Goyim Defense League

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Nashville mayor condemns anti-Semitic fliers on 40-plus homes near synagogues
JNSAugust 9, 2022
“We stand united in support of the Jewish community, and against the extremism and hatred of a small but dangerous faction of our city,” the mayor wrote in a statement with other city leaders.
John Cooper, mayor of Nashville, Tenn. Credit: John Cooper Campaign Site.
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Anti-Semitic fliers dropped at homes in Houston area, second time this year
August 10, 2022
Similar ones were left outside homes in the Houston area in February.
Two of the hate-filled fliers that were left outside homes in Gainesville, Fla., in August 2022. Source: Screenshot/WCJB.
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Nashville mayor condemns anti-Semitic fliers on 40-plus homes near synagogues
August 9, 2022
“We stand united in support of the Jewish community, and against the extremism and hatred of a small but dangerous faction of our city,” the mayor wrote in a statement with other city leaders.
John Cooper, mayor of Nashville, Tenn. Credit: John Cooper Campaign Site.
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Group carrying swastika flags in Tampa, Fla., disperses anti-Semitic fliers
July 25, 2022
Similar papers, including ones that blame the coronavirus pandemic on Jews, have been distributed in cities across the country in recent months, tied to the Goyim Defense League.
Anti-Semitic fliers were found near homes in Boca Raton, Fla., on the fifth day of Passover, April 20, 2022. Source: Screenshot.
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Truck displaying anti-Semitic rhetoric causes uproar among Los Angeles residents
Ryan TorokMay 23, 2022
StopAntisemitism.org posted video online of a truck parked at the Beverly Hilton with one of the drivers heard saying, “The Nazis are coming!”
Anti-Semitic signs on a truck in Los Angeles on May 21, 2022. Source: Screenshot.
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Florida Holocaust Museum condemns Nazi flags flown outside Disney World
May 10, 2022
“No family should be confronted with threatening symbols of hate, least of all on vacation,” said museum chair Michael Igel.
Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla. Credit: Ebyabe via Wikimedia Commons.
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Beverly Hills residents wake up to anti-Semitic fliers on first day of Passover
April 18, 2022
They are similar to ones that blamed the coronavirus pandemic on a Jewish conspiracy.
Anti-Semitic fliers blaming Russia’s war in Ukraine on Jews were left in front of homes in Beverly Hills, Calif., on the first day of Passover, April 16, 2022. Source: Screenshot.
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Police, FBI investigate anti-Semitic fliers found in plastic bags in Colleyville
February 21, 2022
Many of these fliers seek to tie the coronavirus pandemic to Jewish individuals; some have been distributed by supporters of the Goyim Defense League, a virulently anti-Semitic group.
Anti-Semitic fliers were found in Colleyville, Texas, just weeks after a hostage-taking crisis at Congregation Beth Israel, also in Colleyville, February 2022. Source: Screenshot.
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Gov. DeSantis, Florida leaders decry neo-Nazi activity in Orlando, Miami
Faygie HoltFebruary 1, 2022
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer took to social media to express his disgust, saying “anti-Semitism and hatred are not welcome in this community. Despite displays of hate in Central Florida, our collective commitment to building an inclusive, compassionate community for all is stronger than ever.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the media following an neo-Nazi rally near Orlando. Jan. 31, 2022. Source: Screenshot.
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Anti-vaccine posters featuring a Star of David found across Los Angeles area
December 23, 2021
Both fliers said, “Report Anti-Vaxxers, because you care and they don’t,” and included a telephone number that, according to a local media outlet, went to a restaurant in Hollywood.
Anti-vaccine posters that featured a Star of David on them were discovered in at least two Los Angeles-area this past wee. Credit: Magen Am.
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Anti-Semitic fliers blaming Jews for COVID-19 found in at least eight states
December 21, 2021
The leaflets were part of a “coordinated flier drop,” by the anti-Semitic Goyim Defense League, according to the Secure Community Network, and were found in Alabama, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas and Vermont.
An example of anti-Semitic fliers found in at least eight states blaming Jews for COVID-19, December 2021. Source: Secure Community Network.
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Police in Beverly Hills investigate anti-Semitic fliers blaming Jews for COVID-19
November 29, 2021
Patrols in the city are to be increased during the holiday of Hanukkah.
Beverly Hills Police Department cruiser. Credit: Elliott Cowand Jr/Shutterstock.
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Austin fire department releases photo of man who set fire to Texas synagogue
November 4, 2021
The suspect, described as thin with brown hair with a face covering, was seen on video camera driving a dark-colored “later-model SUV-style vehicle” into the parking lot of Congregation Beth Israel.
Photo of the man suspected of setting a fire at Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 31, 2021. Credit: Austin Fire Department.
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Small fire at Texas synagogue follows spate of anti-Semitic incidents, leaders respond
Faygie HoltNovember 2, 2021
“As a native Texan, this breaks my heart,” said Rabbi Kelly Levy of Congregation Beth Israel. “We will be compassionate and resolute because our love for humanity strengthens our resistance to hatred.”
Austin firefighters at Congregation Beth Israel on Oct. 31, 2021. Source: Twitter.
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String of anti-Semitic incidents in Austin leaves Jewish community unsettled
Faygie HoltOctober 25, 2021
A member of the anti-Semitic Goyim Defense League stood atop a highway overpass not too far from the Dell JCC, gave the Nazi salute and unfurled a banner that read “Vax the Jews.”
An aerial view of Austin, Texas. Credit: Roschetzky Photography/Shutterstock.
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Graffiti in Toronto claims Jews were responsible for Sept. 11 terror attacks
September 14, 2021
“Such attempts at spreading hatred will never be tolerated in this city,” posted the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center on Twitter.
Graffiti claiming that Jews were responsible for the 9/11 attacks on a building in Toronto, Sept. 2021. Source: Screenshot.
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