Antisemitism
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Marvin Rotrand, national director of B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights, said “haters can spin anti-Zionism anyway they want; the reality is it results in hate and violence aimed at Jews everywhere.”
“This is just another example of old-fashioned Jew-hatred using a modern platform,” said Steven Rosenberg, publisher and editor of the “Jewish Journal” of Greater Boston.
“Ironically, on this day, which strongly symbolizes the unity of the Jewish people, a large part of our people, Diaspora Jewry, seems to have been forgotten,” they wrote.
“It is not acceptable to target or make vulnerable Jewish institutions or organizations, full stop,” wrote Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) in a statement.
An unknown individual scrawled the Nazi hate symbol on a signal box at a crosswalk in front of the school.
“Start with Jews,” insists Natan Sharansky. “Try to convince them it is very important to their own survival. Then it is easy to move to non-Jews the moment you have Jews on your side.”
Images showed swastikas, “white power” and the “N”-word spray-painted with white paint on multiple surfaces at the Garrett Park stop.
Alex Davies, 27, of Swansea, South Wales, was convicted of being a co-founder and member of National Action, a neo-Nazi group that was outlawed in December 2016.
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Among the 34 organizations and 20 partners taking part in the event was one Christian group—Passages, which organizes trips to Israel for Christian American students.
Bail was set at $30,000 for Logan Jones, 18, who was accused of assaulting a couple on their way to synagogue.
Officials called the vandalism “unfortunately not surprising” in light of the rise in anti-Semitic attacks in the last few years.
