Antisemitism
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Jamin Fite has received 14 charges for communicating obscene messages, littering and more.
Research shows high-schoolers encounter hate both in person and online.
“I didn’t take off my kippah for the month I was in the Soviet Union, and I’m sure not going to do it there,” Rabbi Abraham Cooper told JNS.
“Ironic that EndJewHatred, which I am sympathetic to, has set in motion what is effectively a cyber attack against MTA leadership,” wrote Janno Lieber, who is Jewish.
“The Justice Department will aggressively prosecute those who perpetrate hate-fueled violence motivated by antisemitism or by bias of any kind,” said U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.
“TikTok has helped fuel a horrific spike in antisemitism that our communities are feeling every day,” said Eric Fingerhut, president and CEO of Jewish Federations of North America.
The New York City representative first sought to distance himself from the controversial leader, then did an about-face and supported him “as part of black history.”
“Indiana would become the first state in the nation to codify the IHRA definition without explicitly including the examples,” said Rabbi Mark Goldfeder, who leads the National Jewish Advocacy Center.
House Education Committee Chair Rep. Virginia Foxx said “some of the worst cases of antisemitic assaults, harassment and vandalism” had occurred at the New York City school.
Jews, Muslims, Arabs and Palestinians participated in two online events to hear about new federal efforts to counter hate crimes.
Seekonk Public Schools, Yonkers Public Schools and the Cheney, Wash. university are being probed for alleged Title VI violations.
Staff for Canadian parliament member Jenica Atwin said they sent a different message by mistake.
