Web Analytics

NYC Jewish Woman Harassed and Threatened in Antisemitic Attack

A man spewing antisemitic hate is in the slammer Wednesday after he decided to pick on a Jewish woman walking on the streets of Crown Heights. The woman decided to defend herself and called the police.

The victim of the crime told CrownHeights.info that the man followed her down the block of Empire Kosher while threatening her and spewing hate.

“He said many nasty things about Jews and how we are Caucasian and not real Jews,” the victim said. “He called me trash and threatened to chop me up. He also threatened to pull a gun on me and punch me in the face.”

After the man persisted in following her, even in front of many witnesses, the Jewish victim entered Sushi Spot and called the police and Crown Heights Shomrim.

The police arrived and cuffed the man, described as a black male around sixty years old wearing a black shirt, black durag, and dark jeans, before ultimately arresting him. During the arrest he was found to be in possession of a machete and multiple knives, with together with a video proving that the threats were made, will mean he likely faces some difficult times in jail.

For the victim, the already traumatic experience came with a second, and perhaps more worrying concern. Despite the harassment taking place in front of multiple Jewish witnesses, no one stepped forward to help her.

“I passed by an empire kosher worker and a few Jews and people saw what was going on and nobody helped me,” the victim said. “I am quite worried we are not defending ourselves.”

The victim’s concern is well founded as people have been conditioned to leave incidents be and refrain from getting involved, even for a fellow Jew.

Bay Area Business Vandalized with Swastikas and Racial Slurs

UPDATE August 14, 2023: The individual arrested for the Burlingame charges was 28-year-old former Foster City resident Yoichi David Suruki; more here.

*** *** ***

After a business in Fairfield was vandalized with "swastikas and racial slurs" written in red spray paint, the Solano County Sheriff's Office is looking for the person or people responsible.

Officials say they were called to Thompson’s Corner Saloon on Cordelia Road Tuesday morning about vandalism to the building. Once on scene, deputies found racist remarks along the outside of the business. 

The incident is being investigated as a hate crime, according to officials. 

"This act of racism is horrifying and offends our entire community. We are working with Fairfield, CA Police Department and our community partners to solve this heinous crime," said the sheriff's office in a press release. 

The saloon was open Wednesday and has since cleaned up the spray paint.

"We extend our sincerest apologies to anyone who was affected by these hurtful words. We are grateful for the overwhelming support and assistance we have received during this time," said the business in a statement. 

Anyone with any information about the suspect(s) involved in the vandalism is encouraged to contact the Solano County Sheriff's Office Investigations Bureau, at (707) 784-7061.

Nazis Threaten South Florida Mayor

Jewish_Mayor_Treatened_Miami_StopAntisemitism

Chief of Police at Surfside Police Department with Surfside Mayor Shlomo Danzinger

The Orthodox Jewish mayor of Surfside and his family remain under police protection after being targeted by a death threat containing a Nazi reference.

Mayor Shlomo Danzinger received an email on the afternoon of August 4th from an individual who identified himself as being affiliated with the Fourth Reich, a reference to a potential resurrection of a Nazi party, with the unknown sender suggesting the possibility of coming to Danzinger’s house to “teach his family a lesson.”

“Essentially, the email said that perhaps it would be appropriate for the writer to come by my house and teach my family a lesson,” Danzinger told VIN News.

Danzinger, who was still at Town Hall when the email arrived, forwarded it immediately to the town attorney and police chief, who categorized it as a credible threat.

The email was escalated to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the Joint Terrorism Task Force and the State Attorney’s office.

Arriving back to his Surfside home, Danzinger discussed the issue with his wife and his children, ages 20, 15, 14 and nine, doing his best to convey the seriousness of the matter without throwing the family into panic mode.

“I told them that they weren’t leaving the house unless someone comes with them and that if they see flashlights around the neighborhood, it is people who are protecting us, just as a precaution,” said Danzinger.

Danzinger and his family spent both Shabbos and Sunday sequestered in their home. He turned down an offer from his 21 year old son, who is currently serving in the Israeli Defense Forces, to come back to Florida in order to keep the family safe.

Noting that the threat is both antisemitic in nature, as well as an attack on elected official, Danzinger said that there is a heavy police presence around his home and that he fully intends to prosecute the person who sent the threat.

Identifying that individual may be difficult with the email sent via a server in Switzerland that masks the actual IP address, necessitating the involvement of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which has so far declined to step in.

