California: In January, several incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti and swastikas were discovered in the San Fernando Valley.
California: In February, Los Angeles police began investigating an attack on the Jewish Community Center in the West Hills neighborhood. Although, no damage or injuries were reported, police confirmed that a flammable object was thrown at the Center. They could not verify if it was a Molotov cocktail or some other object. The police are treating the incident as a hate crime.
California: In April, Rev. Eric Lee, pres. and CEO of Southern Christian Leadership Conference of greater Los Angeles, began his speech by thanking Jesus for Obama, who is going to be the leader of the world. He continued by referring to other leaders Like Dr. King,being that this was the moment of celebrating Dr. King's spirit on the anniversary of his death, and Malcolm X. It was right after the mention of Malcolm X that he looked right at me and started talking about the African American children who are suffering because of the JEWS that have featured them as rapists and murderers. He spoke of a Jewish Rabbi, and then corrected himself to say "What other kind of Rabbis are there, but JEWS". He told how this Rabbi came to him to say that he would like to bring the AA community and the Jewish community together. " NO, NO, NO,!!!!" he shouted into the crowd, we are not going to come together. "The Jews have made money on us in the music business and we are the entertainers, and they are economically enslaving us"
California: In April, a 59 year old Orthodox Jewish man was beaten as he went for a walk at North Hollywood Street, Los Angeles, California The attackers are described as two men in their 20s or 30s with shaved heads, who wore white T-shirts and spoke a language that was not English or Spanish. The men hit the victim on the side of the head, knocked him down, and then continued to punch and kick him, calling him "dirty Jew" and using expletives.
California: In July, Police are investigating the burglary and vandalism of a summer day camp operated by the Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center over the holiday weekend, in Palo Alto, San Francisco. Someone broke into the day camp offices, stealing several items and leaving behind Anti-Semitic graffiti Antisemitic graffiti that was written on a wall of the building and was quickly painted over.
California: In July, White Power, the swastika, and offensive words against Jews, African-Americans and police, all of it painted on the outside of two vacant houses on two Palmdale. Authorities say whoever did it must have been motivated by hate.
Florida: In April, unknown individuals set fire to a Chabad synagogue in Miami Beach, Florida, burning the Torah books inside. Ze'ev Katz, the synagogue's head rabbi, recounted the event on one of Chabad's internet websites, saying that a number of individuals broke into the empty synagogue, took the Torah books from the cabinet, tore them to pieces, and set them on fire.
Florida: In June, Palmetto Bay police unit began investigating racist and anti-Semitic slurs and symbols painted on the walls of two buildings at Coral Reef Park. Park employees discovered the brown spray paint on the walls of the buildings. The messages included swastikas, a noose and derogatory references to African Americans, Jews, Arabs and Mexicans.
- Illinois: Swastikas and other neo-Nazi hate group symbols were discovered painted on 57 headstones and 11 monuments Jan. 6 at Chicago's Westlawn Jewish Cemetery, said the cemetery's general manager, Vickie Pulido.
- Illinois: In June, at the edge of a field along Route 51 in Central Illinois, someone placed a series of signs written in chalk. The signs read in sequence displayed the following message: JEW BANKSTERS STOLE USA THRU FED RESV + USURY GOD'S LAW ON URUSY & INTEREST DEATH A-FACT FOLKS.
- Illinois: In July, Antisemitic graffiti was written on tarp covering part of roof of Spring Brook Elementary School.
- Massachusetts: In March, malicious graffiti of an anti-Semitic, racial nature was painted inside a residence hall at Anna Maria College in Paxton.
- Massachusetts: In July, someone spread feces on the front door handle of the Main Street Emanu-El synagogue in Haverhill.
- Missouri: In July, Anti-Semitic comments permeated a St. Louis jury room during deliberations about a civil matter. The case revolved around allegations by a jury member that fellow jury members used viciously antisemitic slurs to describe two key Jewish defense witnesses. After the verdict was announced, a juror approached the defendant's counsel, and said that other jurors had made antisemitic remarks during deliberations. A second juror confirmed that there was antisemitism in the jury room. One juror alleged that she had heard another jury member call one witness "…a Jewish witch;" "… a Jewish bitch;" "…. a penny-pinching Jew;" and "…. a cheap Jew…." Another comment was made referring to the owner and president of the defendant company (also a key witness), that "the Jew . . . makes [millions] per year and should pay money to the Plaintiff in this case."
- New Hampshire: In March, in Gorham (New Hampshire) school officials believe the person responsible for drawing a Swastika on a classroom door was intentionally targeting a Jewish teacher at the school.
New Jersey: After nearly 500 headstones at the Poile Zedek Cemetery were found toppled and cracked in early January, police initially said anti-Semitism was not being considered as a factor because they hadn't yet identified a motive or a culprit. A few days later, police said they "misspoke." This is the second time this year that the cemetery was attacked. On New Year's Day, 17 stones were found upended at the cemetery, which is used by Congregation Etz Ahaim in Highland Park and Congregation Poile Zedek in New Brunswick.
