing meaning of the swastika and how ignorance of history and religion may have contributed to what the company called a “gigantic mistake.”
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Never Quote Hitler: One NFL Player is Just Now Learning What Should Be Obvious
Word to the wise. It’s never a good idea to think you’re quoting Adolf Hitler. It’s a lesson NFL star DeSean Jackson is just learning and it may cost him his job.
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Anti-Semitic Incidents in US Hit Record High in 2019, Report Finds
American Jews were targets of more anti-Semitic incidents in 2019 than any other year over the past four decades, a surge marked by deadly attacks on a California synagogue, a Jewish grocery store in New Jersey and a rabbi’s New York home, the Anti-Defamation League reported Tuesday.
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UN Chief Says Pandemic Is Unleashing a ‘tsunami of Hate'
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the coronavirus pandemic keeps unleashing “a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering.”
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World Leaders Rally in Jerusalem Against Anti-Semitism
Dozens of world leaders have descended upon Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the Holocaust and combating modern-day anti-Semitism
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‘We're Going to Win This': African Americans, Jews in Brooklyn Reject Return to 1990s Tensions
In the nearly 30 years since tensions between the African American and Jewish communities exploded in riots in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, Rabbi Eli Cohen and Geoffrey Davis have established a friendship that the recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks has not dinted. The African American, Caribbean American and Jewish communities that share Crown Heights are much closer today…
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Experts Advise Synagogues on Use of Armed Security Personnel
Jewish congregations opting to deploy armed security personnel in the wake of deadly attacks on synagogues should — if possible — use uniformed law enforcement officers rather than private guards or volunteers from the community, a group of security experts recommended Wednesday....
...The advice came in a detailed, first-of-its-kind report compiled by the Secure Community Network in response to questions from...
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Hanukkah Stabbing Suspect Says He Was on Prozac, Pleads Not Guilty to Hate Crimes
The man accused of stabbing five people with a machete during a Hanukkah celebration in Monsey last month pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges at his arraignment on Monday. The federal indictment charged Grafton Thomas with five counts each of attempting to kill victims based on their religion and obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs by attempting…
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Anti-Semitic Trolls Impersonate Rabbis, Stoking Hate after Hasidic Attacks
Fake accounts, which claim to be of U.S. rabbis, have been posting messages seemingly geared at pitting Jews against African Americans — but why aren’t social media sites stepping in sooner to stop them?
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Thousands Take Part in NYC March to Support Jewish Community
Thousands of people took to the streets of New York City on Sunday to support the Jewish community amid a spate of anti-Semitic attacks in the tri-state area. The “No Hate, No Fear Solidarity March” kicked off in Foley Square at 11 a.m. Participants marched across the Brooklyn Bridge and were expected to end up in Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza...
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It's Not Just New York: Anti-Jewish Attacks Are Part of a Wave of ‘More Violent' Hate Crimes
Five people stabbed during a Hanukkah celebration in Monsey, New York. Four killed in a shooting at a Jersey City grocery store. A Brooklyn woman hit in the head as she walked with her child. The rash of anti-Semitic attacks gripping the New York-New Jersey area may feel like chilling coincidences, but statistics show they’re part of a wave of anti-Semitic violence that has...
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Anti-Semitism Grows in Jewish Communities in NYC Suburbs
For years, ultra-Orthodox Jewish families pushed out of increasingly expensive Brooklyn neighborhoods have been turning to the suburbs, where they have taken advantage of open space and cheaper housing to establish modern-day versions of the European shtetls where their ancestors lived for centuries before the Holocaust.
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Hanukkah Celebrations Continue With Heightened Security Following Latest Hate Attack
On the final night of Hanukkah, police in Monsey, New York, stood guard outside the home of Rabbi Rottenberg after an alleged attacker walked inside his residence and stabbed five people the evening before.