Arizona Department of Transportation Revokes Antisemitic License Plate

On Aug. 9, officials with ADOT say they will be doing a full review of custom license plates in Arizona.

The Jewish advocacy group ‘StopAntisemitism’ first posted a photo of an Arizona license plate to its page on Twitter.

One of the letters in the offending word was replaced with the number ‘1,' but the word looks similar to a word that, according to the American Jewish Committee (discretion advised), is an offensive, derogatory term for a Jewish person.

The term is "a highly offensive term used to insult and denigrate people of Jewish faith or ethnicity that is widely considered to be a form of hate speech."

"Not only an antisemitic slur, but a very well known antisemitic slur was, in America, in 2023, approved by Arizona Department of Transportation," said Liora Rez with StopAntisemitism.

One theory on how the term came to be can be tracked back to the Yiddish word for ‘circle,' as a reference to how Jewish immigrants signed their entry forms at Ellis Island upon arriving to the United States.

Reportedly, Jewish immigrants would sign their forms with a circle instead of an ‘X,' which they associate with the cross of Christianity. Immigration officers would later describe immigrants who signed firms with a circle as "kikel," which was later shortened into the offensive term.

Arizona Department of Transportation officials say they will be conducting a full review of custom license plates in Arizona, after we were alerted to a license plate that contains a known antisemitic slur. FOX 10's Steve Nielsen reports.

In a statement, ADOT officials wrote: "Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We have confirmed this is an Arizona plate and note that the customization request involved the commonly used diminutive of the given name Enrique. Given the understandable concern raised by a constituent, ADOT will revoke the plate. ADOT reviews proposed plate customizations with a goal of weeding out offensive terms in the letter and number combinations. We use instances such as this to review and improve this process."

"It could be just a situation where it was just somebody's nickname, but in the Jewish community and in the world of white supremacists, this is a very well known antisemitic slur, so it's very important when we see something problematic, we call it out," said Rez.

New York Man Brandishes Machete in Attack on Jewish Camp

On July 23rd, a man brandished a machete when approached by a camp staffer at The Zone, the Orthodox Jewish camp that Kars4Kids operates in Gilboa, New York, through Oorah, its Jewish education charity arm.

Robert O’Malley, a facility manager at The Zone, said he was directing buses out of the camp that morning when a man driving a green Jeep Cherokee wearing a Coast Guard veteran cap began yelling at him to “get the f— off the road,” according to O’Malley’s sworn July 30 statement, which the Jewish Telegraphic Agency obtained.

After O’Malley waved the man over, the man brandished a large knife, according to the statement filed with the Schoharie County Sheriff’s Office. In a photograph attached to the complaint, a man is holding up a machete through the open window of his car.

“The actions of this male made me fearful and scared,” O’Malley said in the complaint. The complaint does not say that the man said anything about the camp or campers’ Jewish identity, which resolved without violence.

The CEO of Oorah and Kars4Kids, Eliohu Mintz, and a camp staff member are challenging New York State’s concealed carry law in court, claiming that its restrictions leave staff and children vulnerable to antisemitic attacks. The law prohibits private citizens from carrying guns in places where religious activities are conducted.

The machete incident “vividly illustrates the very real, imminent and pressing need for staff of the camp to be properly armed,” Wendy Kirwan, Kars4Kids’ communications director, said.

Kirwan said the incident took place in view of campers. July 23 was the final day of the camp’s first session.

Designated and trained security guards may carry guns at religious facilities in New York, but the Kars4Kids officials challenging the law are not part of the staff’s security staff. The staffer, Eric Schwartz, lives year-round on the grounds of the camp and said in the legal challenge to the state law that he had faced antisemitic incidents because he is “easily recognizable and identifiable to the public” as an Orthodox Jew.

Jewish security specialists, who have recently increased their attention to the summer camp sector, have said that arming rank-and-file Jews is not an effective deterrent against antisemitic attacks.

The Schoharie County sheriff’s office did not return a request for a status update on the complaint.

Anti-Israel Slogans Discovered at Protest Hub

Anti-Israeli slogans were found spray-painted at the protest hub in Silicon Valley against Israel's judicial reform. This marks the first instance of anti-Israel sentiment directed toward demonstrators abroad since the protests began, spanning 64 centers worldwide.

