Alexandra Wells
By Alexandra Wells
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Fast Forward London Jewish Man Chased By Knife-Wielding Attacker Yelling Anti-Semitic Slurs
An Orthodox Jewish man in London was forced to flee from a knife-wielding attacker who threatened to “behead” him on Monday, The Evening Standard reported. The Jewish man was walking to work in the Whitechapel district of east London when he was accosted by a stranger who allegedly called him a “f***** Jew” before pulling…
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Fast Forward Swastika Graffiti Found At Virginia Swimming Pool
Police in northern Virginia are investigating swastika graffiti at a local pool, the third case of racist or anti-Semitic activity in the area in the past few weeks, local news station WDVM reported Sunday. Swastikas were found spray-painted on a pool deck at the Piedmont Home Owners Association Pool House in Gainesville on the morning…
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Fast Forward New Jersey Cop Claims He Was Fired for Being Jewish
A Jewish former police officer claimed in a lawsuit that he was illegally fired because of his religion, NJ.com reported last week. Bergen County, New Jersey police officer Gary Bendit was dismissed from his job in 2017 along with 26 others by Sheriff Michael Saudino after the merger of the county’s police department and sheriff’s…
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Fast Forward Nikki Haley, Israel’s Sweetheart, Visits The Western Wall
In the United States, Nikki Haley is known as a Republican former governor and former ambassador to the United Nations. In Israel, she’s a “superstar” celebrity who has received the red-carpet treatment on her current visit, The Jerusalem Post reported. Indeed, Haley’s image was recently painted on a mural in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market. Prime…
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