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ADL: Reports of Antisemitic Incidents in US Hit Record High in 2021
A Jewish civil rights organization says its annual tally of antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached a record high last year
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103-Year-Old Anti-Semitism Fighter Awarded Medal of Freedom by Gov. DeSantis
Governor Ron DeSantis recognized 103-year-old Benjamin Ferencz at an awards ceremony at Florida Atlantic University this afternoon, where he also spoke about anti-semitism. Ferencz was an investigator of Nazi war crimes after World War II and a chief prosecutor for the U.S. Army. Ferencz took the opportunity to speak before the crowd to say it’s up to the new...
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Governor Ron DeSantis Awards Medal of Freedom
The governor awarded the special honor to the 103-year-old at a visit to Florida Atlantic University. NBC 6’s Kim Wynne has his story.
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World Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day Amid Rise in Antisemitism
Holocaust survivors and politicians warned about the resurgence of antisemitism and Holocaust denial as the world remembered Nazi atrocities and commemorated the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp
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Police Investigate Anti-Semitic Flyers Found in Miami Beach, Surfside
Police are investigating the hundreds of anti-Semitic flyers that were distributed in Miami Beach and Surfside. NBC 6’s Steve Litz reports
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Anti-Semitic Flyers Found in Surfside and Miami Beach
The Miami Beach police department said the flyers were found at hundreds of homes.
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Fired Google VP Opens Up About Renouncing His Antisemitic Views
Amr Awadallah, a former Google vice president, recently appeared on the Our Voices Matter Podcast to discuss his firing. Awadallah was fired in the summer after writing a long LinkedIn post discussing his past antisemitic beliefs, which came from his upbringing and he renounced after meeting Jewish people in real life. “His views changed as he got to know people...
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Massachusetts Town Says It Can't Fire Officer for Hitler Picture
While the panel cannot fire Eichhammer, it said it found the photo highly offensive and the demands to fire the officer are valid.
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Mass. Gunman Who Killed 2 Made ‘Troubling White Supremacist Rhetoric,' DA Says
Investigators have found the gunman who killed two people Saturday in Winthrop, Massachusetts, had made “some troubling white supremacist rhetoric” that targeted Black and Jewish people, and both his victims were Black, officials said Sunday. The shooting is now being investigated as a hate crime, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins. The gunman “walked by several other people…
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Man Arrested for Anti-Semitic Remarks, Leaving Feces Outside Broward Synagogue
A man was arrested and accused of yelling anti-Semitic remarks at a rabbi and dumping a bag of human feces at a South Florida synagogue.
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Neo-Nazi Leader Pleads Guilty in Journalist Threat Case
An organizer of a neo-Nazi campaign to threaten journalists and Jewish activists in Washington, Arizona and Florida has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and interference with a federally protected activity in federal court in Seattle
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Anti-Semitic Markings Found on Holocaust Survivor's Car in Hallandale Beach
Two Swastika symbols, in the dust, on the window of a car — the images are heartbreaking for Bianca Higdon and her family. “This is very hard for me,” she said. Higdon is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivor Charles Antmann, who was born in Germany in 1921. He is one of the many Jewish people who suffered under Adolf Hitler….
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Anti-Semitic Markings Found on Holocaust Survivor's Car in Hallandale Beach
Anti-Semitic markings were found on a Holocaust survivor’s car in Hallandale Beach. NBC 6’s Stephanie Bertini reports
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With Anti-Semitic Attacks Surging, the Writing of a Fifth-Grader in Prewar Poland Teaches Tolerance
The writing of a 10-year-old girl in pre-World War II Poland is at the heart of the first interactive exhibit of an online museum dedicated to telling the stories of the Jewish communities in Eastern Europe and Russia
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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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Deputies Search for Florida Man Who Drew Swastikas on Jewish Temples
Authorities in Florida are looking for the man who spray-painted swastikas on two Jewish temples