Residents of Cupertino, California, were surprised to discover anti-Israeli slogans sprayed at the regular location of the weekly protests against the judicial reform, on the Mary Avenue bridge connecting Cupertino to Sunnyvale. The incident has been reported to the police, who are expected to launch an investigation.

"We've been living here for many years, celebrating Independence Day with Israeli flags and everything, and we've never had incidents like these," says Offir Gutelzon, one of the leaders of the UnXeptable protest movement.

The incident won't alter their plans, according to Gutelzon.

"The graffiti, 'No Israel,' seems somewhat vague and without explicit antisemitic symbols, so it's unclear where it originates from. But one thing is certain, it won't change our stance. We won't be intimidated, and we call on everyone to gather again next week at the same spot. Graffiti is much less of a threat to us than the Netanyahu government. If the judicial reform passes to its full extent, our lives and the lives of our children will be in great peril," he told Ynet.

"Much like in different periods of the past, during which global criticism of Israeli government policies accumulated, nowadays the criticism is fueling hatred toward Israel and exposing Israelis abroad and the Jewish diaspora to hostile actions," Gutelzon said.

"As right-wing extremism in Israel continues to rise, it will only escalate actions against Israelis abroad. This is one of the reasons we're urging Jews in the United States to join us, especially now. Anyone who holds Israel dear to their heart today is faced with a just dilemma – to speak out or to remain silent. Like the protesters in Israel, we too fear incitement and polarization, but we cannot allow this to halt us," he added.

At this stage, the circumstances of the incident are not yet clear. The state of California has recently experienced a rise in antisemitic incidents, some of which are also directed toward Israelis. California's annual hate crime report, published last month, revealed that Jews are the number one target of religion-based attacks in the state.

In 2022, the number of antisemitic hate crimes in California increased by 24.3% compared to the previous year, with a total of 189 such incidents recorded. This figure includes violent crimes such as vandalism and attacks against Jews, but does not encompass verbal incidents like slurs, insults or hate speech dissemination through flyers.

German Police Arrest Woman Accosting Jewish Children Speaking Hebrew

A 57-year-old woman was arrested in Munich, Germany, after cursing at children and teachers from the city's Jewish elementary school.

The local police say that the incident took place last Friday, shortly after 8:00 a.m. In addition, the police said that the woman had committed similar offenses in the past.

Shortly after the incident, the school teachers called the police, who soon arrested the woman.

In her interrogation, she claimed that she decided to curse after hearing the group of Jews speaking in Hebrew.

Over the weekend, police in the German capital of Berlin began investigating a possible antisemitic attack after a 19-year-old Israeli tourist reported being attacked by three men. US watchdog organization StopAntisemitism shared this story with their audience on Twitter.

The unit of the Berlin police responsible for investigating politically motivated crimes is looking into the case after the tourist suffered minor injuries to one of his arms and his face on Saturday night.

The Israeli tourist told police he was walking on a street in the city’s Kreuzberg district together with an 18-year-old woman while speaking on his phone in Hebrew.

Florida Man Arrested For Threatening Leader of Major Jewish Non-Profit

A Boca Raton man was arrested and charged with written threats to kill after threatening to murder the head of a large Jewish advocacy organization on social media.

27-year-old Brendan Palmaccio of Boca Raton was arrested and charged with written threats to kill or do bodily harm, according to court records. Boca Raton Police say that on August 1st, 2023, they were contacted by the Anti Defamation League about a threat made on social media on July 31st. Several director-level people told detectives that the were investigating a violent threat made on social media network Twitter, now known as ‘X’.

The content in question was a response to a re-tweet made by the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt.

According to detectives, Palmaccio responded to the above post, saying “You should go <expletive> your self you nazi <expletive> never forget 9/11 and <expletive> your deception … I wish you would <expletive> you you supremacists killed my family I’ll <expletive> murder you”

Palmaccio’s reply to Greenblatt’s re-tweet prompted an internal investigation which ultimately ended with the ADL contacting BRPD about the threatening comment.

Detectives starting looking at Palmaccio’s Twitter/X, calling him a “truth-seeker” while noting the existence of Jewish extremism content and tweets about “false flag” events. Palmaccio makes it very well known on his Twitter/X profile, @Bdubz4444, that his uncle died in 9/11.

Detectives eventually made contact with Palmaccio who agreed to speak with them about the investigation. Detectives say that Palmaccio made his Twitter account private prior to showing up for the interview.

