Man Sentenced for Plotting Attack on Las Vegas Synagogue
Conor Climo pleaded guilty to a weapons charge earlier this year, admitting that he “expressed biases and hatred against various racial and religious groups.” Keep Reading
Austria Terror Attack: Multiple Casualties After Shooting Near Vienna Synagogue
Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told a news conference that one heavily armed attacker was also killed by forces while at least one gunman remains at large. Keep Reading
Antisemitism as an Underlying Precursor to Violent Extremism in American Far-Right and Islamist Contexts
American extremists incorporate antisemitic tropes and narratives in every level of their worldviews, using them to help construct “us/them” dichotomies and wide-sweeping conspiracies that are essential to their movements. Keep Reading
White Supremacist Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime, Explosives Charges for Plotting to Blow Up Historic Synagogue
Holzer sent an undercover FBI agent pictures of himself holding automatic weapons and said he was “getting ready for RAHOWA,” shorthand for a racial holy war. Keep Reading
Indictment Charges Alaska Man for Threatening a California Synagogue
A federal grand jury in Alaska, returned an indictment charging William Alexander, 49, for threatening to kill the congregants of a California synagogue, the Justice Department announced. Keep Reading
‘Disturbing’ Percentage of Millennials and Gen Z Believe That Jews Caused The Holocaust
Approximately half of U.S. Millennials and Gen Z have seen Holocaust denial or distortion posts on social media or elsewhere online. 30 percent indicated that they had seen Nazi symbols on their social media platforms or in their community. Keep Reading
New Head of Synagogue Security Agency Wants to Start Training Jews in College
Evan Bernstein has a message for American Jews: The golden age is over. It’s time to protect ourselves. And that starts in college. Keep Reading
Germany Reports Highest Number of Anti-Semitic Crimes Since 2001
Police registered 2,032 anti-Semitic crimes, including two killings, in 2019, according to newly released figures published in the German news media. The total is up 13% from 2018. Keep Reading
Anti-Semitic Incidents Hit All-Time High in 2019
The American Jewish community experienced the highest level of antisemitic incidents last year since tracking began in 1979, with more than 2,100 acts of assault, vandalism and harassment reported across the United States. Keep Reading
This Is Not a Game: How Steam Harbors Extremists
The criminal complaint states that Farca, using the handle “Adolf Hitler (((6million)))),” repeatedly posted online threats against “high value” Jewish targets and police officers, praised Christchurch mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant as a “hero” and boasted of violent plans. Keep Reading
Alleged White Supremacist Charged with Trying to Burn Down Jewish Assisted Living Facility
On April 2, 2020, police discovered a homemade incendiary device at the entrance of Ruth’s House, a Jewish-sponsored assisted living residential facility for seniors of all faiths; the device was located within feet of a widely used pedestrian walkway Keep Reading
5 Youths Arrested for Allegedly Attacking and Robbing Yale Rabbi
One of the teens said to Rosenstein, “Give us everything you have, you f—ing Jew!” before they punched and kicked him to the ground. They stole his car keys and drove off with his vehicle. Keep Reading
New York Passes Bill to Prosecute Hate Crimes as Domestic Terrorism
Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo said he is renaming proposed state hate crime legislation, a move which he had proposed after the attack, in honor of the Monsey victim: the Josef Neumann Domestic Terrorism Act. Keep Reading
Stephan Balliet: Halle Synagogue Gunman ‘Wishes He Could Have Killed More’
A German extremist has confessed to killing two people after a failed attack on a synagogue and expressed regret at being unable to gun down large numbers of Jews, according to a report. Keep Reading
A Colorado Synagogue Struggles to Make Sense of a Violent White Supremacist Threat
Even though the city of Pueblo only has about 100,000 people, it's home to one of the oldest synagogues west of the Mississippi. Temple Emanuel was built around the year 1900. Keep Reading
Extremism Building to the ‘Doorstep of Another 9/11,’ DHS Official Tells Anti-Semitism Hearing
CISA's Harrell: "Based off of current events and the frequency of events, I am convinced that this country is becoming more and more violent every single day." Keep Reading
Brooklyn Man Arrested for Making Threats Against Jews, Blacks, Gays
Kudaybergenov allegedly sent over the internet numerous race-related threats of violence and murder to a former employer at a restaurant in New York. Keep Reading
Four Atomwaffen Members Charged with Threatening Jews, Journalists
According to the criminal complaint, the defendants conspired via an encrypted online chat group to identify journalists and others they wanted to intimidate. Keep Reading
Wray: Racial Violent Extremism Is a Top Priority for FBI ‘on the Same Footing as ISIS’
"Greatest threat to the homeland is certain things that cross between" Islamist and racially motivated terrorists. Keep Reading
Jewish Community in America ‘Afraid in a Way We Have Never Been Before,’ Orthodox Union Tells Congress
"We are under threat of violence as we walk down a city street or enter our synagogues to pray or shop in a supermarket for kosher groceries," Diament says at hearing on growing anti-Semitism. Keep Reading