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Fast Forward Man Assaulted, Called ‘F***ing Jew’ In Latest Brooklyn Anti-Semitic Attack
(JTA) — A Jewish man was attacked in an apparently anti-Semitic incident in New York over the weekend. The attack comes days after the New York Police Department reported that more than half of all hate crimes reported in 2018 and so far in 2019 were anti-Jewish. In the weekend incident, according to the New York…
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The Schmooze Soccer Fans Heil Hitler On Holocaust Remembrance Day In London
Another football game between European teams, another display of Naziism from one team’s fans. On a cloudy day at London’s Emirate’s Stadium, disgruntled Valencia fans protested their team’s inability to win their football game by screaming and making Nazi salutes. In footage posted to Twitter by Spanish football show La Liga Lowdown, jeering Valencia fans…
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The Schmooze Austrian Memory Of The Holocaust Is Fading — And Fear Of A Repeat Remains
How do you solve a problem like Austrians — whose country largely supported merging with Hitler’s Germany — forgetting the facts of the Holocaust? Most of us can name at least a few of Fraulein Maria’s favorite things (silver white ponies, crisp apple strudels, and so on). Fewer can define the word “Anschluss” — the…
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Fast Forward NYTimes Taking ‘Disciplinary Steps’ With Editor Who OK’ed Anti-Semitic Cartoon
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The New York Times is taking disciplinary measures against a production editor who okayed an anti-Semitic cartoon. “We are taking disciplinary steps with the production editor who selected the cartoon for publication,” publisher A.G. Sulzberger said in a note sent to staff, according to CNN reporters posting excerpts Wednesday on Twitter. “We…
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Fast Forward These States Had The Most Anti-Semitic Incidents In 2018
The Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit of anti-Semitic incidents, which was released Thursday, revealed some grim statistics: While the reports of anti-Semitism the ADL received – 1,879 in total – were down slightly from last year, they still constituted the third-highest tally since its records began in 1979. More than 70% of those incidents were tied…
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Fast Forward Every Extremist Anti-Semitic Incident Tracked By ADL Was Carried Out By White Supremacists, Org Says
NEW YORK (JTA) – The Anti-Defamation League found that 3,044 total acts of hate, extremism, anti-Semitism and terror were committed in the United States in 2018. 1,879 of these were anti-Semitic acts – including assault, vandalism and harassment. Of these 1,879 acts of anti-Semitism, 249 (13 percent) were attributable to known extremist groups or individuals…
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Fast Forward Indiana City Council Leader Apologizes For Saying ‘Jewed Them Down’
(JTA) — A City Council leader in Indiana has apologized for using the anti-Semitic phrase “Jewed them down” in a recent meeting. The incident happened at an April 15 meeting of the Jeffersonville City Council, in the southern part of the state. When a local fire department employee requested a new truck, the council’s vice…
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Fast Forward Army Veteran Arrested For Planning Attacks Against Jews, Others
(JTA) — A U.S. Army veteran was arrested for planning terror attacks in the Los Angeles area, including against Jews. Mark Domingo was arrested Friday after he received what he thought was a bomb from an undercover federal officer. At a news conference Monday, officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI and Los Angeles Police…
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