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Antisemitism

Several Maryland Schools Vandalized With Anti-Semitic, Anti-LGBTQ+ Graffiti Several Maryland Schools Vandalized With Anti-Semitic, Anti-LGBTQ+ Graffiti
Several Maryland Schools Vandalized With Anti-Semitic, Anti-lgbtq+ Graffiti Days before classes are set to resume, a new batch of hateful graffiti was found at Montgomery County Schools over the weekend. Officials are speaking out after several schools were vandalized with "politically-charged" graffiti, anti-Semitic imagery - including swastikas - and anti-LGBTQ+ language," Superintendent Thomas Taylor confirmed. According to reports, the imagery was found at these schools:  Winston Churchill High School; Thomas S. Wootton High School; Strathmore Elementary School; Fallsmead Elementary School. "Principals are reaching out to their communities to report thes…
Community Helps Scrub Anti-Semitic Graffiti From Maryland Elementary School Sign Community Helps Scrub Anti-Semitic Graffiti From Maryland Elementary School Sign
Community Helps Scrub Anti-Semitic Graffiti From Maryland Elementary School Sign A Maryland community came together to help clean up hateful graffiti that was found spray painted outside a Montgomery County elementary school. Anti-semitic imagery was found on a sign at the Bethesda Elementary School on Arlington Road, though crews and neighbors were quick to clear the paint on Sunday morning. Many thanks to @2dCommander, @mcpnews, @BethesdaUP, Dr. Taylor & Marcus Jones at @MCPS, and @CentralFarmMKTs Bethesda team as well as local residents for the response & efforts today to clean up deeply offensive graffiti today.“Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can d…
Liz Magill, Scott Bok Resign From UPenn Positions Liz Magill, Scott Bok Resign From UPenn Positions
Liz Magill, Scott Bok Resign From UPenn Positions Moments after it was announced that University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill was resigning, Board of Trustees Chairman Scott Bok followed suit. Magill, whose testimony to Congress on antisemitism earlier this week sparked widespread outrage, resigned on Saturday, Dec. 9. Bok later announced his resignation, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Magill remains a faculty member at Penn Carey Law and will stay on as president until an interim president is appointment, UPenn Board of Trustees Chairman Scott Bok said in announcing the news Saturday evening. And Liz Magill has resig…
Students Stage Walkout After Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found At Bethesda High School Students Stage Walkout After Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found At Bethesda High School
Students Stage Walkout After Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found At Bethesda High School Hundreds of Walt Whitman High Schools students walked out of class in support of their Jewish classmates after antisemitic graffiti was found painted on the school sign earlier this week, according to multiple reports. The message "Jews Not Welcome" was found spray painted on the sign on Saturday, Dec. 17, as previously reported by Daily Voice. The walkout was held in the school commons, with Jewish students filling each space along each tier. Several rabbis, delegates, and students spoke at the event, the reports continue. Both Jewish and non-Jewish students participated in the walkout, w…
'Jews Not Welcome' Graffiti Apparently Found At Bethesda High School 'Jews Not Welcome' Graffiti Apparently Found At Bethesda High School
'Jews Not Welcome' Graffiti Apparently Found At Bethesda High School A disturbing antisemitic message was found spray painted at a Bethesda high school, according to Maryland government officials. “Jews not welcome” was found graffitied the morning of Saturday, Dec. 17 at Whitman High School, stated State Delegate-elect Joe Vogel. "The only people not welcome in our community are those who perpetrate these recurring anti-semitic hate crimes that have caused fear and pain", continued Vogel. “Jews not welcome” was found graffitied this morning at Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.The only people not welcome in our community are those who perpetrat…
New Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Spray-Painted Along Maryland Trail New Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Spray-Painted Along Maryland Trail
New Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Spray-Painted Along Maryland Trail Elected officials in Maryland are condemning the latest instance of anti-Semitic behavior in Montgomery County. For the second time in nearly as many months, anti-Semitic graffiti was found spray-painted along the Bethesda Trolley Trail in the Wildwood neighborhood. County Executive Marc Elrich said on Monday, Nov. 14, that Montgomery County response teams are working to remove the hateful images “as quickly as possible.” While cleaning up the latest incident, Elrich said that teams also located a second location that was tagged with hateful rhetoric on a brick wall at Old Georgetown Ro…
Nazi Flier Posted Near Silver Spring Yeshiva Sparks Outrage Nazi Flier Posted Near Silver Spring Yeshiva Sparks Outrage
Nazi Flier Posted Near Silver Spring Yeshiva Sparks Outrage An antisemitic flier posted near a Jewish school in Silver Spring is spreading shockwaves through the community. The flier supporting "White-Power.org" depicts a Nazi soldier making slurs and hateful comments about the 6 million Jewish people killed in the holocaust, Stop Antisemitism reports. It was posted near the Yeshivah of Greater Washington on Thursday, June 2. We are nauseated to see this vile, antisemitic flier posted today near the Yeshivah of Greater Washington in Silver Spring, Maryland.Antisemitism in America is spiraling out of control - why is @GoDaddy continuing to host …