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Fast Forward White nationalist website might be dropped by webpage provider
An internet company that registers a domain name for the white nationalist website VDARE.com has threatened to delist the site. If VDARE.com does not transfer the domain before this Thursday, Network Solutions, the registrar, said it will delete the site, making it accessible only through the dark web. The possible action comes after a civil…
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Fast Forward Nevada Jewish man stabbed in head by man shouting anti-Semitic slurs
(JTA) — A Jewish man leaving a Nevada bar was stabbed in the head by a man on the sidewalk outside who had asked him for money and then shouted anti-Semitic insults. The alleged stabber raised his arm in a Nazi salute multiple times and said “Heil Hitler, you piece of shit” before stabbing the…
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Fast Forward Melbourne kindergarten defaced with neo-Nazi graffiti
(JTA) — A kindergarten in Melbourne was defaced with spray-paint that read “4th Reich” and was accompanied by a Star of David. This is a despicable act. There is no place for anti-semitic behaviour in our community. Hurtful and cruel. 4th Reich’: Melbourne kindergarten defaced – The Australian Jewish News #anti-semitism #racism #springst #antidefamationcommission https://t.co/1Rxt0R5oYI…
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Fast Forward Brazilian pastor, congregants pray for another Holocaust
(JTA) — A Brazilian pastor prayed to God to “destroy the Jews like vermin” and bring about a second Holocaust during a sermon in Rio de Janeiro. “Massacre the Jews, God, hit them with your sword, for they have left God, they have left the nations,” Pastor Tupirani da Hora Lores shouted at dozens of…
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Fast Forward Jewish cemetery in Poland vandalized with spray-paint
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — A wall of the Jewish cemetery in Tarnow, a city in southern Poland, was spray-painted with the letters “AJ,” likely meaning “Anti-Jude,” or anti-Jewish. The wall’s Star of David was painted over as well. Police are investigating; there are no suspects. According to the cemetery keeper, Adam Bartosz, because the wall…
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Fast Forward Ohio’s Jewish health director, who faced anti-Semitic backlash, resigns
(JTA) — Amy Acton, the Jewish Department of Health director in Ohio who came under fire for the stay-at-home orders to stem the coronavirus crisis, including armed protesters carrying signs with anti-Semitic messages, has resigned. Acton, whose resignation was official on Thursday, will become the chief health adviser to Gov. Mike DeWine. Since the start…
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News Charlottesville lawsuit is hitting wealthy landowner Richard Spencer’s finances hard
White nationalist Richard Spencer comes from money, but he’s having financial trouble because of a lawsuit filed against him for his role as a leader of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville. “I’m in a very difficult situation in terms of getting funds,” as a result of being booted off a number of…
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Fast Forward Arizona principal out of job for anti-Semitic, racist texts sent to Jewish employee
(JTA) — The principal of a charter school in Arizona no longer has his job after a former employee posted on social media a series of anti-Semitic and racist messages the principal sent to her. Justin Dye left the Heritage Elementary Charter School in Glendale on Monday, the Arizona Republic reported. It is not known…
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