antisemitism in the US

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at a news conference to announce the first presumptive positive case of the coronavirus, technically known as COVID-19, in Washington, March 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

June 20, 2022, 3:26 pm

DC mayor battles challenge from councilor who claimed Rothschilds control weather

In Tuesday election, Muriel Bowser faces growing anger from voters over crime and homelessness in the US capital; primary races in Alabama, Georgia and Virginia

By AP

Insurrectionists loyal to then-president Donald Trump swarm the Capitol, January 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

June 14, 2022, 4:53 am

Jan. 6-related filing reveals US Marine was jailed for plot to shoot up synagogue

Military serviceman, who was in a relationship with insurrectionist, was incarcerated for 19 months for planned mass shooting, legal document shows

By Ron Kampeas

Rabbi Asher Lopatin, left, of the JCRC/AJC talks to Msgr. Patrick Halfpenny at the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, Michigan, on May 31, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Kowalsky for JTA)

June 11, 2022, 11:15 pm

Antisemite Father Coughlin’s former church reaches out to Jews in show of good faith

Once a base of hatred, the National Shrine of the Little Flower in metro Detroit co-hosts interfaith event aimed at maintaining and continuing to improve Jewish-Catholic relations

By Andrew Lapin

Kent Assistant Police Chief Derek Kammerzell. (Kent Police Department)

June 11, 2022, 11:46 am

Senior US cop who displayed Nazi sign, made Holocaust jokes gets $1.5 million payout

Kent Assistant Police Chief Derek Kammerzell placed SS insignia above nameplate on his office door; was put on leave; city pays for him to resign rather than matter going to court

By AP

A map of purported connections between Jewish groups and other organizations in Massachusetts created by The Mapping Project. (Screenshot/JTA)

June 11, 2022, 3:59 am

Pro-Palestinian group posts map of Massachusetts naming local ‘Zionist leaders’

Jewish arts group, schools, synagogues among network alleged to be responsible for wide-ranging societal harms by the anonymous page, which also names the organizations’ staffers

By Andrew Lapin

Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt speaks at a conference arranged by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on 26 May, 2022, in Manhattan. (Shahar Azran via JTA)

May 27, 2022, 10:12 am

US antisemitism envoy: Buffalo shooting reflects ‘pervasive antisemitic ideology’

Days after taking up post, Deborah Lipstadt says shooter’s ‘first objective was to kill Blacks, but the Jews would be dealt with in time’

By Jacob Henry

Some CUNY students and faculty felt 'unsafe' after Nerdeen Kiswani gave the commencement speech at CUNY School of Law last week. (Courtesy)

May 21, 2022, 5:39 am

Anti-Israel commencement speaker sparks fresh antisemitism debate at CUNY

Some CUNY students and faculty have said they’ve felt ‘unsafe’ after Nerdeen Kiswani gave speech at CUNY School of Law graduation ceremony

By Jacob Henry

An image depicting Jewish philanthropist George Soros as a puppet master, from a campaign video for Kim Crockett, Minnesota GOP candidate for Secretary of State. (Screen capture via JTA)

May 21, 2022, 12:55 am

Minnesota GOP apologizes for video showing Soros as puppet master over Jewish Dems

State party chairman says Republican candidate was unaware depiction invokes antisemitic tropes, accepts offer for training on antisemitism from local Jewish group

By Ron Kampeas

Robert Keith Packer seen during the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2020 (L) and in custody in Virginia, January 13, 2013. (Screen capture: Twitter/Western Tidewater Regional Jail)

May 17, 2022, 3:03 am

Prosecutors seek jail term for Capitol rioter who wore ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt

Robert Keith Packer told FBI agents he wore antisemitic sweatshirt “because he was cold,’ expressed no remorse for taking part in storming of US Capitol

By Michael Kunzelman

Police walk along the perimeter of the scene after a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)

May 15, 2022, 7:30 am

Manifesto attributed to Buffalo shooting suspect pushes antisemitic conspiracies

Screed posted online by Payton Gendron before mass shooting espouses white supremacist, anti-Black and anti-Jewish conspiracy theories; urges ‘real war’ against the Jewish people

By Luke Tress

Deborah Lipstadt, nominated to be special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, with the rank of ambassador, speaks during her Senate Foreign Relations nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

May 13, 2022, 8:12 am

Now official US antisemitism monitor, Lipstadt warns hate must be taken seriously

In first address, official says antisemitism ‘does not come from one end of the political spectrum’ but ‘is ubiquitous and is espoused by people who agree on nothing else’

By Ron Kampeas

A swastika on an antisemitism awareness billboard in New York City, May 5, 2022. (Courtesy/JewBelong)

May 6, 2022, 10:54 pm

NY police searching for person who sprayed swastika on Holocaust awareness ad

New York governor, attorney general condemn antisemitic graffiti in Brooklyn’s Borough Park, as hate crimes against Jews continue to surge

By Luke Tress

Tombs tagged with swastikas are pictured in a Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, eastern France, December 3, 2019. (AP Photo)

April 27, 2022, 2:10 pm

Tel Aviv U reports record-high global antisemitism, linked to COVID and Gaza

Echoing recent ADL study on antisemitism in US, investigators find worldwide increase in Jew-hatred over the past year

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: A sticker with a swastika is seen in Anchorage, Alaska, on May 25, 2021. (Anchorage Police Department)

April 26, 2022, 6:22 pm

Antisemitic incidents in US spiked to record high in 2021, ADL reports

Jewish civil rights group also reports surge during Gaza fighting last May; CEO Greenblatt says political instability and polarization main causes for increase in cases

By Asaf Shalev

File: Pro-Palestinian activists hold a "Globalize the Intifada" protest against Israel and in support of Palestinian security prisoners in New York City, September 17, 2021. (Luke Tress/Flash90)

April 22, 2022, 5:16 am

Pro-Palestinian protesters allegedly attack man with Israeli flag in New York

Demonstrators reportedly approach man with flag during Manhattan rally, punch him in the face; police say they’re investigating case as a possible bias incident

By Luke Tress