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Racist names, swastikas displayed during Sidwell Friends assembly
In a letter to parents, Head of Sidwell Friends School Bryan Garman called the incident a serious breach of the school’s honor code and harassment policy.
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‘Jews to the gas’: The anti-Semitism shaming Dutch soccer
It takes less than a minute to walk from Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue to the “De Dokwerker” statue, a monument against anti-Semitic laws whose defacement last week caused headlines both inside and outside the country.
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House plans vote on anti-Semitism resolution after lawmaker’s comments
The House plans to vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism on Wednesday, following the latest controversial comments from freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., about the relationship between Congress and Israel.
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Swastikas found at school, 2 other Virginia locations in past week
According to police in Falls Church, the fabric on a playground canopy at Mt. Daniel Elementary School was slashed in several places, with at least one cut in the shape of a swastika.
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Ignorance about the Holocaust is growing
Ignorance about the Holocaust is growing, particularly among young people. In the United States, a 2018 survey showed that 66 percent of millennials could not identify what the Auschwitz concentration and death camp was.
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Gillibrand condemns anti-Semitism at Women’s March
While campaigning for president in Iowa on Saturday, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand condemned anti-Semitism at one of the several women’s marches taking place across the country, addressing the allegations roiling the national Women’s March, Inc. organization.
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Anti-Semitic papers reported near shooting site, elsewhere
Authorities are investigating the dissemination of anti-Semitic pamphlets in Pittsburgh neighborhoods, including the one in which a gunman killed 11 people in a synagogue in October.
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Columbia University professor’s office vandalized with swastikas, anti-Semitic words
The professor, Elizabeth Midlarsky, said she was “in shock” when she walked into her office on Wednesday and saw swastikas and anti-Semitic words painted in her office. “I stopped for a moment, because I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.”
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Brooklyn man faces four hate crime charges after synagogue defaced with anti-Semitic messages
A New York man was arrested and charged with hate crimes Friday night after anti-Semitic messages were found in a temple, police said.
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Synagogue rampage suspect indicted on 2nd day of funerals
Robert Bowers, a 46-year-old truck driver who authorities say raged against Jews as he gunned down 11 and wounded six, was charged in a 44-count indictment with murder, hate crimes and other offenses that could bring the death penalty.
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Police investigate swastika sticker found in Northwest DC high school
A swastika sticker was found inside a bathroom at School Without Walls, a high school in Northwest D.C., just days after 11 people were killed inside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
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Trumps pay tribute at synagogue where 11 were fatally shot
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump paid solemn tribute Tuesday to each of the 11 people slain in the worst instance of anti-Semitic violence in American history.
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Anti-Semitic incidents were on the rise even before shooting
Swastikas scrawled into Jewish students’ notebooks. Headstones toppled and desecrated by vandals at Jewish cemeteries. Jews falsely blamed for challenges facing the nation.
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Study: Online attacks on Jews ramp up before Election Day
The Anti-Defamation League’s report says its researchers analyzed more than 7.5 million Twitter messages from Aug. 31 to Sept. 17 and found nearly 30 percent of the accounts repeatedly tweeting derogatory terms about Jews appeared to be automated “bots.”
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Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia vandalized with 19 swastikas
Fairfax County police are investigating swastikas that were spray painted on the front of the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia in Annandale early Saturday morning.
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