New Jersey: In March, two men were caught on surveillance video just before anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered at Pope John XXIII Regional High School.
New Jersey: In May, a member of the Jewish community was viciously assaulted in Lakewood, New Jersey. The victim, a 39-year-old, had pulled his car over to the side of the road on Route 9, near Welsh Farms, and was looking for something in his car when two African American armed with a wooden stick attacked him and then fled.
New Jersey: In May, a 33-year-old Lakewood man was assaulted while shopping at the supermarket. He was approached by two boys wearing hooded sweat shirts. One of the boys was photographing the man as he shopped. The victim told police that when he asked the boys to stop photographing him, one boy punched him in the mouth. The pair then fled on foot. Police collected evidence that showed the act was anti-Semitic in nature.
New Jersey: In July, two swastikas and obscene caricatures were scrawled on the walls inside the Rabbi Jacob Joseph Yeshiva in Edison, New Jersey. A student at the Woodbridge Avenue School discovered the word "Jesus" written on the wall of a staircase, and then found a 2-foot by 2-foot swastika drawn in green marker on the wall. A 2-foot by 3-foot obscene image was drawn in black on a second-floor hallway, along with a second green swastika.
New York: A swastika and an anti-Semitic message were found scrawled on the side door of a Jewish senior center in Midwood. The markings were found in early January on the Brookdale Senior Citizen Center of Agudath Israel at 817 Avenue H. This is the second anti-Semitic graffiti incident in Brooklyn since the new year began. On Tuesday, Jan. 1, similar graffiti was found on a home on 40th Street in Borough Park. Both neighborhoods have some of the highest populations of Holocaust survivors in New York City.
New York: In March, a swastika was drawn on a vehicle that belongs to a Chabad follower in Crown Heights. The man called the cops who began an investigation However, to this moment, the investigation found nothing. In the meantime, it was reported that anti-Semitic graffiti were sprayed on the Chabad museum building. In this case, too, there is no thread leading to the offender.
New York: In April, a Jewish traveler at New York City's LaGuardia Airport says a security official cursed him for being Jewish after he requested permission to take aboard a bottle of water on a plane in order to avoid Passover restrictions on food and beverages. "(I wanted the water) to stop me literally from having to starve myself," said the traveler, whose name was withheld by request. According to the Yeshiva World News web site, the traveler said he didn't mind being denied permission to bring the bottle on the plane, but said two security agents at the aiport cursed him during the incident. He said that one agent claimed she didn't "give a sh** about your religion," and a manager on duty added, "It’s always the same [with you people at] this time of year."
New York: In April, the FBI joined the Norwich Police Department and the New York State Police in an investigation of what city Police Chief Joseph Angelino called "a complete trashing" of the Norwich Jewish Center at 70-76 South Broad St. “We are definitely treating this as a hate crime.” Angelino said. “My estimate of damages would be in the tens of thousands of dollars.” Police said the entire interior of the large three-story brick building was vandalized. ”There was a certain anti-Semitic graffiti message found in the synagogue,” Angelino said. He would not elaborate on the message.
New York: In May, two swastikas were found scrawled on the Nostrand Ave. door of the Agudah Binyomin building in Brooklyn.
New York: In June, two Yeshiva Students were maced by a group of 3 young black teens in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The incident took place as the Yeshiva Students were on there way to the Yeshiva, when a group of young black teens playing with a can of mace sprayed at the two Yeshiva Students, hitting one in the mouth and the other in the eye.
New York: In June, vandals etched a 10-foot Nazi swastika into a putting green and damaged equipment at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester, New York. Rochester police say a grass-killing fluid, perhaps gasoline or lighter fluid was used to burn the symbol into the fifth green at the public course.
New York: In June, vandals spray-painted Nazi graffiti on a Jewish-owned shoe store in Lawrence, NY. The word "no" appeared in black spray paint next to a swastika, a German eagle and the word "SS." The graffiti, was drawn on the side of the store.
New York: In June, mezuzahs were stolen off front doors of Jewish residents in a mostly non-Jewish building. The building, 576 Eastern Parkway is a massive building which spans all the way across to Union Street and has 48 residential units out of which just 3 are occupied by Jews. Police immediately classified the theft of the Mezuzahs as a bias crime, and ordered the Crime Scene Unit to come and ‘dust’ the door for fingerprints.
New York: In June, vandals hit a Lindenhurst neighborhood, drawing swastikas and crude pictures on eight vehicles parked along Farmers Avenue and Heathcote Road. Residents of the normally quiet block awakened to find the vandalism, which included sexually explicit drawings and phrases such as "heil Hitler" and "dead babies" written in black marker on light-colored cars, trucks and vans parked along the curb.
