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Antisemitism

‘We hate paintball Nazis’: Antisemitism scandal tears through paintball community

‘We hate paintball Nazis’: Antisemitism scandal tears through paintball community

By Hannah Feuer, The ForwardPublished May 15, 2025

Paintball players typically take to online forums to discuss game tactics and compare gear. But this week, the niche subreddit r/paintball was overtaken by discourse about a different subject: moral outrage over Nazi hate symbols. The controversy...

Vanity plate celebrating Oct. 7 attacks sparks outrage in St. Louis Jewish community

Vanity plate celebrating Oct. 7 attacks sparks outrage in St. Louis Jewish community

By Kevin Deutsch, Special to the Jewish LightPublished May 15, 2025

An SUV adorned with an “OCT 7” vanity plate in Chesterfield has sparked outrage in the local Jewish community, with both the Anti-Defamation League and Jewish Federation of St. Louis condemning the display. The front plate, bordered by a frame...

Doug Cifu (left) and Dale Tallon pictured on January 2, 2016 in Sunrise, Florida. (Jeff Sanzare/NHLI via Getty Images)

Jewish NHL owner suspended after social media spat with fan he called an ‘anti-semite loser’

Jacob Gurvis, JTAPublished May 14, 2025

(JTA) — Jewish Florida Panthers minority owner Doug Cifu has been suspended indefinitely by the NHL after a social media spat with a fan that included discussion of the Israel-Hamas war and accusations of antisemitism. Cifu, a vice chairman and part-owner...

Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk speaks at an interfaith press conference condemning a man's recent burning of books on Jewish history and other topics, Beachwood, Ohio, May 12, 2025. (WKYC Cleveland/ Screenshot via YouTube)

Man burns library books on Jewish history, including Anne Frank’s diary, in Jewish suburb of Cleveland

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished May 14, 2025

(JTA) — A man checked out dozens of books on Jewish history and other marginalized topics from a public library in a heavily Jewish Cleveland suburb before filming himself apparently setting fire to them, local authorities said. Local Jewish leaders...

Russell Brand leaving court on May 2, 2025 in London, England. (Neil Mockford/Getty Images)

Russell Brand defends Ye’s ‘Heil Hitler’ music video: ‘the hook is catchy’

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished May 13, 2025

(JTA) — Russell Brand, the actor and iconoclastic activist, defended Kanye West’s latest song, titled “Heil Hitler,” saying that the artist now known as Ye is “uncancellable.” “‘Heil Hitler’ @kanyewest is uncancellable because he...

Glenridge Elementary School.

Two arrested after antisemitic graffiti found at Clayton elementary school

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 12, 2025

Two juveniles have been taken into custody in connection with a vandalism incident at Glenridge Elementary School, located at 7447 Wellington Way in Clayton where antisemitic and racist graffiti was discovered early Monday morning, according to the Clayton...

Ed Martin.

Trump pulls nomination of St. Louisan Ed Martin, the DC prosecutor under fire for ties to Nazi sympathizer

By Jacob Kornbluh, The ForwardPublished May 8, 2025

President Donald Trump has pulled the nomination of a key ally whose  Senate confirmation was in peril. Ed Martin, currently serving as interim U.S. Attorney for D.C., and Trump’s nominee for the permanent role, came under intense scrutiny for his...

Kanye West seen in Los Angeles, May 13, 2023.

Kanye West drops music video titled ‘Heil Hitler’

JTA StaffPublished May 8, 2025

Kanye West, the American rapper also known as "Ye," has released a music video called "Heil Hitler," adding to his record of antisemitic behavior. The video, titled "HEIL HITLER (HOOLIGAN VERSION)," was published on West's X account and has already...

NEW YORK, US - MAY 7: New York City police arrested dozens of Pro-Palestinian protesters on Columbia University on Wednesday evening after they took over part of a central library in New York, USA on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

NYPD arrests more than 70 pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia library

Ben Sales, JTAPublished May 8, 2025

(JTA) — Police arrested more than 70 pro-Palestinian protesters who crowded and occupied the main library of Columbia University, thrusting the New York City campus back into the center of campus tensions over Gaza. Two Columbia public safety...

Supsended Temple student Mo Khan, the “F— the Jews” sign (with expletive blurred), and podcast host Stew Peters. Courtesy of X

Student suspended for ‘F— the Jews’ video defends himself on antisemitic podcast

By Hannah Feuer, The FowardPublished May 7, 2025

Mo Khan, the suspended Temple University student who posted video of a “F— the Jews” sign at a Philadelphia sports bar, could have gone on a free educational trip to Auschwitz — as Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy initially offered. Instead,...

Dave Portnoy visits the Megyn Kelly show at SiriusXM Studios on May 01, 2025 in New York City.  (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)

Dave Portnoy rescinds Auschwitz invitation for student involved in ‘F— the Jews’ incident at his bar

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished May 6, 2025

(JTA) — A saga unfolded on Dave Portnoy’s social media channels over the last two days as he raged over an antisemitic sign at one of his bars, pledged to send the perpetrators on an all-expenses-paid tour of Auschwitz and then, after a reversal,...

A United Airlines Boeing 757-33. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Passengers sue United for alleged Jew-hatred on flight to Israel

(JNS)Published May 5, 2025

A group of 57 passengers recently sued United Airlines for alleged antisemitic discrimination, claiming the airline turned a plane around mid-flight to Tel Aviv from Newark, N.J., because many of the passengers were Jewish, the New York Post reported. The...

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