Anti-Semitism

[Thylacine 2000]

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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https://www.jns.org/muslims-assault-jewish-family-at-brooklyn-grade-five-graduation/

They are ramping up to a mass casualty attack and no one will be able to say there wasn't plenty of warning.

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.

That is something the AP felt like putting into a discussion of a Jewish girl being gang-raped in Paris.

 

[Teufel]

Three Columbia deans caught exchanging dismissive and mocking texts during a panel on anti-Semitism are let go

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1810341020548161818

Original story - https://freebeacon.com/campus/three-columbia-deans-placed-on-leave-pending-investigation/

 

[Teufel]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1810731054581567684

 

[Teufel]

US intelligence warns of a potential Iranian plot to assassinate Trump

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1813325311054160107

Head of CAIR (Council of Islamic Relations) suggests we consider maybe it's actually a Jewish plot. CAIR was a partner with the White House's strategy to combat antisemitism ( ) until this guy made pro-Oct 7th comments late last year and they parted ways.

 

[Teufel]

Multiple antisemitic incidents across Canada.

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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.

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.”

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1818022047043497987

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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.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1818093651635109991

 

[Paladin]

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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[Pocket]

While everything Trump says should automatically be assumed to be a lie, shame on ABC for playing the "some of my best friends are black" card here.

 

[Teufel]

Almost 90 years after the Nazi Olympics in Berlin, a return of Heil Hitler chants at an Olympic event on European soil.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1817928689453064342

 

[Teufel]

Endorsing shouting Heil Hitler at Jews is pretty deranged.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Endorsing shouting Heil Hitler at Jews is pretty deranged.

At Jews, most definitively, but at the current Israeli government, comparing that government's actions to those of the Nazis isn't exactly a surprise and their comparison has room for debate.

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparisons_between_Israel_and_Nazi_Germany

- https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-idf-general-likens-military-control-of-west-bank-to-nazi-germany/

 

[Ungnome]

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'.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

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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He's clutching at straws here. He's also tried to make her mixed-race something she should somehow "justify" or "explain" too.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

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'.

As they're (possibly stereotypical) football supporters, then perhaps, but political commentary by fans and sportspeople isn't exactly rare either. For example, the recent political chants by the Spanish football team against British-controlled Gibraltar or "bending the knee" at sports events.

Still, it's a dark time when (possibly alt-reich) football supporters find it unironic to to refer to Jewish people as Nazis...

 

[Ungnome]

I'm not sure from the video if they were saying the Israeli players were Nazis or if they were simply doing it as a form of intimidation. Doing that salute in front of Jewish people has been a long standing tradition amongst some groups simply to stir up trouble.

 

[Teufel]

Anti-Zionism is antisemitism part 302

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1821237098198003755

 

[Teufel]

Visibly Jewish man shot after being followed on his way to a Chicago synagogue.

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The Chicago Police Department is facing mounting criticism for not filing hate crime charges against a man accused of the attempted murder of a Jewish man, after he allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" when he opened fire.

Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, was charged with 14 felonies, after he allegedly shot the victim multiple times as he was heading to a synagogue in the Rogers Park area of the city on Saturday. The neighborhood is home to around 20,000 Jewish people.

"During the shooting, the offender approached a 39-year-old male and shot him in the shoulder without saying a word," Superintendent Larry Snelling said at a news conference Monday.

Abdallahi also fired at responding officers and paramedics and was shot multiple times before he was arrested and taken to a hospital.

Some witnesses to the shooting claim that the suspect shouted "Allahu Akbar," the Arabic phrase meaning "God is greater" as he fired his weapon at the victim's back, according to local media reports. That has left communities leaders with questions as to why police had not filed more serious hate crime charges.

"Saturday's shooting of an Orthodox community member walking to Shabbat services was the realization of the worse fear held by many, and that is not ok," David Goldenberg, Midwest regional director for the Anti-Defamation League said Tuesday, adding that Chicago's leaders needed to act now to help Jewish residents to feel safe.

No hate crime charges. The Chicago mayor's statement on the shooting mentions nothing about the victim being Jewish.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1851375309297521115

 

[Thylacine 2000]

^Days later, the suspect has at last been charged with hate crimes and terrorism.

Other disturbing news below. It is disappointing that the investigation seems to be so partisan, as though Democrats are trying to sweep the issue under the rug.

US colleges failed to hold students accountable for antisemitic harassment, House committee says | CNN

A Republican-led investigation into antisemitism on college campuses found that administrators “overwhelmingly failed” to clamp down on students and faculty who engaged in antisemitic behavior following Hamas’ attack on Israel last year.

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A Republican-led investigation into antisemitism on college campuses found that administrators “overwhelmingly failed” to clamp down on students and faculty who engaged in antisemitic behavior following Hamas’ attack on Israel last year.

The 325-page report released by the US House Education Committee Thursday states college officials made “astounding concessions” to organizers of pro-Palestinian encampments, while withholding support from Jewish students.....

In a review of over 400,000 documents from 11 colleges, lawmakers found that Northwestern University entertained an idea to hire an “anti-Zionist” rabbi, while “radical anti-Israel faculty” were put in charge of negotiations with the school’s encampment, the report said.....

The report also criticized senior leadership at Harvard University for failing to condemn Hamas following the group’s attack on Israel on October 7 –– saying that the school’s public statement –– published on October 9 –– was edited down to cut the word “violent” when describing Hamas’ incursion.

The report noted that Columbia’s leadershipoffered greater concessions to encampment organizers than the school publicly divulged –– “touting aggressive actions on antisemitism to the media,” but not adequately disciplining students that were involved in the “criminal takeover” of Hamilton Hall on April 30 this year...,

 

[Thylacine 2000]

Widespread antisemitic riots in Amsterdam, seeming coordinated at multiple sites. Israeli tourists chased by mobs in the streets, run over with cars, thrown into canals.

If Anne Frank were alive today, people would hate her - or kill her.

Amsterdam police say 5 hospitalized and 62 detained after attacks on Israeli soccer fans

Israeli fans and protesters have clashed overnight after a soccer match in Amsterdam. Police said Friday that five people were hospitalized and 62 arrested.

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[Deathy G1]

Before I moved from PA to ME in June, we removed our mezuzah (Hebrew prayers on a tiny parchment scroll in a decorative case affixed to doorways of Jewish homes) from our doorway as it was attracting some anti-Semitic attention. I haven't bothered to put it back up here in Maine, since it's far bluer where I am than PA was.

This whole pro-Palestinian thing has only driven me further to the right, and I'm not even a huge fan of Israeli policy.

 

[Anonymous X]

Widespread antisemitic riots in Amsterdam, seeming coordinated at multiple sites. Israeli tourists chased by mobs in the streets, run over with cars, thrown into canals.

If Anne Frank were alive today, people would hate her - or kill her.

Amsterdam police say 5 hospitalized and 62 detained after attacks on Israeli soccer fans

Israeli fans and protesters have clashed overnight after a soccer match in Amsterdam. Police said Friday that five people were hospitalized and 62 arrested.

apnews.com

Grim. And doubly disgusting that it was AFC Ajax fans, given the club’s history.