Neo-Nazis protest at Riverside synagogue
Congregants at Temple Beth El who had gathered to celebrate the last night of Hanukkah were met by a group of neo-Nazi demonstrators who waved red-and-black swastika flags outside the Reform synagogue in Riverside on Friday evening. Rabbi Suzanne Singer said the demonstration was the third such protest at the temple in recent months. She said she thinks
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Police: Vandalism at Salinas synagogue may be a hate crime
Salinas police detectives are investigating vandalism at Temple Beth El as a possible hate crime after swastikas and ethnic slurs were found at the synagogue’s property last week. David Finkelstein, first vice president of Congregation Temple Beth El, said swastikas, anti-Semitic and Nazi graffiti,
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Racist Graffiti Found At Potter’s House
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as well as the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer are investigating after racist graffiti and images were painted all over a the property of a popular Jacksonville church on Monday. Vandals painted words and images
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Security Increased at Metro Synagogues, Jewish Centers
MINNEAPOLIS – Police in the metro are stepping up security after a man opened fire at the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, killing a security guard. Aaron Liebo is a youth coordinator at the Temple of Aaron congregation in St. Paul. He tells the kids there is hatred from a time
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Security In Jewish Community Tightens After Attack
BALTIMORE — An attack at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., is causing local synagogues, Jewish schools, and community and cultural centers to tighten security and others to question how these things happen. Art Abramson, director of the Baltimore Jewish Council, said he heard about the
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Local Synagogues react to DC shooting
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL — It happened in seconds without warning. An 89 year old man with a criminal record and ties to white supremacy unloaded decades of rage at Washington DC’s Holocaust Museum. "I saw just a glance of an older gentleman and didn’t know who he was. I wasn’t
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Holocaust denier charged in DC museum shooting
WASHINGTON – An 88-year-old white supremacist was charged with murder Thursday, a day after officials said he left a signed anti-Semitic screed in his car outside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, then gunned down a security guard who opened the door to let him in. Guard Stephen T. Johns was
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Anti-Semitic Incidents Decline For Third Straight Year In U.S., According To Annual ADL Audit
New York, NY, June 1, 2009 � The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States declined for the fourth consecutive year, according to newly issued statistics from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The League’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, issued today, counted a total of 1,352
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Synagogue Hit With Hate Graffiti
PHILADELPHIA – Police are looking for the person responsible for spray painting a hateful symbol on the wall of a Northeast Philadelphia synagogue. Someone painted a swastika on the wall of the congregation of Ner Zedek Synagogue, located on Bustleton Avenue. Investigators believe the incident
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Brazilian Police Thwart Neo-Nazi Bombing of Synagogues
Brazilian Police Thwart Neo-Nazi Bombing of Synagogues by Avraham Zuroff (IsraelNN.com) Brazilian police have thwarted an attempt by neo-Nazis to bomb at least two synagogues in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. Police inspector Paulo Cesar Jardim said that a "major tragedy" was
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Plots against Jewish targets in U.S.
Plots against Jewish targets in U.S. NEW YORK (JTA) — Lone attackers or small, independent groups with no formal ties to wider terrorist networks have planned several plots against Jewish targets. March 1, 1994 — Lebanese-born Rashid Baz opens fire on a van carrying 15 Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical
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Swastikas painted on sign at future Chandler Jewish center
Two swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti marks plastered both sides of the sign for a future Jewish center in Chandler Tuesday. The wood sign sat on a vacant lot near Ray Road and McClintock Drive where the Chabad Center for Jewish Living will be built. One side of the sign had a graffiti mark that
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