Palmaccio stated he lost his uncle on September 11, 2001 and did not feel the media was telling the full story regarding the attacks. Palmaccio reportedly told Police that Muslims were good people and while he was not anti-Jewish, he was not in support of the ADL.

Palmaccio admitted to writing the threatening comment and said he since deleted it because he realized it was not a good idea.

BRPD arrested Brendan Palmaccio for violation of 836.10 Written Threats to Kill.

Palmaccio has not shared anything on X since his release from Jail on August 3rd, 2023.

Neo-Nazi Leader Creates White Supremacist Training Site in Maine

A nationally known neo-Nazi is training his followers in militarized weapons and physical fitness at a site in Springfield.

Former U.S. Marine Christopher Pohlhaus, who gained notoriety online and in international neo-Nazi circles, began last year inviting white men drawn to his violent, neo-fascist ideology to come to Maine, the whitest state in the nation.

With land a half mile off Bottle Lake Road nearly cleared, Pohlhaus, the founder of Bluttstamm, or Blood Tribe, is preparing to build hemlock cabins to establish his base camp in Springfield, according to his livestream messages.

“I am proud of my boys working till dusk at the camp and we are seeing results,” Pohlhaus said on Telegram, referring to intense physical fitness drills, weapons training and preparing the land for future use.

On Wednesday, a Bangor Daily News reporter observed the Moores Road property and as Pohlhaus has said, they have been clearing portions of his 10.6-acre property that sits off a narrow dirt and stone road in this town of 409 people.

Pohlhaus’ Springfield project is an example of organized extremism taking root in Maine.

“It should be a concern when neo-Nazis are effectively in your backyard setting up target practice and training with firearms,” said Jon Lewis, research fellow at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, on Thursday. “[Springfield] looks like it could be the early stages of something that could easily develop into a far more significant and prevalent threat to the community, and becoming keenly aware is essential.”

The intelligence community has determined that the threat of racially motivated violent extremist attacks continues to be a concern, according to the Maine State Police. While there have been no high-profile attacks in Maine, the threat exists and will continue to exist, police said.

But what Pohlhaus is doing is not unprecedented.

It is not uncommon for neo-Nazi groups to purchase rural land for compounds, training bases and strategizing violent acts while downplaying what they are doing as harmless, according to experts.

Take Rinaldo Nazarro, the leader of the accelerationist — believe violence is the only way — neo-nazi group, The Base.

Similar to Pohlhaus’ Maine purchase, Nazarro bought 30 acres of land in remote Washington state, about an hour south of the Canadian border, to train followers in 2018. This small group of neo-Nazi extremists was making bombs, ammunition and deadly gas from the rural Washington camp, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Anti-Jewish 'Goyim Defense League' (GDL) Leaflets Found in Missouri Town

Manchester police are investigating a series of antisemitic fliers thrown onto people’s lawns in Manchester and Ballwin on Saturday.

Manchester resident Phillip Helm was going out to check the mail Saturday when he found the flier in a bag at the end of his driveway.

The advocacy organization fighting antisemitism - StopAntisemitism - has attributed the antisemitic flyers to the Goyim Defense League (GDL). The league travels the country distributing these hateful flyers targeted Jewish communities.

“I thought this is unusual. Then when it started reading, I saw something that looked very antisemitic, plain and simple. So I didn't like it at all,” Helm said.

Helm says his wife then called the police and while they understand freedom of speech they in no way support what’s in the fliers or want to see it in their neighborhood.

“But to throw it in our property and make it almost a hate crime. I don't want to make it a hate crime, but it does seem like it's impeding on us and we don't want it. And that's something we had to find out. We didn't know if something can be done or what, but we did not like it,” Helm said.

Manchester and Ballwin police are investigating several neighborhoods.

“We've actually got the two people on some ring cameras where they're just going down the street, throwing them out on either side. So there's no indication that there was anybody targeted,” Manchester Police Chief Scott Will said.

Chief will says they have received 81 of these packets and they contain several different versions of antisemitic messages in plastic bags with beans or corn to weigh them down.

“There's really no sense, no purpose to disseminating this kind of stuff other than to get a rise out of people, if you will. That’s something that we're just not going to put up with,” Will said. 

Chief Will said they are going to do what they can to hold these people accountable.

“We have to balance the First Amendment with hate crimes. Certainly, we have something as minor as littering charges, but we are consulting with the St. Louis County Prosecutor's Office,” Will said.

