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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 340

Charlottesville

This combination of photos shows Republican US presidential candidate former president Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP/Gerald Herbert)
June 28, 2024, 8:31 am
Trump calls Biden ‘a bad Palestinian’ as president’s halting debate showing rattles Dems
After US leader says Netanyahu backs ceasefire proposal laid out last month, predecessor claims Israel wants to continue the war and that it should be allowed to ‘finish the job’
By JTA, Jacob Magid and Agencies
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' (L) clash with counterprotesters as they enter Emancipation Park during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 12, 2017. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
October 7, 2023, 3:55 pm
HBO to air new documentary on team that sued Charlottesville rally organizers and won
‘No Accident’ follows Jewish attorneys Roberta Kaplan and Karen Dunn, who filed lawsuit against 17 white nationalist leaders and organizations behind deadly 2017 rally
By Jackie Hajdenberg
President Joe Biden speaks during the celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Washington. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
May 17, 2023, 3:40 am
Biden condemns rising ‘antisemitic bile’ during Jewish American Heritage Month event
US president touts administration’s efforts to combat antisemitism, reiterates decision to run for White House in 2020 was shaped by 2017 neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville
By Colleen Long and AAMER MADHANI
Flowers surround a photo of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who was killed when a car plowed into a crowd of people protesting against the white supremacist Unite the Right rally, August 13, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
January 4, 2023, 6:53 pm
US judge cuts damages owed by Charlottesville rally organizers from $26m to $2.35m
Judge Norman Moon hews to Virginia law that caps punitive damages at $350,000, leaves in place $2 million in compensatory damages tied to deadly 2017 white supremacist rally
By Ron Kampeas
US President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House, August 10, 2022, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
August 19, 2022, 3:14 pm
Biden to host domestic unity summit against hate-fueled violence
Move comes after a spate of deadly racist, antisemitic attacks; US president has said far-right Charlottesville rally inspired him to try to ‘heal the soul of the nation’
By Zeke Miller
Amy Spitalnick. (Courtesy via JTA)
August 11, 2022, 6:17 am
Amy Spitalnick, who fought neo-Nazis in court, to lead leftist group Bend the Arc
Activist who led organization that won $25 million settlement against far right Charlottesville rally organizers will now head progressive Jewish community group
By Andrew Lapin
White nationalist and neo-Nazi groups carry torches at the 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 11, 2017. Participants were said to chant: 'Jews will not replace us.' (Mykal McEldowney/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
May 20, 2022, 7:14 pm
White ‘replacement theory,’ the racist, antisemitic belief fueling deadly attacks
Some adherents of ideology seeping into mainstream assert Jews behind a plan to encourage immigration of non-white people into countries dominated by whites and replace them
By David Bauder
Monticello exterior (Courtesy of PerlePress Productions)
February 17, 2022, 1:56 am
The lost story of how a Jewish family saved Thomas Jefferson’s famous home – twice
New documentary film ‘The Levys of Monticello’ shows how uncle and nephew fought antisemitism to rescue Monticello from ruin and preserve it for future generations to enjoy
By Renee Ghert-Zand
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' (L) clash with counterprotesters as they enter Emancipation Park during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 12, 2017. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
November 24, 2021, 12:35 am
Jury orders organizers of antisemitic Charlottesville rally to pay $26M in damages
After a monthlong civil trial, jurors remain deadlocked on two key claims in case against 2017 ‘Unite The Right’ rally where neo-Nazis chanted ‘Jews will not replace us’
By Denise Lavoie
White nationalist demonstrators walk into the entrance of Lee Park surrounded by counter demonstrators in Charlottesville, VA, on Saturday, August 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
November 23, 2021, 11:40 pm
Jury awards $25 million in damages over Charlottesville nationalist violence
Jurors deadlock on two key claims, but find Unite the Right organizers liable on four other counts in suit filed by nine people injured during 2017 demonstrations in Virginia
By Denise Lavoie
Neo-Nazis and white supremacists encircle counter-protesters at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson after marching through the University of Virginia campus with torches in Charlottesville, Va., August 11, 2017. (Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
November 19, 2021, 4:36 pm
How Charlottesville defendants made the judge say ‘gas the kikes’ and why it matters
The civil trial may result in crippling fines to white supremacists, or it may embolden the alt-right. It’s also being used as a soapbox to spew racist vitriol
By Ron Kampeas
Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin gives remarks at a restaurant for a campaign stop in Charlottesville, Virginia, October 29, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
October 31, 2021, 7:03 pm
Posing as neo-Nazis, protesters target GOP nominee in Virginia’s governor race
Stunt against Glenn Youngkin by a group of anti-Trump Republicans aims to remind voters that the candidate didn’t condemn the 2017 Charlottesville rally
By Shira Hanau
Workers remove the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a park in Charlottesville, Virginia on July 10, 2021.(Ryan M. Kelly / AFP)
July 11, 2021, 2:01 am
‘An incredible day’: Charlottesville relieved as Confederate statues removed
Crowds cheer as artwork carted away; local rabbi hails dragging of statue ‘out of here backwards and back into history where it belongs’
By Sarah Rankin
Workers remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park July 10, 2021 in Charlottesville, Virginia (WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
July 10, 2021, 6:43 am
Charlottesville removes Confederate Gen. Lee statue that sparked rally
Statue and another Confederate tribute are taken down Saturday, nearly four years after deadly violence erupted at ‘Unite the Right’ rally
By Sarah Rankin
A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee stands behind a crowd of hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' during the 'Unite the Right' rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
April 2, 2021, 8:19 am
Court: Charlottesville can remove Confederate statue at center of deadly rally
State Supreme Court says city can take down two monuments, including one of Robert E. Lee that was the focus of 2017 event
By Matthew Barakat and Michael Kunzelman
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