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Antisemitism

The AEPi house at UC Berkeley, the grounds of which were recently strewn with shellfish in an apparent antisemitic act. (Photo/Courtesy)

Shellfish dumped at Jewish fraternity house on first Shabbat of semester

EMMA GOSSPublished August 29, 2023
Local police are investigating after a Jewish fraternity at the University of California, Berkeley, reported finding hundreds of shellfish dumped across its property.
'Infamous' billboards return to St. Louis to fight growing antisemitism

‘Infamous’ billboards return to St. Louis to fight growing antisemitism

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished August 28, 2023

If you happen to be driving west out of downtown St. Louis on I-64 anytime soon, be prepared to see a billboard that may make you look twice. Maybe even three times. As you approach Jefferson Avenue, prior to exits that lead to Saint Louis University...

Swastikas drawn on gun used in racially motivated Jacksonville shooting

Swastikas drawn on gun used in racially motivated Jacksonville shooting

By Arno Rosenfeld, The ForwardPublished August 27, 2023

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The man who shot and killed three Black people at a Jacksonville, Florida, convenience store Saturday evening was armed...

Dictionary definition of antisemitism.

Does Germany offer a model — or a warning — for how the US should fight antisemitism?

Published August 23, 2023

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. BERLIN — Felix Klein, Germany’s federal antisemitism commissioner, was riding high when I met him last spring. The...

Goyim Defense League leader Jon Minadeo pretended to be Jewish with a yarmulke and fake name when he made antisemitic comments at an Orlando City Council meeting.

Antisemites’ new tactic: Create chaos at city council meetings

Beth Harpaz, The ForwardPublished August 22, 2023

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The leader of the antisemitic Goyim Defense League is encouraging followers to “find a city council meeting” to “talk...

Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein on the set of "Maestro" in New York City, May 31, 2022.

ADL to TMZ: Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein nose in ‘Maestro’ is not antisemitic

Gabe Friedman, JTAPublished August 22, 2023

(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League agrees with Leonard Bernstein’s family: Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in the upcoming “Maestro” biopic is not an antisemitic portrayal of the celebrated Jewish conductor. “Throughout history, Jews were...

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X briefly allows anti-Leo Frank ‘community note’ as antisemitism flares on the platform

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished August 21, 2023

(JTA) — A “community note” saying falsely that Leo Frank, the victim of an antisemitic lynching in 1915, was guilty of raping and murdering a young girl appeared and disappeared several times over the weekend on X, the platform known until recently...

The Community Security Initiative of Los Angeles monitors threats against the Jewish community and provides safety training to Jews and Jewish institutions.

A Jewish security group says it tipped off FBI about a neo-Nazi who said he wanted to kill Jews

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished August 16, 2023

(JTA) — A Jewish security agency is taking credit for tipping off the FBI about a man associated with a white supremacist group who had a stockpile of weapons and Nazi propaganda in his Los Angeles-area home. | RELATED: Bomb threats and ‘swatting’...

Bomb threats and ‘swatting’ campaign hits dozens of synagogues

Bomb threats and ‘swatting’ campaign hits dozens of synagogues

By Arno Rosenfeld, Louis Keene, The ForwardPublished August 15, 2023

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The disruption came toward the end of Shabbat services Friday at Temple Beth Torah in Fremont, California. Five police...

An "Anne Frank" burger and "Adolf" fries were on the menu at an Argentine fast food restaurant until Aug. 2. (Getty)

Fast food restaurant drops ‘Anne Frank’ and ‘Adolf’ menu items after backlash from Jewish community

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished August 3, 2023

(JTA) — A fast food restaurant in Argentina has apologized after naming a hamburger on its menu “Anne Frank” and giving french fries the name “Adolf.” Jewish organizations in Rafaela, a city more than 300 miles north of Buenos Aires where...

Donald Trump speaks during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Jewish groups condemn Trump’s comparison of indictment to Nazi persecution

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished August 2, 2023
Two major Jewish civil rights groups want Donald Trump to stop using Nazi analogies to decry his legal woes.
Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue, Oct. 31, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, four days after 11 Jewish worshippers were killed during services there. The alleged shooter's trial begins April 24, 2023. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Jury gives Pittsburgh synagogue shooter death penalty

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished August 2, 2023

PITTSBURGH (JTA) — A jury has given the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter a death sentence, handing down the maximum punishment for the worst antisemitic attack in American history. The sentence marks an end to the months-long trial of Robert Bowers,...

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