Chief will says they were able to get a license plate number off a ring doorbell camera and are continuing to investigate.

He advises anyone who finds something like this to call the local police department.

Jewish Man Brutally Assaulted in Berlin

A young Israeli tourist who was beaten up in Berlin on Saturday night in what police are investigating as an antisemitic attack has spoken of his “nightmare” ordeal.

“When they started beating me, I was like, ‘when will this nightmare end?'” the tourist, whose name was given in local media outlets as “Jonathan”, told the news site BZ.

The 19-year-old told police that he had been walking along Hedemannstrasse in the German capital’s Kreuzberg neighborhood with an 18-year-old female friend, whose name was given as Avia, at 10.15 on Saturday night when a car carrying four men pulled up beside them.

Three of the men got out of the car after reportedly having heard Jonathan speaking in Hebrew on his cellphone and confronted the pair.

One of the men spoke to Jonathan in German. “I told him that I didn’t understand,” Jonathan said. “Suddenly, I felt a punch and then I fell. Then the three of them started beating me.”

As Avia wept and called for help, the men carried on beating Jonathan. “When they were done with me, they drove away on their car listening to loud Arabic music; they really celebrated,” he said. “I was beaten up by Arabs because I’m Jewish.”

Jonathan was later taken to hospital with a mild concussion and minor injuries to his arm and face.

Despite the attack, the couple said they were determined to continue with their vacation in Germany. State security officials are investigating the assault as a hate crime, police in Berlin announced on Sunday night.

Ron Prosor, Israel’s Ambassador in Germany, condemned the attack. “Another Israeli is brutally attacked in the German capital. This is unacceptable!” he tweeted. “Israelis and Jews should not feel unsafe walking the streets of Berlin or any other German city. The German authorities must take every measure to stop these attacks and incitement against Israel and Jews before it is too late.”

RIAS, a state-funded antisemitism watchdog, reported 848 antisemitic incidents in Berlin during 2022, out of nearly 2,500 nationally. A total of 21 incidents involved physical attacks with one case of “extreme violence.”

Despite the steady year-on-year rise in antisemitic outrages in Germany, many officials believe the true number of incidents is much higher because many victims are unwilling to submit reports with the authorities.

“Only 20 percent of the antisemitic crimes are reported, so the real number should be five times what we have — 25 incidents per day,” Felix Klein — the top federal official in Germany combating antisemitism — told The Algemeiner in a recent interview.

Antisemitic Graffiti Continues to Plague Pensacola

Three more instances of antisemitic vandalisms have reported in Escambia County, the first three in a recent spree to occur outside of Pensacola's city limits.

An employee with the Flowerama on 4095 Barrancas Avenue in Warrington told WEAR News on Monday that they were vandalized on Wednesday, and then again sometime between Friday night into Saturday morning.

The incident that they say took place on Wednesday consisted of a swastika being painted over one of the business's glass doors. They could not provide a photo of that incident, because they say they were able to clean it up rather quickly since it was over glass.

But the same business claims that sometime between 7 p.m. on Friday and early Saturday morning, they were vandalized again.

The Flowerama sent WEAR News a photo of the second incident, which can be interpreted as a Star of David, commonly recognized as a symbol of both Jewish identity and Judaism, inside a circle with a slash drawn diagonally across it.

The Flowerama says they have since painted over the symbol.

The Escambia County Sheriff's Office says they spoke with the business on Saturday morning and took a report.

An arrest has not yet been made in that case as the sheriff's office continues to investigate.

Prior to the second incident at the Flowerama, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office also mentions that the Naval Lodge on S. Navy Boulevard was also vandalized last week.

The Escambia County Sheriff's Office says that specific incident led to the arrest of one of the four teens that Pensacola Police announced felony charges for on Friday, as part of their ongoing investigation into the spree of antisemitic vandalisms over the past two weeks.

Pensacola Police previously confirmed eight different vandalism incidents in the city since last month.

Friday afternoon, Pensacola Police announced the arrests of 17-year-old Waylon Fowler, 15-year-old Wyatt Fowler, 16-year-old Nicholas Ferry, and 18-year-old Kessler Ferry in connection to those crimes.

WEAR News went to the Naval Lodge on S. Navy Boulevard on Monday afternoon. No one was available to speak but as of Monday, portions of the outside walls were noticeably covered in fresh white paint.

WEAR News asked what the sheriff's office what had been sprayed on the Naval Lodge. They say it was similar symbols to that of other recent incidents.

