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Fast Forward Las Vegas man pleads guilty in charge related to alleged synagogue bombing plot
(JTA) — A man from Las Vegas, Nevada who worked as a security guard pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a firearm, related to charges that he planned to bomb a local synagogue or a bar that caters to the LBGTQ community. Conor Climo, 23, appeared Monday in a Las Vegas court to possessing the…
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Fast Forward Man shouts anti-Semitic epithets in Philadelphia kosher market
(JTA) — A man shouted anti-Semitic comments inside a kosher supermarket in northeast Philadelphia. The man had parked a tractor-trailer in the parking lot of House of Kosher for an extended period of time, eventually entering the market and shouting anti-Semitic epithets, the local Fox affiliate, Fox 29 Philadelphia reported Thursday. It is not clear…
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Fast Forward Tampa Bay councilman who said ‘we’re getting Jewed’ meets with rabbi
(JTA) — A Tampa Bay City Council member who used the slur “we’re getting Jewed” to describe a city business deal and then apologized met with a local Jewish leader to learn why it was offensive. Orlando Gudes was describing the high construction costs for an East Tampa community center to a Tampa Bay Times…
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Fast Forward ADL: Coronavirus sparks anti-Semitic conspiracy theories
(JTA) — The spread of and fear generated by the coronavirus has led extremists to promote conspiracy theories and share their anti-Semitic views, the Anti-Defamation League said. It also has fomented racism against the Chinese and calls for a halt to immigration to the United States, the post to the ADL’s website said. “Finally! Science…
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Fast Forward UK anti-Semitic incidents rise for 4th straight year, reach all-time high
(JTA) — The number of anti-Semitic incidents documented in Britain increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2019, reaching a record tally of 1,805 cases. Overall, the increase over 2018 was of 7%, but the category of assault increased by 27% to 157 incidents, the Community Security Trust, or CST, British Jewry’s largest watchdog on…
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Fast Forward The Forward sues NYPD for refusing to share records of anti-Semitic hate crimes
The Forward has filed a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department, demanding access to public records related to anti-Semitic hate crimes. The suit, filed in New York County Supreme Court on Tuesday, followed months of unsuccessful requests for the records under the New York State’s Freedom of Information Law. The NYPD “has improperly…
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Fast Forward Swastikas painted on headstones at Dutch Jewish cemetery
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans were painted on several headstones at a Jewish cemetery in the Netherlands. The incident in Dordrecht, situated about 40 miles south of Amsterdam, was discovered Tuesday, De Telegraaf daily reported. The Organization of Jewish Communities in the Netherlands, or NIK, filed a police complaint. Mayor Wouter Kolff said…
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Opinion Anti-Semitism’s rise in Europe is more than a far left, far right problem
Whether anti-Semitism stems more so from the far-right, far-left, or Muslim extremism remains a matter of contentious debate. Germany’s interior ministry says the far-right is responsible for 90% of anti-Semitic hate crimes in that country. The monitoring organization RIAS Berlin paints more of a mixed picture. And now the Institute for Zionist Strategies—a not-particularly-prestigious right-wing…
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