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In New Jersey, reported bias crimes increased by 65 percent in 2019
NEW YORK (JTA) — Based on preliminary figures, 944 bias incidents were reported in New Jersey in 2019, a 65 percent increase from the previous year. According to a news release from the office of Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, this is the largest number of reported bias crimes since 1996, and the largest year-over-year increase since…
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Brooklyn Nets warm up in ‘No Place For Hate’ shirts with ADL logo
(JTA) — The Brooklyn Nets warmed up in shirts that read “No Place For Hate” and bore the logo of the Anti-Defamation League on Sunday night, before a game against the Atlanta Hawks at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. “No Place for Hate” is the ADL’s education program for combating bias, bullying and hatred in…
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New York City will install 100 new security cameras in Haredi neighborhoods
(JTA) — New York City will install 100 new security cameras in neighborhoods in Brooklyn with large haredi Orthodox Jewish populations. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the new security measure on Friday. The neighborhoods slated to get the cameras are Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Borough Park, the Associated Press reported. The first 30…
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‘Kill All Jews’ graffiti found at Brooklyn high school
(JTA) — Graffiti reading “Kill All Jews” and a swastika were discovered drawn in black marker in the stairwell of a high school in Brooklyn, New York. The graffiti was discovered on Thursday afternoon at Brooklyn Technical High School. A school employee discovered the message at the end of the school day, the New York Daily…
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‘Jeopardy!’ can’t decide if Bethlehem is In Palestine or Israel
(JTA) — Is Jesus’ birthplace, the Church of the Nativity, located in Israel or Palestine? According to the popular prime time game show “Jeopardy!,” the answer just may be both. At the end of the first round on Friday night’s show, part of its popular Greatest Of All Time tournament, one question remained in the…
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Marianne Williamson drops out of 2020 presidential race
(JTA) — Marianne Williamson has ended her run for president. The Jewish writer and self-help guru made the announcement in a message to supporters on Friday, The New York Times reported. “I stayed in the race to take advantage of every possible opportunity to share our message,” she said. “With caucuses and primaries now about…
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Spotify to remove playlist titles about Jews and the Holocaust
(JTA) — The music streaming service Spotify said it would remove playlist titles deemed to contain anti-Semitic hate speech. A spokesperson for Spotify said this Thursday in a statement to the New York Post that the content in question violates company policy. The statement followed a report by The Times of Israel that found that…
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Elite NYC prep school fires teacher who posted anti-Zionist Tweets
(JTA) This is a developing story. NEW YORK (JTA) — The Ethical Culture Fieldston School, an elite New York City prep school, has fired a teacher who posted tweets opposing Zionism. JB Brager, who taught history at Fieldston, was fired Thursday, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has learned. The termination comes after Brager, who is Jewish,…
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New Jersey teen says his boss sent anti-Semitic messages after he asked off for Rosh Hashanah
(JTA) — A New Jersey teen accused the manager of a local pizzeria of sending anti-Semitic text messages after he asked to take off for a Jewish holiday. Nicholas Bogan, 17, had been working for a short time at Maurizio’s Pizzeria & Italian Ristorante in Eatontown, New Jersey, when he asked to take off the…
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she is ‘cancer free’
(JTA) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that she is cancer free. Ginsburg told CNN Tuesday during a wide-ranging interview that treatment for a localized malignant tumor on her pancreas, discovered in July, was successful. “I’m cancer free. That’s good,” she said in the interview in her chambers. Ginsburg, 86, has been treated…
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Swastika reportedly drawn on head of Toronto man with alzheimer’s
(JTA) — A swastika was drawn on the bald head of a 65-year-old Alzheimer’s patient in Toronto. The swastika drawn in black marker was discovered this week at the Glendale Care Centre by the man’s nephew, Shane Morrow, Toronto.com reported Wednesday. A smiley face also was drawn inside a wing of the swastika. The man,…
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