Because these recent incidents took place in the county, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office are leading the investigation.

Wisconsin Town Plagued with Antisemitic 'Goyim Defense League' (GDL) Leaflets

Neighbors in Sussex are concerned after finding antisemitic fliers in their driveways over the weekend.

Britney Botts-Kastern has lived in a neighborhood north of Main Street since 2009. She said the area is generally pretty quiet.

“As the granddaughter of a Jewish man, it felt personal. It feels scary and I’m disgusted,” Botts-Kastern said.

The advocacy organization fighting antisemitism - StopAntisemitism - has attributed the antisemitic flyers to the Goyim Defense League (GDL). The league travels the country distributing these hateful flyers targeted Jewish communities.

TMJ4’s Kaylee Staral drove around the neighborhood and found several similar fliers in other people’s yards.

The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department said their deputies in Sussex are aware of this incident and are currently looking into it.

“I feel like if we stay quiet about this we’re saying it’s OK and it’s welcome here. I don’t, my family doesn’t, and my friends don’t either,” Botts-Kastern expressed.

Earlier this year, there was a similar scene in Kenosha County. The unwelcome messages first appeared in late 2020 before a man was fined over $4,000 for littering. Those fliers reappeared this March.

Actor Jamie Foxx Issues Apology to Jewish Community After Antisemitic Leaning Message

Jamie Foxx has issued an apology after deleting a controversial Instagram post, expressing his “love” and “support” for the Jewish community. The actor, known for his roles in films such as Ray and Django Unchained, was accused of antisemitism by internet users due to the post in question.

The post in question featured a message from Foxx that read, “They killed this guy named Jesus…What do you think they’ll do to you??!!” This statement quickly led to accusations of antisemitism directed towards Foxx.

The phrase “they killed this guy named Jesus” was interpreted by some as an antisemitic reference, suggesting that the entire Jewish people were responsible for the death of Jesus Christ.

In response to the backlash, Foxx promptly deleted the post and issued an apology on Saturday. He expressed regret for offending anyone with his choice of words, stating, “I now realize that my words have caused offense, and I am sorry. It was never my intention. I love and support the Jewish community.”

The 55-year-old actor, who is currently recovering from a recent hospitalization, also revealed that he wrote the message in question after being betrayed by a “fake friend.” Foxx emphasized that when he referred to “they” in the post, he meant nothing more than the specific individual who deceived him. He reiterated his love for everyone.

The controversy surrounding Foxx’s Instagram post was raised by the anti-antisemitism organization StopAntisemitism. The organization drew parallels between Foxx’s post and previous incidents of antisemitism, such as Kanye West’s admiration for Adolf Hitler.

Foxx’s apology comes at a time when public figures are increasingly being held accountable for their actions and statements on social media. The power and reach of platforms like Instagram can amplify the impact of their words, making it essential for celebrities to exercise caution and sensitivity.

It remains to be seen how this incident will affect Foxx’s public image and career. However, by promptly addressing the situation and expressing remorse, he has taken a step towards acknowledging the potential harm caused by his words and attempting to make amends.

British Neo-Nazi Jailed for Terrorism and Child Pornography

After avoiding prison sentencing for years, a neo-Nazi criminal in the UK was jailed last week. 

Harry Vaughan, also known as Harry Blake, is a London resident and son of a House of Lords clerk who was sentenced to three years and two months in jail after pleading guilty to a counter-terror order breach. He also was charged with making an indecent image of a child.

Vaughan, 21, was handed a suspended sentence in 2020 after admitting 14 terror charges.

British media reported that Vaughan took interest in right-wing extremism, Satanism, the occult and violence since age 14. 

Police discovered 4,200 images and 302 files, including an extreme right-wing terrorist book and documents relating to Satanism, neo-Nazism and antisemitism on his computer and other devices during a search of his family home in south-west London. 

Posters found by police made by Vaughan included ones adorned with slogans saying "It's OK to be a school shooter" and "It's OK to be a Nazi." They also reportedly discovered one mass murderer, Anders Breivik, along with the text "Every girl loves a mass murderer." 

He was arrested as part of an investigation into an online forum used by extremists.

Although he walked free from court in the past, Vaughan in June admitted to making an indecent image of a child in September 2022, as well as admitting to possessing extreme pornography. 

