Antisemitism
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“This is yet another hateful incident meant to intimidate Jewish New Yorkers and divide our city,” New York City officials stated after swastikas were discovered in Highland Park and Forest Park.
“We have to make sure that every antisemite knows that we will not back down,” Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County Executive and a New York gubernatorial candidate, said at the May 10 rally.
“It’s a glaring double standard,” the New Jersey Democratic congressman, who is Jewish, wrote in the “New York Times.”
Demonstrators jeered a senior Labour minister as speakers demanded tougher action following a surge in violence and intimidation in Britain.
Demonstrations outside the Israeli pavilion came after Italy’s government opposed efforts by Biennale organizers and jurors to exclude the Jewish state.
“He carried that experience not with bitterness but with purpose,” William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, told JNS.
Suspects were detained over synagogue and ambulance arson, threats against Jews on a bus, and TikTok harassment videos.
The statement followed a pellet gun shooting targeting worshipers outside a synagogue in Toronto.
A woman is accused of shouting anti-Jewish slurs at under-12 netball match in Sydney.
StandWithUs stated that “some Jewish students at UC Law San Francisco already feel compelled to conceal their Jewish identity out of concern for their safety.”
“It is critical that we work across party lines to stop and reverse this dangerous trend,” stated Sen. Jacky Rosen, co-chair of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism.
Video from the rally at Columbia University shows violent activists pushing barriers and confronting law enforcement personnel.
