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Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan speaks about the Kyrie Irving and Kanye West antisemitism scandals, Nov. 10, 2022. Source: The Collective 9/YouTube.

Antisemitic incident report: May 6-12, 2023

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JNS publishes a weekly listing of antisemitic incidents recorded nationally by Jewish, pro-Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, as well as various news media. By the Anti-Defamation League’s count, an average of seven such instances of varying...
Platform 17, a Holocaust memorial, in Berlin. Photo by Menachem Wecker.

Study: Holocaust education reduces hate crimes against minority communities

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Mandated Holocaust education in U.S. schools reduces hate crimes both against Jews, as well as across a wide swath of minority communities, according to data from RealityCheck Research, a new nonprofit based in New York,...
A door of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Credit: Shutterstock.

Antisemitic incident report: April 21-30, 2023

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JNS is beginning a weekly listing of antisemitic incidents recorded nationally by Jewish, pro-Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, as well as various news media. By the Anti-Defamation League’s count, an average of seven such instances...

Austin synagogue arsonist pleads guilty to hate crime

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Franklin Sechriest of San Marcos, Texas, pleaded guilty on April 7 to multiple charges in connection with setting fire to Congregation Beth Israel in Austin on Oct. 31, 2021. He faces up to 20 years in prison and...
French Israelis light memorial candles as they gather at Paris Square in Jerusalem in a demonstration against antisemitism in France following the murder of Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Jewish woman in Paris, March 28, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

‘The system has failed:’ Antisemitism flourishes in France

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Five years ago, an 85-year-old survivor of the Holocaust, Mireille Knoll, was brutally murdered in her apartment in Paris by two intruders, one of whom was a neighbor she had known since his childhood. Knoll’s murder...
Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Pennsylvania announces first Jewish Legislative Caucus

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For the first time, Pennsylvania’s state legislature has created a Jewish Legislative Caucus to advance issues of concern to the keystone state’s Jewish community. State Rep. Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny) and State Sen. Judy Schwank...
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Canadian man who assaulted Jews is freed on probation

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The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Canada voiced its opposition to a decision by a Toronto court to free a man who pled guilty to three counts of hate-motivated assault. Michael Park, 33, who...
Matt Greenman of New York (left) was assaulted at a rally outside Israel’s consulate and Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Midtown Manhattan on April 20, 2022. Source: StopAntisemitism.org.

Hate-crime charges filed against protester who beat Jewish man in New York

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A Palestinian activist has been charged with a hate crime by federal prosecutors for attacking a Jewish man following a rally in April in New York City, the New York Post reported on Thursday. Saadah Masoud of Brooklyn, N.Y., allegedly assaulted...
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New York Police Department offers reward in hate incident

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The New York City Police Department has released video footage of a suspect they are hoping to identify for drawing a swastika in front of a Jewish high school in the Flatbush section of...
A New York City Police Department cruiser. Credit: Photo Spirit/Shutterstock.

March sees 92% jump in anti-Semitic hate crimes over previous year, NYPD reports

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Anti-Semitic crimes fell slightly in New York City from February to March, but remain high compared to 2021, according to official statistics from the New York City Police Department. In the latest monthly report, which was...