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Homeless Man in Miami Beach Threatens to Bomb Jewish School

A homeless man was taken into custody on Tuesday after he threatened to bomb a Jewish school in Miami Beach while claiming to be a member of the terrorist group Hamas.

Police say 42-year-old Alier Ojedasalas approached an armed school security guard wearing a Yarmulke and claimed to be a member of Hamas while carrying a bag he said contained C4 explosives.

The Miami Beach Police Department says the incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday near Shalom Montessori School, located at 3790 Prairie Avenue in Miami Beach.

When confronted by the security guard, Ojedasalas allegedly made the claim of Hamas affiliation and revealed the supposed explosives.

The school security guard alerted the school and initiated a lockdown, moving students and staff to a safe area.

Responding authorities detained Ojedasalas.

After questioning him throughout the day, Miami Beach police stated there is no active threat to the community.

Ojedasalas is facing felony charges of threatening to use explosives for prejudiced purposes, disturbing school or religious assemblies with prejudiced purposes, harassing or intimidating religious or ethnic heritage assemblies, and assault with prejudice against religious purposes.

He remains in custody at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Antisemitic Incidents Shake New York High School

Horace Greeley High School experienced two antisemitic incidents in the last two weeks, district officials revealed last week.

In her report to the community, Board of Education President Hilary Grasso said a swastika was found in a school bathroom last Tuesday, Oct. 10.

The prior week, during the school’s annual Community Service Expo, students reported to the district that one of the organizations invited to the event had included antisemitic imagery on its posters, said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Christine Ackerman.

When the representative of the organization was confronted, she left the building. Later, during public comments, two parents identified the organization as WESPAC, which had been at the event to engage students about climate change, Grasso said.

The White Plains-based WESPAC Foundation, which has been deemed a hate group had one of its posters taped to a wall at the high school last May, with anti-Zionist imagery, igniting outrage among member of the community. The organization has now been barred from the district’s grounds.

Ackerman said she is responsible for what happens within the district’s buildings and on its campuses.

“I take full responsibility for what happened at the service expo, and I will take the necessary steps with the high school team to make sure it doesn’t happen again within our spaces,” Ackerman said at least week’s board meeting. “I’m in charge of them. We need to do better for our kids.”

The discovery of the swastika in the bathroom happened three days after the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks and subsequent rally in Manhattan where swastikas were displayed.

“None of our students or anyone else in our buildings or in our community should ever feel threatened in our school,” Grasso said.

Alabama Man Defaces Restaurant Tables with Swastikas

A long-established pizzeria in Auburn said a vandal came into the business and carved multiple swastikas on wooden dining room tables.

The restaurant, Little Italy, posted surveillance images of the man they accused of the act.

"No hate is allowed at Little Italy," a restaurant worker told 1819 News.

The incident happened on October 8, around 2:16 a.m. The pizzeria on Magnolia Avenue stays open until 3 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and is a popular destination for college students.

"Let's try and get him the recognition he deserves," a Facebook post stated. "DM us if you know who this is. We'll make it worth your while."

A restaurant employee said they had not contacted the police.

University of Pennsylvania Law School Library Staffer Caught Trashing Israeli Hostage Posters

A University of Pennsylvania law school library staffer was caught on camera ripping down posters featuring hostages in the Israel-Hamas war in a widely shared video that has spurred outrage and calls for his firing.

In a video shared online by the nonprofit StopAntisemitism, a man walking across a pedestrian bridge on the university’s campus can be seen tearing down posters of civilians, including children, who were kidnapped after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.

“Why are you tearing them down?” the person recording the video asks, to which the man replies, “Get the f— out of my face.”

As he crumples up the posters, the videographer tells him, “Innocent people were killed.”

“There were people killed in the hospital bombing,” he replied, referencing a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital Tuesday night.

Officials in Gaza say the strike killed at least 500 Palestinians, while President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US believes “the other team” was behind the deadly attack.

