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Fast Forward ‘Jews did 9-11’ Painted On University Of Tennessee Campus
(JTA) — A rock in the center of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville that students paint with inspirational messages was painted over with a message accusing Jews of being behind the 9-11 attack. The graffiti painted on The Rock on Wednesday night read, “Jews did 9-11. Google: Dancing Israelis.” The message that was painted over by…
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Fast Forward Alleged Stabber Of Jewish Family Claims He Forgot Why He Attacked Them
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Dutch man charged with the attempted manslaughter of a Jewish father and son said he forgot why he stabbed them. During the first hearing in the case, the victims asked the judge to consider a religious or racist motive, which currently is not included in the incitement. Taha Ewis Bakri Abdel…
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Fast Forward Los Angeles Synagogue Vandalized With ‘Free Palestine’ Graffiti
A synagogue in Los Angeles was vandalized with graffiti stating “Free Palestine” on Tuesday morning, September 11. Security footage showed a hooded man spray-painting the wall of the Baba Sale Congregation before driving away, the Jewish Journal reported. “We’re a Jewish house of worship that’s located 7,500 miles from the Middle East where this conflict…
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Fast Forward Fox Business Host Lou Dobbs Uses Anti-Semitic Trope On George Soros
Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs used an anti-Semitic trope to criticize Jewish financier and philanthropist George Soros on Tuesday night. Dobbs criticized Soros’s financial support of immigration advocacy organizations, claiming that the billionaire “work[s] against our laws—there are laws against illegal immigration—and to see his tentacles reach out into various non-government organizations and nonprofits…
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Fast Forward Students Band Together After Swastikas Found At San Francisco-Area High School
(JTA) — After swastikas were painted on the walls of a San Francisco-area high school, the students took a stand. Days after the incident, hundreds of students came to Burlingame High School wearing red T-shirts or hoodies in red, a school color, to display “unity against hate.” They placed their painted handprints on banners reading…
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Fast Forward Florida Man Arrested For Texting Threat To Shoot Up Synagogue
A Florida man who threatened to attack a synagogue was arrested by the FBI on Friday, the Miami Herald reported. Hanson Larkin, 25, allegedly threatened to kill Jews several times via text messages. According to court documents, Larkin had been trying to convince an associate to meet him in Miami throughout the month of August…
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Fast Forward Fox News Airs Anti-Semitic Soros-Migrant Conspiracy Theory
WASHINGTON (JTA) — “Fox and Friends,” the popular morning show on the conservative Fox News Channel, aired a theory that the Jewish billionaire George Soros is funding illegal migration to the United States. The theory, aired in the past by President Donald Trump and the perpetrators of deadly attacks and attempted attacks on Jewish targets…
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News New York’s New Hate Crimes Chief Is A Jewish Woman Who’s Fighting Bigotry— Online And IRL
The leader of New York City’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes said she faces “a huge challenge” in preventing offenses: the spread of hate online. “We’re in a whole new atmosphere where hate travels instantaneously and can be a motivating factor,” said Deborah Lauter, the office’s new executive director. For many American Jews,…
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