(JTA) — The Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle was vandalized with what it said was white supremacist graffiti. The graffiti was discovered on Wednesday, the center said in a letter released the following day. The spray-painted graffiti, described as “obscure white supremacist symbols,” was discovered as a teachers seminar was taking place, the center…
At the beginning of this year, like he did every year, Alan Sussman asked the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle to donate some of his family fund’s money to a charity of his choice. This time, though, things went awry. That’s because the group Sussman wanted to support was IfNotNow, the left-wing Jewish group that…
(JTA) — Neo-Nazis affiliated with the anti-Semitic Daily Stormer Book Club plastered racist fliers on three Seattle synagogues. The fliers were posted over the weekend by a masked man and featured an illustration of Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts biting…
(JTA) — A Jewish candidate for Seattle City Council has been subjected to anti-Semitic threats on the online message board 8Chan and on social media. Ari Hoffman, a married father of three, is one of nearly 50 candidates for seven of the nine council seats. The primary is scheduled for Aug. 6 and the general…
(JTA) — Officials of a Jewish cemetery in north Seattle have filed a claim against the city, saying its inaction against the problems caused by the homeless living inside has cost it hundreds of thousands of dollars. The claim for $230,000 was filed Monday by Bikur Cholim cemetery board member Ari Hoffman. Hoffman last month…
“Proud Boys,” designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is an alt-right organization made of “proud western chauvinists” that aims to rip apart social norms by acts like ending welfare and giving everyone a gun. Sadly, a man affiliated with Proud Boys who counter-protested at an event for workers’ and immigrants’…
(JTA) — The managers of two historic Jewish cemeteries in Seattle are asking for the city’s help in preventing desecration and vandalism at the sites. The Jewish community says the issue is groups of homeless people who have set up camp in and around the cemeteries. Ari Hoffman, a vice president of Seattle’s Bikur Cholim…
Seattle police said that they were responding to a viral video of a man wearing a swastika armband getting punched in the street. The Seattle Police Department said that they responded within five minutes to the scene, where they found the swastika-wearing man on the ground. The victim “declined to provide info about incident &…
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