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Curry College in Milton, Mass. Credit: Daderot via Wikimedia Commons.

Massachusetts private college goes remote following anti-Semitic symbols, racist threat

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Curry College in Milton, Mass., opted to make all classes virtual in response to a racist note and anti-Semitic vandalism discovered at the private school in recent weeks, reported NBC Boston. Students were given the option to...
Security footage capturing an assailant attacking two Jewish men in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 5, 2022. Source: Screenshot.

ADL offers $7,500 for arrest in connection to two assaults in Brooklyn on Shabbat

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The Anti-Defamation League New York/New Jersey is offering a reward of up to $7,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for two assaults in the heavily Chassidic section of...
The facade of New South Wales parliament house on Macquarie Street with Australian, New South Wales and aboriginal flags raised. Credit: Demamiel62/Shutterstock.

Australia’s New South Wales considers ban on public displays of swastikas

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The New South Wales Parliament in Australia is considering a proposed bill that would outlaw all public displays of Nazi symbols, such as swastikas. The legislation would give exceptions to symbols used for educational, historical...
The election Jewish MPs in Montreal targeted with anti-Semitic graffiti. Credit: Friends of Simon Wisenthal Center.

B’nai Brith Canada calls slew of swastika vandalism around the country ‘reprehensible and unacceptable’

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B’nai Brith Canada condemned the recent increase in swastika vandalism that has taken place across the country. “The continued use of the Nazi swastika in an attempt to intimidate Jewish communities is reprehensible and unacceptable,” said B’nai...
Police are searching for a suspect who vandalized the South Street Temple in Lincoln, Neb., with a racial slur and swastika. Source: Screenshot.

Police look for vandal of Nebraska synagogue who photographed his own grafitti

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Police are searching for a man for who spray-painted a swastika and racial slur on a synagogue in Lincoln, Neb., and then took a picture of his “work.” According to surveillance video footage, the vandalism at...
A New York City subway train. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Anti-Semitic hate crimes on New York City subways on the rise, NYPD reveals

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New police statistics show an increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes targeting Jewish riders on New York City subways, The City reported on Wednesday. Since Oct. 20, the New York Police Department has logged 42 hate-crime complaints involving anti-Semitic...
Arizona State University. Credit: Flickr.

Fliers with swastikas, Star of David found at Arizona State University

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Police are investigating who is responsible for fliers around the campus at Arizona State University that read “Love Not Hate,” with a swastika for the “O” in “love” and a Star of David for...
A Tufts University sign at the intersection of College Avenue and Professors Row on Nov. 4, 2015. Photo by Alonso Nichols/Tufts University.

Tufts student discovers swastika attached to door

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An unidentified Jewish student at Tufts University discovered a swastika on their dorm room door on Sunday, announced the school’s president on Tuesday in an email. “I condemn this cowardly act of hatred and ignorance,”...
A spray-painted swastika was discovered on the concrete next to a baseball field at Dos Vientos Community Park in Conejo Valley, Calif. Photo courtesy of the Anti-Defamation League Santa Barbara/Tri-Counties.

Report: California sees anti-Semitic hate crimes increase by 21 percent

The California Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report on July 2 revealing that anti-Semitic hate crimes increased by 21 percent in 2018 from the year prior. The report documented 126 instances of anti-Semitic hate crimes in 2018—an increase...
A Nazi swastika and iron crosses spray-painted on Congregation Shaarey Tefilla in Carmel, Ind. Credit: Debby Barton Grant via Facebook.

Man sentenced to three years in prison for vandalism at Indiana synagogue

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A 21-year-old man was sentenced on Monday to three years in prison for vandalizing a synagogue last year in Carmel, Ind. Nolan Brewer pleaded guilty to the federal hate crime for spray-paintinga large Nazi flag and...