antisemitism

FBI reports drop in number of antisemitic crimes in 2020 amid rise in total hate crimes

The number of overall hate crimes was the largest since 2008, but due to gaps in reporting, experts say not to view the FBI’s statistics as a comprehensive portrait of hate crimes in the United States.

2 former California police officers charged with vandalism for swastika spray-painted on a car seat

Messages exchanged between the two former officers and at least another 13 officers included racist, homophobic and antisemitic statements.

A screeshot of a porn video depicting Nazis raping a Jew. (FOA)

Porn sites are not removing antisemitic content, watchdog group says

Attempts to flag the videos and have them removed have gone unanswered, the Israel-based group said.

The torched grave of a daughter of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Kremenchuk, Ukraine in 2015. (Oholei Tzadikim)

Global

Ukraine grave of Rabbi Nachman’s daughter destroyed and desecrated with pig parts

Ideas

I helped organize the Washington rally against antisemitism. It wasn’t perfect, but it was necessary.

Politics

On Capitol Hill, rally-goers agree that antisemitism is un-American. But when Israel is involved, it gets complicated.

United States

Alleged assailant in stabbing of Boston rabbi charged with hate crime

United States

A rally against antisemitism hopes to present a united front, but its message on Israel has driven away some left-wing groups

Defaced gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Maryland

United States

Gravestones vandalized at Jewish cemetery in Baltimore

Global

Belarus president says Jews got the world to ‘bow before them’ after the Holocaust

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