Downtown Indianapolis Hit with Antisemitic Flyers from the 'Goyim Defense League' (GDL)

Messages of hate have been popping up around multiple neighborhoods in downtown Indianapolis. The messages are being found on the front doors, bushes and in yards.

“All of these other historic neighborhoods were hit. Chathan Arch, Holy Cross,” Ellen Seiferth, with the Lockerbie Square Historic Neighborhood Association, said.

Seiferth says bags of rice containing sntisemitic and anti-abortion messages were dropped in neighborhoods near downtown.

The advocacy organization fighting antisemitism - StopAntisemitism - has attributed the antisemitic flyers to the Goyim Defense League (GDL). The league travels the country distributing these hateful flyers targeted Jewish communities.

“I think we were disgusted and horrified. A lot of the times we forget that this is even going on,” Seiferth said.

Seiferth says she reported the issue to IMPD, but she wants people to know that this isn’t a downtown Indianapolis issue, it’s a nationwide issue.

For Seiferth, she wants people to understand that we all come from different walks of life.

“I think we all need to educate each other, be tolerant and care about one another’s differences,” Seiferth said.

'F--k Jews' and Dozens of Swastikas Deface an Elementary School in San Francisco

A playground labyrinth meant to encourage quiet introspection for elementary school students was defaced with antisemitic graffiti in San Francisco last week.

The San Francisco Police Department said it is investigating the incident, which occurred at Commodore Sloat Elementary School on the corner of Ocean Avenue and Junipero Serra Boulevard. Police couldn’t specify when the graffiti was first spotted, only that it “was seen sometime between July 28-July 31,” Officer Robert Rueca said in an email to J. on Wednesday.

A photo that was posted to Nextdoor shows antisemitic graffiti in the center of the playground labyrinth at Commodore Sloat Elementary School in San Francisco.

“We walked around the school and found things everywhere,” said Cristine Egami, a parent who learned about the graffiti from friends over the weekend and went to the school Sunday to help clean it up.

She was told that her friend and her friend’s third-grader were some of the first to witness the hateful markings. They tried to scrub them away “with gravel and water,” Egami said, but that didn’t work, so Egami and her partner went to a nearby store, bought graffiti removal chemicals and removed the tags themselves.

Swastikas and illegible writing littered the playground — there were about 20 or more tags, Egami said. She was particularly disturbed to find a clearly written message in the middle of the playground’s distinctive “sun labyrinth,” a walkable maze with a large yellow sun in the center.

The message said “f— Jews,” next to a Star of David with an “X” through it.

“It was this big horrible message in the middle of the sun,” said Egami, a mother of three with a third-grader at Sloat. “It’s where our school has a morning circle before school even starts. We meet up and have announcements and do some fun activities.”

Egami, a member of a summertime parent committee responsible for watering the trees in the yard, said she saw “at least nine different things on the lower yard, on the play structure,” tags on all of the mini basketball hoops and tags on the Little Free Library book exchange, including on one of the books inside the structure. There were also swastikas on the inside of the tunnel slide.

The incident happened less than three weeks before the new school year starts Aug. 16. Sloat Elementary, which has about 400 students in kindergarten through fifth grade, is part of the San Francisco Unified School District.

Sloat Principal Fowzigiah Abdolcader did not immediately respond to an email from J.

Army Veteran Subjected to Anti-Jewish Hate Crime in West Virginia

A veteran , Marcus Stapleton, fears for the safety of his family after his car was vandalized with an antisemitic threat right in his backyard in Shady Springs, Virginia.

Stapleton, an army veteran who has fought in wars, but never expected the war to be right in his own backyard.

Late Monday night, Stapleton heard a commotion in his backyard. He heard laughter but by the time he made it outside, the vandals were already down the road.

What was left in the aftermath was an antisemitic threat alongside his vehicle - “DIE JEW”. The black spray paint can be covered, but the threat and fear remains. NGO StopAntisemitism shared the horrific imagery online to their audience .

The Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office was notified and an investigation is underway.

The authorities believe it may be kids playing a prank. However with the synagogue in Beckley only a short drive away, the threat becomes more than just a harmless prank. “This is just too far. Me and my family, we aren’t even Jews. But we stand up for the Jewish community,” said Stapleton.

Stapleton added that his family has visited Israel thirty-three times, always bringing supplies and clothing for the less fortunate.

The veteran tells us that with all the good that he and his family have done, God has a plan and something positive may come from this vandalism.