ADL Audit: 1,211 Anti-Semitic Incidents Across the Country in 2009
New York, NY, July 27, 2010 … The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States remained at a "sustained and troubling" level in 2009, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which compiles annually a statistical audit of anti-Semitic assaults, vandalism and harassment. The 2009 ADL Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, released
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Delaware Church Victim Of Hate Crime
A series of criminal acts at a Delaware church have been deemed hate crimes, New Castle County Police say. The latest incident occurred late Wednesday night at the Korean United Methodist Church where the church's entrance sign was spray painted on with graffiti. The suspects spray painted the words
Hate crime at Chico’s Second Baptist church alleged
CHICO — Sheriff's deputies are investigating vandalism at a Chico church as a felony hate crime. Second Baptist Church, a racially diverse congregation in the Chapman neighborhood, was vandalized the night of May 29. The pastor, Joseph Kiwovele, who is originally from Tanzania, said a woman
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Police say church vandalism is hate crime
MAYWOOD, Calif. (KABC) — Vandals broke into the Santa Rosa De Lima Catholic Church and tore up the place in a shocking case of vandalism in Maywood. Police are calling it a hate crime. Investigators said the vandalism is extremely graphic, calling it heinous. Pictures from the Maywood Police
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NY court sees synagogue attack as hate crime
ALBANY, N.Y. — A person can be guilty of a hate crime even if the violence is directed at a building rather than a person, New York's top court ruled Tuesday. The Court of Appeals unanimously said the stricter penalties imposed for such crimes apply to a man convicted of trying to bomb a Bronx
Religious Hate Crimes On the Rise in the United States
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on Friday that two religious hate crime incidents in Tennessee and Alabama were moving to resolution. In Mobile, Alabama, Christian Rodney Ice pled guilty to covering a Jewish synagogue with anti-Semitic messages in support of Hitler.
Synagogue Vandalism in Montreal Ruled as Hate Crime
Vandals broke into Congregation Ahavath Israel d’Chasidei Viznitz in Montreal Friday night. Montreal police are treating the attack as a hate crime due to the graffiti of two swastikas on the bimah (pulpit). The synagogue is located in Outremont a Montreal neighbourhood that is known as the heart
Synagogue vandalism a hate crime: police
A forced entry into an Outremont synagogue by at least one vandal who etched swastikas inside with a black marker in all likelihood took place between 1:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. Saturday, Hersh Ber Hirsch, the synagogue's administrator, said yesterday. The act is being probed by Montreal police as an
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Whitby church becomes target of hate crime
WHITBY — Parishioners attending Sabbath worship service at Kendalwood Seventh-Day Adventist Church March 6 were horrified to discover graffiti defacing the building's sign. Spray-painted over a congratulatory Canadian Olympic hockey victory message on the Kendalwood Road church's sign
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Dallas church cleaning up after hate crime by vandals
Volunteers today began removing the satanic symbols and hateful words that vandals spray-painted on Greater Cornerstone Baptist Church in Lake Highlands. Pastor David Wilson said he originally planned to wait for officials to assess the damage, which he discovered Monday. But today he decided the sight
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Swastika, other vandalism at temple not yet a ‘hate crime’
Vandals scratched a swastika, "KKK," "Hail Hitler" and the N-word on doors inside Temple Beth El in Boca Raton on Feb. 15. Was this a hate crime? The synagogue's leader is unsure, police are still trying to make that determination and the Anti-Defamation League believes there
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Police: Three teens admit to anti-Semitic graffiti at Boca Raton synagogue, charged with vandalism
BOCA RATON — Boca Raton police on Friday announced the arrest of three juveniles who authorities said admitted vandalizing the Temple Beth El synagogue, where property was damaged and anti-Semitic and racist messages were carved into doors. The three suspects were juveniles — all about 15
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Boca Raton police: Synagogue vandalism a hate crime
BOCA RATON – Boca Raton police on Tuesday were investigating the vandalism of a Boca Raton synagogue as a hate crime after burglars broke in, damaged property and left behind anti-Semitic and racist messages. Firefighters responding to a fire alarm around 10 p.m. Monday at Temple Beth El in the
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Rewards offered in hate-crime incidents at synagogues
Law enforcement and religious leaders announced Monday that they are offering rewards for information leading to the arrests of suspects in two recent hate-crime incidents. The first was Nov. 10 at Congregation Beth Shalom, 4746 El Camino Ave., Carmichael. A vandal spray-painted a hate message and swastikas,
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Law Enforcement Officials Offer Reward in Hate-crime Incidents at Synagogues
For Immediate Release February 1, 2010 FBI Sacramento Contact: Special Agent Steve Dupre (916) 977-2245 Law Enforcement Officials and Community Leaders Offer Reward The greater Sacramento area has experienced a recent uptick in hate crime incidents, and two in particular have authorities and community
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