Tag: Swastika
Philadelphia-area shul sees swastika in second incident of vandalism
A red swastika was found spray-painted on Temple Beth Hillel Beth-El in Wynnewood, Pa., on Sunday, marring on a sign that reads “Our Community Stands With Israel.” The sign was next to another one advertising Camp...
Maryland middle-schoolers charged with hate crimes for swastikas, Nazi salutes
The Calvert County State’s Attorney’s Office in Maryland has filed hate-crime charges against three 13-year-olds and referred the case to the state’s juvenile services department.
The students attend Plum Point Middle School in Huntingtown in Calvert County,...
Canadian man who assaulted Jews is freed on probation
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...
Police investigate giant swastika on field in Germany
German police are investigating a giant swastika that was recently mowed into the grass on a field near Berlin and discovered by a journalist.
Julian Röpcke, the politics editor for the German publication Bild, spotted the...
Swastika flier found at bus stop across from Maryland synagogue
A flier with a swastika on it was found plastered on a bus-stop shelter in a heavily Orthodox neighborhood of Silver Spring, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
It included a white supremacist...
Gantz decries use of Nazi symbols by Palestinian protesters
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday called on the international community and the Palestinian Authority to condemn the use of Holocaust images by Palestinian protesters.
“The use in protests in Judea and Samaria of symbols from the...
Palestinians erect flaming swastika, Star of David near Evyatar outpost
Palestinians erected a burning swastika and Star of David on Saturday night during riots in the village of Beita in Samaria, near the evacuated outpost of Evyatar.
The riots, which have included burning tires and...
US State Department probes incident of swastika etched into one of its elevators
The U.S. State Department began investigating who was behind the etching of a swastika on a wood panel in one of the department’s elevators on Monday.
According to Axios, which first reported the incident, U.S. Secretary...
Swastika, anti-Jewish graffiti defaces Chabad House in Tucson
A Chabad House in Tucson, Ariz., was vandalized overnight on Sunday with a swastika and anti-Jewish writing. It is the second such incident against the Jewish community in recent weeks.
“We are very disturbed about...
Hundreds rally against hate, anti-Semitism post-graffiti at Florida Holocaust Museum
One week to the day after the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg was vandalized, hundreds gathered on Thursday to say no to anti-Semitism and stand up for the Jewish community.
It was back on May 27...