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Antisemitism

Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the 67th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Feb. 2, 2025. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

‘I am done with antisemitism,’ Ye declares morning after Jewish museum shooting

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished May 23, 2025

(JTA) — The morning after a shooter killed two Israeli embassy aides at a Jewish event in Washington, D.C., incendiary rapper Kanye took to X with an unexpected message: “I am done with antisemitism.” Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has...

Law enforcement officials work at a crime scene where, according to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 22, 2025.  REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Apparent manifesto of alleged DC shooter Elias Rodriguez found

Andrew Bernard, JNSPublished May 22, 2025

(JNS) -- The FBI raided the Chicago apartment of Elias Rodriguez on Thursday, searching for clues in their investigation of the 30-year-old, who is accused of shooting and killing two Israeli embassy employees in Washington on Wednesday night, as they...

Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were identified as the two Israeli embassy staffers killed in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025. They had attended an embassy event to mark Israel's 77th Independence Day on May 10. (X)

‘She was one of us’: St. Louis reacts to murder of Kansas City native in DC shooting

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 22, 2025

St. Louis and Kansas City Jewish leaders are reacting to the murder of two Israeli embassy staffers—one an Overland Park, Kan. native—outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. Sarah Milgrim, 26, and her partner, Yaron Lischinsky, 28, were gunned...

A TikTok post celebrating Elias Rodriguez. (Screenshot)

‘More Elias’: These people are celebrating the Capital Jewish Museum shooting

Ben SalesPublished May 22, 2025

(JTA) — At 12:52 a.m., just minutes after the name of one of the victims of the Capital Jewish Museum attack began to trickle out online, a social media user by the name of Mejd S tweeted a short message: “F— Yaron Lischinsky.” Ten minutes...

Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who was murdered at DC museum, worked to foster Israeli-Palestinian peace

Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who was murdered at DC museum, worked to foster Israeli-Palestinian peace

Erez Linn, (Israel Hayom via JNS)Published May 22, 2025

Sarah Lynn Milgrim, the American woman who was murdered on Wednesday with her Israeli partner, Yaron Lischinsky, when a terrorist opened fire at an event in Washington’s Capital Jewish Museum, was a graduate student at American University School of...

Capital Jewish Museum shooting suspect killed two ‘for Gaza.’

By Louis Keene, The ForwardPublished May 22, 2025

The man who allegedly walked up to two Israeli embassy staffers and shot them dead Wednesday night reportedly told eyewitnesses he “did it for Gaza.” But the event those staffers had just left at the Capital Jewish Museum highlighted an organization...

Professional WWE wrestler Sami Zayn hypes up the crowd during "Monday Night Raw" at T-Mobile Arena on April 21, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Mike Marques/WWE via Getty Images)

Antics or antisemitism? Pro wrestler Sami Zayn has Israeli WWE fans feeling betrayed.

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished May 21, 2025

(JTA) — In 2021 at a viewing party for “WrestleMania,” the world’s flagship pro wrestling event, Oren Treitman and his fellow Israeli fans cheered for Sami Zayn. In the larger WWE storyline, Zayn had taken on the persona of a conspiracy theorist,...

No matter whose side you’re on — Israeli or Palestinian — these sites are gonna dox you

No matter whose side you’re on — Israeli or Palestinian — these sites are gonna dox you

By Mira Fox, The ForwardPublished May 20, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Over the weekend, Haim — a rock band composed of Jewish sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim — got canceled for being,...

‘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...

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