- New York: In July, David Irving, the Holocaust-denying historian, made an appearance in New York last week as part of a U.S. tour. Irving was oddly hosted by a Catholic church, which said it was tricked into believing the organization reserving space was simply a book club. Max Blumenthal was there and produced the above video based on an exclusive interview with Irving. A few choice comments from the infamous historian: “The word ‘Holocaust’ is odious. It’s American commercialism at its worst.” / “I think the Jews have to ask themselves why is it that every time they arrive somewhere as pitiful refugees in a country after a few years they have to move on… They don’t ask themselves what they could do to change the way that they are disliked.” / “Adolph Hitler was being kept out of the loop and was probably not at all anti-Semitic by the time the war began.” /“Hitler wanted a little war, but it got out of hand.”
- North Dakota: A University of North Dakota student was charged in an incident that helped drive a Jewish freshman from his dormitory. The Grand Forks County state Attorney's Office issued charges Tuesday afternoon against Spencer Garness, who allegedly wrote "Scott is a Jew" in ice cream in a campus residence hall elevator, according to news reports.
- Ohio: In June, a swastika was burned into the Newbury High School football field in Ohio. Then, a swastika and anti-semitic words were left in a bathroom targeting a staff member. As a result, donors have given the district $800 for a reward for information leading to the suspects in the case.
- Oregon: Antisemitic graffiti sprayed on the home of a Jewish family in northwest Eugene. The Antisemitic tags included threats and sexually graphic content. The tags were on the garage and patio near the front door. There was also some damage to the property.
- Oregon: Someone put swastikas and sexually explicit graffiti on the Temple Beth Sholom in south Salem. The temple administrator said this is not the first time vandals have struck the temple, but it is the first time it's been anti-Semitic.
Pennsylvania: In March Vandals spray painted swastikas and slurs on a synagogue. Members of the Congregation “Ohav Zedek” discovered the vandalism when they arrived for services on Saturday morning. Police were investigating it as a hate crime. The vandal or vandals marred one door with a swastika and a German word "abshaum" German for scum. Another door had a swastika and Star of David, along with the word "Juden".
Pennsylvania: In February, four Temple University students were suspended in what is being tentatively characterized as a hate-crime assault on the main campus. Temple president Anne Weaver Hart announced the suspensions Friday, saying they resulted from a confrontation early Feb. 15 on North Broad Street. "The assault included anti-Semitic language, and the student was seriously injured," Hart informed members of the Temple community in an e-mail. The students were suspended pending a University Disciplinary Committee hearing, Hart stated. University police, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Police Department, are pursuing criminal charges. "We are taking this situation very seriously," Hart wrote. ". . . Hate crimes will not be tolerated by Temple University." According to an NBC10 report, two men, neither one a Temple student, were assaulted. The station reported that they had left a restaurant and were standing outside the former North Broad Street house of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, which recently moved to a nearby location. According to the television report, the Temple students asked the men if they belonged to the fraternity. When the men answered no, the report said, at least one of the students made an anti-Semitic remark and punched one of the victims, leaving him with a broken orbital bone in his face and a broken nose.
Pennsylvania: The company that manages a student housing complex in Philadelphia blames a "rogue employee" for an anti-Semitic line inserted in an April fool's Day poem. The poem was published in a newsletter distributed to residents of University Village, which houses Temple University students. The original was by a longtime reader and is a wish for peace and harmony but a line inserted into it called for the extinction of the Jews. "They used the word extinct. Hitler tried to do that," said Samantha Mirkin, a Temple student who lives in the complex. Rob Simmons, who manages the building, said that about 20 people work in the office and contribute to the newsletter, and once the person responsible for the anti-Semitic line is identified, he or she will be fired.
Pennsylvania: In June, swastikas were spray painted on the doors of a Bensalem business in Pennsylvania. The anti-Semitic symbols were painted on front and side doors as well as an electronic transformer at the Pak-It Displays manufacturing center on Adams Road. The business's owner, Bruce Blatt, who is Jewish, said he had no idea whether the graffiti was a simple act of vandalism or meant as a hate crime.
Pennsylvania: In July, incidents of graffiti including racial slurs and antisemitic comments were found on roads in Latimore Township.
South Carolina: Three buildings and a church bus in the city of Greer, South Carolina, were damaged by vandals, who spray painted anti-Semitic and racist symbols and words on the outer doors of Riverside Baptist Church and a bus. Police said surveillance video caught three juveniles committing the crimes and they were arrested.
Utah: In April, Roy police were looking for the culprits of an overnight spray-painting spree that left anti-Semitic and anti-police messages on several cars and a building in the downtown area.
Washington (State): Someone had broken a window on the right-hand side of “Havurat Ee Shalom”, the Island synagogue in Vashon Island, climbed through it and scrawled a swastika and the phrase “God hates Jews” on the front wall of the room with a marker.
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