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Student charged with making antisemitic threats to Cornell’s Jewish students

Wednesday, November 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A Cornell University student was charged with making threats against Jewish students on the campus, according to federal charges filed by the Justice Department on Tuesday.Patrick Dai, a junior at Cornell, was charged by the DOJ with making explicit threats against...

FBI investigating antisemitic threats targeting Cornell University’s Jewish students, Biden ‘very concerned’

Monday, October 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The FBI said it's investigating a potential antisemitic hate crime at Cornell University, as President Joe Biden told ABC News he is "very concerned" about the rise in antisemitism.Over the weekend, numerous threats to the Jewish community at Cornell were posted on...

Jan. 6 defendant who allegedly sent antisemitic threats to federal agents resists arrest in court

Monday, October 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A Jan. 6 defendant who allegedly sent multiple antisemitic, doxxing threats to federal agents connected to his case violently resisted arrest in D.C. federal court Monday after being ordered detained by a judge as he awaits sentencing on several felony and misdemeanor...

Anti-Defamation League says Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ makeup is not antisemitic

Monday, August 21 by ABC News

As Leonard Bernstein's children did last week, the Anti-Defamation League says there's nothing offensive about Bradley Cooper's prosthetic nose as seen in the upcoming Bernstein movie

Police investigating homophobic, antisemitic vandalism at University of Michigan

Tuesday, July 25 by ABC News

(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) -- Police in Ann Arbor, Michigan, are investigating "hate-motivated vandalism" at two off-campus fraternity houses.The Ann Arbor Police Department described the vandalism as "homophobic and antisemitic," including a swastika."The university condemns these acts of vandalism, which included broken windows and spray-painted...

Man accused of plotting antisemitic attack indicted by grand jury

Thursday, June 29 by ABC News

(PICKFORD, Mich.) -- Seann Pietila the 19-year-old who allegedly subscribed to a neo-Nazi ideology, was indicted by a grand jury -- and the indictment offers more details about what Pietila allegedly said about carrying out a mass attack."I won’t be taken alive, I’ll make...

Social media posts believed to be from parent who sought book ban praised Proud Boys, shared antisemitic conspiracy theory

Thursday, May 25 by ABC News

(MIAMI) -- The parent whose complaint led to the transfer of Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb" to the middle school section of a Miami-Dade school made social media posts praising the far-right Proud Boys and shared elements of an antisemitic conspiracy theory,...

US synagogues tighten security amid surge in antisemitic incidents

Tuesday, May 23 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As the Jewish community grapples with a recent surge in antisemitic incidents, many U.S. synagogues are increasingly turning to trainings led by security experts who can advise on what to do if there's a violent threat on the premises.Antisemitic assaults jumped...

Reported antisemitic incidents reached all-time high in 2022, ADL says

Thursday, March 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Just days after a new report revealed antisemitic incidents reached an all-time high in 2022, a new ad campaign calling on non-Jewish people to condemn antisemitism crossed millions of Americans' TV screens.The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found antisemitic incidents increased by over...

Antisemitic fliers left in driveways of some Atlanta suburbs: Police

Monday, February 6 by ABC News

(ATLANTA) -- Police in two Atlanta suburbs are on the hunt for a suspect or suspects that left antisemitic fliers on some residents' driveways on Sunday, authorities said.Both the Dunwoody and Sandy Springs police departments said they are investigating the incidents."The Dunwoody Police Department...

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