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'Nazi Jews': Antisemitic vandals target Jewish areas, businesses in London and Manchester • May 20, 2025, 10:15 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Harvard Settles Lawsuit by Former Student Claiming Antisemitism • May 16, 2025, 5:43 AM ET (Bloomberg)
GOP lawmakers berate Haverford College president for not discussing discipline for antisemitism • May 7, 2025, 9:55 PM ET (AP)

Did You Know?

  • More than 1,300 pogroms are estimated to have been perpetrated in the Ukraine alone following the Russian Revolution.
  • Contrary to popular anti-Semitic theories, the American newspaper, television, and movie industries are all dominated by non-Jewish owners, producers, and editors. Jewish members of the media are also not a monolith, and they often disagree with each other politically and personally.
  • Despite overwhelming physical evidence and testimony that Jews were targeted and that six million Jewish people were killed during the Holocaust, about a fifth of Americans believe that the Holocaust may not have happened.

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The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by Francesco Hayez
Expulsion of Jews from France in 1182
Judge magazine antisemitic cartoon
Nuremberg Race Laws chart
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Neo-Nazis protesting aid to Israel in 2002
Honoring the victims
Antisemitic graffito
Blocking the entrance of Jews
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