UK Judge Bans Singer From Social Media Over Anti-Semitism
A folk singer who posted videos on YouTube insulting Jews and mocking the Holocaust has been banned from using social media.
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Hate Crimes Increased Again in 2016, FBI Says
Nearly 60 percent of U.S. hate crimes committed in 2016 targeted the victim’s race, ethnicity or ancestry, the FBI said Monday in its annual report, which found more than twice as many reports of anti-Semitic hate crimes than anti-Muslim ones.
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San Francisco State Accused of Stirring Anti-Jewish Hostility
San Francisco State University has “systematically instilled” anti-Jewish hostility on campus and enabled anti-Israel protesters to disrupt a speech by the mayor of Jerusalem last year, Jewish students claim in federal court.
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Disgraced Journalist Pleads Guilty to Hoax Bomb Threats
A disgraced former Intercept reporter faces up to 10 years in prison after admitting Tuesday that his stalking of an ex led him to join a wave of anti-Semitic hoax bomb threats.
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Lucille Roberts Sheds Suit Over Jewish Woman’s Skirt
Rejecting a devout Jewish woman’s lawsuit against Lucille Roberts, a federal judge saw no religious discrimination in the ban on modest knee-length skirts at “The Women’s Gym.”
Read moreSuspect in MT Officer’s Shooting Held Anti-Government Views
A man suspected of killing a Montana sheriff’s deputy Tuesday had published dozens of racist, anti-Semitic, anti-government and pro-President Donald Trump posts on social media in the days before the shooting.
Read moreSenate Corners DOJ on Surge in Religious Hate Crimes
A Justice Department official defended the agency’s commitment to prosecuting hate crimes Tuesday as Senate pointed fingers about the surge of religious violence against Jews and Muslims.
Read moreJewish Woman Sues Over Neo-Nazis’ ‘Troll Storm’
A Jewish real estate agent in Montana on Tuesday sued the publisher of the anti-Semitic website Daily Stormer, claiming he and his army unleashed a troll storm of vicious attacks against her and her family.
Read moreNot Guilty Plea Entered in Jewish Threats Case
The former journalist accused of making phony bomb threats to several Jewish Community Centers last summer in a bid to frame a former lover pleaded not guilty on Monday to a federal cyberstalking charge.
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Suspect Arrested in Threats on U.S. Jewish Centers
Israeli police on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old Israeli Jewish man as the primary suspect in a string of bomb threats targeting Jewish community centers and other institutions in the U.S., marking a potential breakthrough in the case after an international manhunt with the FBI.
Read moreLovesick Fabulist Nailed in Copycat JCC Threats
A disgraced reporter trying to frame his ex-girlfriend is behind a string of bomb threats against at least eight Jewish targets across the country, federal prosecutors said Friday.
Read moreNYC School Official Says ‘Grinch’ Story Was Libel
A New York City official dubbed the “Grinch of Jewish holidays” in a New York Post article sued the newspaper, two reporters and two sources, claiming they defamed her by portraying her as biased against Judaism.
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