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Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaint
Read full article: Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaintThe Anti-Defamation League says the Philadelphia school district has failed to protect Jewish students from โa virulent wave of antisemitismโ that swept through classrooms after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.
An increase in harassment against Jewish and Muslim Americans has been reported since Hamas attacks
Read full article: An increase in harassment against Jewish and Muslim Americans has been reported since Hamas attacksMuslim and Jewish civil rights groups say theyโve seen large increases in reports of harassment against members of their communities since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.
Netanyahu talks to Elon Musk in California about antisemitism on X and artificial intelligence
Read full article: Netanyahu talks to Elon Musk in California about antisemitism on X and artificial intelligenceIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kicked off a U.S. trip in California to talk to billionaire businessman Elon Musk about antisemitism on his social media platform X โ while Musk asked him to address his judicial overhaul in Israel.
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit hosted community forum amid growing antisemitic attacks
Read full article: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit hosted community forum amid growing antisemitic attacksThe Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit hosted a community forum Wednesday amid growing antisemitic attacks, including a recent incident at a synagogue in Bloomfield Township.
Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi?
Read full article: Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi?ABCโs decision to suspend Whoopi Goldberg from โThe Viewโ for two weeks for her remarks about the Holocaust has opened the network up to criticism that its response derailed a teachable moment for the nation.
Fox stands behind Tucker Carlson after ADL urges his firing
Read full article: Fox stands behind Tucker Carlson after ADL urges his firingFox Corp. is standing behind Tucker Carlson after the Anti-Defamation League called for the company to fire the opinion host for defending the white-supremacist โgreat replacementโ theory.
ADL: Fox should fire Carlson for white-supremacist rhetoric
Read full article: ADL: Fox should fire Carlson for white-supremacist rhetoricThe Anti-Defamation League has called for Fox News to fire prime-time opinion host Tucker Carlson because he defended a white-supremacist theory that says whites are being โreplacedโ by people of color.
White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report says
Read full article: White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report saysWhite supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League shared with The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)NEW YORK โ White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League provided to The Associated Press. The ADL, which was founded more than a century ago, said that last year marked the highest level of white supremacist propaganda seen in at least a decade. A neo-Nazi group known as Folks Front distributed stickers that include the words โWhite Lives Matter.โAccording to the report, at least 30 known white supremacist groups were behind hate propaganda. Despite the overall increase, the ADL reported a steep decline in distribution of white supremacist propaganda at colleges and universities, due in large part to the coronavirus pandemic and the lack of students living and studying on campus.
Guns, maps, audio recordings -- New evidence in terrorist plot against Whitmer revealed
Read full article: Guns, maps, audio recordings -- New evidence in terrorist plot against Whitmer revealedLANSING, Mich. โ Local 4 Defenders collected new, never-before-seen evidence against the 14 men accused of the terrorist plot to kidnap and possibly kill Gov. Video shows one Wolverine Watchmen member show off his weapons -- including suppressors or silencers, and a locker packed with firearms. Another member, Brandon Caserta of Canton, is seen showing off a 800,000-volt electroshock weapon that federal investigators said he wanted to use on Whitmer. The goal was allegedly to assemble 200 men to storm the Michigan Capitol Building and take hostages -- including Whitmer. The affidavit indicates that Croft not only wanted to go after Whitmer, but other governors across the country.
Pro-Trump messages painted on headstones at Jewish cemetery in Michigan
Read full article: Pro-Trump messages painted on headstones at Jewish cemetery in MichiganGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. โ Police are investigating vandalism that left several headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Grand Rapids spray-painted with โTRUMPโ and โMAGAโ before President Donald Trump held his final campaign rally in the western Michigan city. Grand Rapids police officers on Monday found six headstones spray-painted with red paint at the Ahavas Israel Cemetery. The vandalized graves were discovered hours before Trump visited Grand Rapids late Monday night in his final campaign rally before Election Day. Wittkowski said the Grand Rapids Police Department had made no arrests or identified any suspects in the vandalism as of Tuesday morning. Grand Rapidsโ Jewish community will not be cowed by this vile attack on Ahavas Israel," the caucus said in its statement.
Jewish leaders condemn 'hurtful' words by Nick Cannon
Read full article: Jewish leaders condemn 'hurtful' words by Nick CannonThe Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish leaders condemned what they called hurtful words and anti-Semitic theories expressed by Nick Cannon on Wednesday, a day after ViacomCBS severed ties with him for the remarks made on a podcast. The danger is that those groups get confused with other self-identified Israelites like (Rabbi) Capers Funnye, who has a congregation in Chicago, and who is very much involved with the Ashkenazim Jewish community. Until his firing, Cannon produced Wild n Out, a comedy improv series for VH1, the ViacomCBS-owned cable channel. Cooper said that Cannon should reject Farrakhans hate speech and reduce the long statement to two sentences a simple apology. First of all, apologizing to the Jewish community for questioning our identity, Cooper said.
Survey: About 1 in 4 Europeans hold anti-Semitic beliefs
Read full article: Survey: About 1 in 4 Europeans hold anti-Semitic beliefsA new survey says about one in four Europeans hold anti-Semitic beliefs, with such attitudes on the rise in eastern countries and mostly steady in the west. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)BERLIN โ About one in four Europeans hold anti-Semitic beliefs, with such attitudes on the rise in eastern countries and mostly steady in the west, according to a survey released Thursday. In Western Europe, the study found that anti-Semitic views were either stable or down, with decreases in Britain, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany and Austria. Italy and Austria both posted significant decreases, dropping 11 percentage points and 8 percentage points to 18% and 20% with anti-Semitic attitudes respectively. The survey found that the attitudes of Muslims in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Britain tended to be more anti-Semitic than those countries overall.
'OK' is now a hate symbol, the ADL says
Read full article: 'OK' is now a hate symbol, the ADL saysThe "OK" hand gesture is now a hate symbol, according to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League. NEW YORK - The "OK" hand gesture is now a hate symbol, according to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL added that symbol along with several others on Thursday to its long-standing database of slogans and symbols used by extremists. The finger-and-thumb OK sign is universally known for meaning everything is all right or approval of something. Tarrant was pictured using the OK symbol during a courtroom appearance soon after his arrest.
YouTube Star PewDiePie Withdraws $50,000 Pledge to Charity After Backlash From Fans
Read full article: YouTube Star PewDiePie Withdraws $50,000 Pledge to Charity After Backlash From FansPopular YouTuber PewDiePie withdrew his $50,000 pledge to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) after his fans expressed outrage. PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, said he pledged the money, which he received through a sponsorship, to the charity at the suggestion of someone else and didnt know much about it. He announced hed be donating it to the charity during an unboxing of a YouTube Play button he received for having more than 100 million subscribers. I made the mistake of picking a charity that I was advised to instead of picking a charity that Im personally passionate about, Kjellberg said. He also used racist language during a YouTube gaming livestream in the past, according to the Verge.