Anti-Semitism

Bass, civic leaders outline response to violent synagogue protest

Politicians are joining leaders of Los Angeles’ Jewish community in condemning the actions of pro-Palestinian demonstrators who they say blocked access to a synagogue on Sunday, resulting in …

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NY governor calls vandalism at the homes of Jewish board members of the Brooklyn Museum ‘an abhorrent act of antisemitism’ | CNN

The Hate Crimes Task Force of the New York Police Department is investigating several reports of antisemitic vandalism at the homes of Jewish board members of the Brooklyn Museum – including its director, a New York City law enforcement official told CNN Wednesday.

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As France reels from alleged rape of a Jewish girl, antisemitism comes to fore in election campaign

The alleged rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a suspected antisemitic attack has sent shockwaves throughout France and thrust concerns about antisemitism to the forefront of campaigning for the country’s legislative elections.

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Antisemitism refers to hatred of Jews, but there is no universally agreed definition of what exactly it entails or how it relates to criticism of Israel. The Israeli government regularly accuses its opponents of antisemitism, while critics say it uses the term to silence opposition to its policies. The war has reignited the long debate about the definition of antisemitism and whether any criticism of Israel — from its military’s killing of thousands of Palestinian children to questions over Israel’s very right to exist — amounts to anti-Jewish hate speech.

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Threatening pro-Hamas messages were graffitied near a Calgary synagogue and Jewish day school over the weekend, Canadian Jewish organizations announced on Monday.

“The flood is coming,” read black graffiti photographed by the Calgary Jewish Federation near the Beth Tzedec Congregation and Calgary Jewish Academy.

Al-Aqsa Flood was the Hamas operational name of the October 7 Massacre. The Calgary Federation said on social media that the reference emphasized an “insidious” intent to intimidate the community.

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Next to the phrase was an inverted red triangle, a symbol often used and popularized by Hamas propaganda videos to denote the targeting of enemies.

The red triangle appeared in two more locations, along a wall near the Jewish sites. One red triangle was coupled with the phrase “free Palestine,” and the other was next to graffiti saying “for Hind Rajab.”

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A school bus parked in a Jewish Toronto neighborhood was consumed in an arson attack and several Jewish community sites were daubed with anti-Israel graffiti, Canadian politicians and Jewish groups announced on Monday.

The Toronto Police Service responded to the bus arson early Monday morning, and the investigation is still in its early stages.

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Teufel said:

Endorsing shouting Heil Hitler at Jews is pretty deranged.

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Paladin said:

well that actually took longer than expected.

Donald Trump says Kamala Harris, who's married to a Jewish man, 'doesn't like Jewish people'

Former President Donald Trump claims Vice President Kamala Harris “doesn’t like Jewish people” even though she's married to a Jewish man

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Ungnome said:

Context matters. Despite them holding Palestinian flags, I seriously doubt they were doing the salute simply to protest of the Israeli government's actions, it was much more likely done simply because one of the teams were Jewish and a certain subset of the general population likes to egg on anti-antisemitism and the horrible actions the Israeli government has done let them think that 'Yea, it's OK to be public with our hate of the Jews now'.

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