Oct 29 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre defendant appears in court By Maryclaire Dale, Claudia Lauer, Allen G. Breed, Associated Press The man accused in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre appeared briefly in federal court in a wheelchair and handcuffs Monday to face charges he killed 11 people in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 4:42 Shooter opens fire in Pittsburgh synagogue, kills 11 By PBS News Hour On Saturday morning, a man opened fire during a naming ceremony at Tree of Life Congregation, a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and killed 11 people while injuring six, including four police officers. Law enforcement took into custody a man they… Continue watching
Sep 23 Pope warns Lithuanians to guard against anti-Semitism By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis warned Sunday against any rebirth of the "pernicious" anti-Semitic attitudes that fueled the Holocaust as he marked the annual remembrance for Lithuania's centuries-old Jewish community that was nearly wiped out during World War II. Continue reading
May 07 Millions of tweets spread anti-Semitic messages, report finds By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Anti-Defamation League national director and CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said the data showed many used Twitter as a "megaphone to harass and intimidate Jews."… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch 8:24 To douse growing anti-Semitism, Germans call for Holocaust education for recent migrants By Malcolm Brabant With more than a million newcomers to Germany since 2015, there's been a resulting rise in anti-Semitism. Now there are growing calls to mandate that refugees and Muslim migrants visit concentration camps to help improve their understanding of the country's… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch 3:40 Why did Facebook allow advertisers to target anti-Semitic groups? By PBS News Hour ProPublica reported this week that Facebook advertisers were able to target ads to "Jew-haters" and other users who belonged to anti-Semitic groups. This follows a recent announcement by the company that Russian propagandists had bought thousands of ads on the… Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch 4:39 News Wrap: Jewish cemetery receives support after vandalism By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence visited a Jewish cemetery in suburban St. Louis that had been targeted in a spate of anti-Semitic attacks and threats nationwide. Meanwhile, Muslim groups launched an online fundraising effort to repair… Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch 7:42 What can the Trump administration do to quell anti-Semitism? By PBS News Hour A wave of anti-Semitic incidents has swept across the U.S. in the past few months, including dozens of bomb threats at Jewish Community Centers around the country. Although President Trump formally denounced the threats on Tuesday, some believe he has… Continue watching
Oct 19 Anti-Semitic tweets targeting journalists have spiked during the election By Ryan Connelly Holmes The Anti-Defamation League said the attacks tended to come from Trump supporters, adding that “this does not imply that the Trump campaign supported or endorsed the anti-Semitic tweets."… Continue reading
Feb 16 Watch 9:27 Amid Europe’s refugee crisis, fears of anti-Semitism rise By PBS News Hour Deadly attacks on Jews by Islamic extremists in France and Denmark have left Europe’s Jewish community feeling vulnerable, and have driven an increasing number to move to Israel or elsewhere. But some European Muslims are taking a stand against the… Continue watching