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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 resigâŚ
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State Slams Paterson Handyman Who Refused To Serve Jewish Clients
A handyman from Paterson was ordered to immediately stop refusing to serve Jews and take several remedial steps or face serious charges, state authorities in Trenton said on Thursday. Melquisedec Francis must satisfy eight specific demands to keep from being prosecuted, including announcing that he no longer discriminates against Jewish customers, attending training on anti-Semitism and paying a fine, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said on Nov. 30. In advertisements on TaskRabbit and elsewhere last month, Francis wrote: "I am expressing my solidarity with the Palestinian PeoplâŚ
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Arsonist Targeted Jewish Residents In Fiery Anti-Semitic Rampage Across Jersey Shore Town: AG
A 34-year-old Jersey Shore man accused of spray-painting swastikas on several structures and causing a fire that gutted a house earlier this week was being held in a medical facility, authorities said. Ron Carr, 34, of Manchester, scrawled Nazi symbolism on more than a dozen homes, residential fences and elsewhere, targeting Jewish residents in the early hours of Wednesday, June 7, according to Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Carr damaged more than a dozen homes, and used an accelerant to set a fire that destroyed a house in the townshipâŚ
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'Terminate Hate': Schwarzenegger Shares Messages For Anti-Semites During NJ Trip
Arnold Schwarzenegger knows a thing or two about strength: It takes resistance. The former California governor, bodybuilder and actor shared a special message about anti-Semitism during a trip to New Jersey's Stockton University on Monday, March 6, the school announced on its website. đď¸ââď¸Arnold Schwarzenegger has spent most of his life helping people build their strength. âYour muscles only grow... Posted by Stockton University on Monday, March 6, 2023 âYour muscles only grow from resistance. It wasnât easy. It was uncomfortable. Your mind and character are no different than your âŚ
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Child Admits Drawing Swastika On Glen Rock Middle School Desk, Police Chief Says
UPDATE: A Glen Rock middle school student admitted drawing a swastika on a classroom desk, authorities said. The drawing is apparently an isolated incident, Police Chief Dean Ackermann announced on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 17. The symbol drawn on a desk in a room shared by students from 6th to 8th grade was brought to school officialsâ attention by two middle school youngsters on Wednesday, Ackermann said. âLate in the day on Friday it was learned that school officials had identified [a] student who had taken responsibility for the incident, which appears to be isolated,â the chief sâŚ
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'I Am The Attacker': Arrest Made In Threat That Shook Synagogues Across NJ
Recent broad threats against synagogues and Jewish people in New Jersey earlier this month ended with the arrest of a teenager from the state, federal authorities announced on Thursday, Nov. 10. A manifesto posted by Omar Alkattoul, 18, of Sayreville in a forum frequented by extremists frightened the public, brought security to Jewish houses of worship and got the FBI involved last week. The concern stemmed from a contention in the Nov. 1 post that an attack had already occurred -- which active shooters have done in certain instances across the U.S. just before carrying out their fatalâŚ
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Antisemitic Graffiti Found At Lakewood Religious Schools, Authorities Say
Antisemitic graffiti was found on two girls' religious schools in Lakewood, authorities said on Friday, Nov. 4. But the graffiti was unrelated to "credible" statewide threats made against New Jersey synagogues that led the FBI to issue an alert Thursday, Nov. 3, Lakewood police and other Ocean County authorities said. âThis (graffiti) incident is currently under investigation and there is no evidence to indicate that there is any connection with the FBI warning,â the Ocean County Prosecutorâs Office said in a statement. Lakewood Captain Gregory Staffordsmith said, "The criminal mischief inâŚ
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Rutgers AEPi House Egged â Again
The Rutgers University AEPi house has been egged again, this time around Rosh Hashanah. Photos posted around 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26 â the first day of the Jewish New Year â by StopAntisemitism show eggs thrown at the house. It wasn't immediately clear when exactly the incident happened. đRutgers U. - as students celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish Fraternity house @AEPi has been vandalized with eggs once again.Jewish student surveyed in our 2022 âAntisemitism on U.S. College & University Campusesâ reported the administration not taking antisemitism seriously. pic.twitter.com/CAtq6tâŚ
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Feds Charge NJ Man With Hate Crimes For Series Of 'Blood Bath' Assaults On Orthodox Jews
UPDATE: An antisemitic Jersey Shore man who authorities said warned of a âblood bathâ before an hours-long spree of violent attacks on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood has been charged with federal hate crimes. Dion Marsh, 27, of Manchester, originally was charged locally with three counts of attempted murder and bias intimidation after police said he ran down two men and stabbed another in the chest last weekend. U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced on Wednesday, April 20 that his office and the Justice Departmentâs Civil Rights DivisionâŚ
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NJ Neo-Nazi Gets Year, Day For Masterminding Nationwide âKristallnachtâ Attack On Blacks, Jews
A New Jersey member of a hardcore neo-Nazi group was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison on Tuesday for convincing two fellow white supremacists to vandalize property owned by Blacks and Jews. Richard Tobin, 20, dubbed the nationwide campaign âOperation Kristallnacht,â after a 1938 pogrom in which German Nazis slaughtered more than 90 Jews and burned their homes, synagogues, stores and schools, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Tobin âencouraged hateful acts of violence against individuals and their houses of worship, based on their religion or the colorâŚ
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5th Grader's Hitler School Project Leads To Teacher's Resignation, Principal's Return
A Tenafly school teacher has resigned following a 5th-graderâs presentation of the âaccomplishmentsâ of Adolph Hitler. The school principal â whoâd been suspended with the teacher â is being reinstated, under a vote by the Tenafly Board of Education Monday night. Following the recommendations of Schools Supt. Shauna DeMarco, trustees accepted the unidentified Maugham Elementary School teacherâs resignation -- which will come after a leave of absence ends in January 2022 -- and agreed to return Principal Jennifer Ferrara to the job sheâs held for more than a decade. Both had been on paid aâŚ
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'Israelis Are New Nazis': Paterson Hookah Shop Posts Anti-Israel Sign With Swastika
A sign outside a Paterson hookah shop calling Israelis "the new Nazis" is stirring controversy. The sign outside of Clifton Hookah on Main Street bears a swastika and a photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a Hitler-styled mustache. A photo of the sign was shared on by StopAntisemitism.org on Twitter, which called it a "vile comparison deemed Antisemitic by the [International Holocaust Remembrance Association]." Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said it is "both shocking and saddening to witness such ignorance in a city that celebrates diversity as its greatest strength and atâŚ
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