Antisemitism
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Some 26 anti-Semitic hate crimes took place from May 2 to May 23, two days before Israel and Hamas in Gaza agreed to a ceasefire.
The president said that Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice will be using the “all of the tools at its disposal to combat hate crimes.”
Haider Anjam, 20, and Ashan Azad, 19, were taken into custody on charges of harassment and aggravated harassment as a hate crime.
An online rally urged people to share images on social media decrying anti-Semitism and to contact their elected officials—from their local mayor to their senator—and ask them to take a stand on the wave of Jew-hatred that has swept America and the world.
The white stickers, which say “We are everywhere” and include the Nazi symbol in the middle, were first discovered at a bar called “Mad Myrna’s,” and later in the day, at the Jewish museum.
ICEJ-Germany national director Gottfried Bühler called upon the federal government to take firm action against the “aggressive climate change of anti-Semitism” being witnessed in Germany.
A Jewish family saw three cars waving Palestinian flags; “the occupants got out of their cars and shouted, ‘Kill yourselves, you should all die.’ One then grabbed a family member by their neck.”
“We believe we need a united, all-of-government effort to combat rising anti-Semitism in this country,” they say, citing an uptick in violent acts that have occurred across the country.
“Think the woke are not anti-Semitic? Think again,” says conservative filmmaker Avi Horowitz.
Ukrainian-born Inna Vernikov, who practices immigration and divorce law, says she was energized to run for New York City Council by distress over the state of the city and a belief in a two-party system that provides viable checks and choices.
Dr. Giovanni Quer, who conducted the study, says “we are facing a mixed trend.”
“The only kosher pizza place in the neighborhood, across the street where I go to synagogue, has been vandalized. This is happening everywhere,” said New York City Council Member Ben Kallos.