The man in the video was identified as Matthew Carson Wranovics, the library assistant for circulation at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School, by the Post Millennial.

Wranovics’ photograph was also apparently scrubbed from the university’s website following the incident, the outlet reported.

Penn Carey Law School spokesperson Meredith Rovine told The Post on Wednesday the incident was “a personnel matter that is being investigated.”

Wranovics did not return The Post’s emailed request for comment and could not be reached by phone.

The kidnap posters have been plastered across several major cities to shine a light on those who have been abducted since Hamas attacked Israel.

The on-campus incident is seemingly not Wranovics’ first foray into far-left activism. While studying at the University of California Santa Cruz in 2014, he and 19 other students were arrested during a strike held by the university’s graduate student employees to protest unfair labor practices and intimidation of workers.

Similar incidents have unfolded across the country, as posters featuring the faces of missing Israeli adults and children have been vandalized or ripped up.

Earlier this week, three NYU students were caught on video tearing down similar posters taped up outside the university’s Tisch Hall.

One of the students involved, Yazmeen Deyhimi — a junior at the top university who once worked for the Anti-Defamation League — admitted ripping down the posters in a since-deleted Instagram apology.

“In this age of social media and digital footprint, these moments of anger are selfish and self-absorbed, and not reflective of who I am as a person or who my family had raised me to be,” she wrote.

Her accomplice was doxxed as a freshman at the university who serves as a Muslim Youth Leadership Council member at Advocates for Youth, according to her online profile, while a third student — a male wearing a dark hood — has not yet been identified.

StopAntisemitism also shared a photo taken in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, of posters that were vandalized Monday night.

“Posters for the 199 kidnapped Israelis (including Americans) by Hamas terrorists into Gaza were vandalized last night with graffiti spelling out ‘apartheid’ — a letter on each poster,” the organization wrote.

At least 1,400 people in Israel and over 3,000 in Gaza have been killed since Hamas launched its surprise attack on the Jewish state on Oct. 7, prompting Israel’s military to prepare an anticipated “integrated and coordinated attack from air, sea and land” in response.

Thirty US citizens have been killed since the conflict broke out, while another 13 remain missing.

Biden said he was “outraged” by the Gaza hospital bombing as he arrived in Israel on Wednesday.

His trip comes as the Israel Defense Forces prepares to invade Gaza to clear out Hamas.

German Police Apprehend Individual Who Threw Explosives at Synagogue

German security services are investigating after two Molotov cocktails were thrown in the direction of a synagogue in Berlin during the early hours of Wednesday.

Posting on X, Berlin police said the incident took place around 3.45am local time (9.45pET) at the synagogue on the Brunnenstraße street in Berlin’s central district of Mitte.

The flaming bottles smashed on the pavement before dying out, the police said.

Police have arrested a 30-year-old man who rode an e-scooter along the street and threw it away before running towards the synagogue. The man resisted arrest and shouted anti-Israel slogans as officers tried to apprehend him, the police added.

Germany’s state level security agency, the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution, is investigating the incident, according to police.

Without addressing the incident directly, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took to X in the wake of the attack to denounce violence against Jewish institutions.

“Attacks against Jewish institutions, violent riots on our streets – this is inhumane, disgusting and cannot be tolerated,” Scholz wrote.

“Antisemitism has no place in Germany. My thanks go to the security forces, especially in this situation.”

The Israeli embassy in Berlin also condemned the incident, calling for German authorities to address antisemitic attacks with “unwavering severity.”

The German government had previously warned that it would not tolerate any antisemitic behavior following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.

Policing in Germany was stepped up after videos emerged of people holding Palestinian flags appearing to celebrate in German streets after the attack by Hamas on October 7.

Colorado Man Threatens to Shoot Up School Over Jewish Curriculum

A former student of the Old Forge High School is facing charges for threatening to come to the school "with a machine gun," according to police.

22-year-old Joshua Rex Rohland of Pittston was arrested on charges of terroristic threats and harassment after the school district said they received a threat on Oct. 5.

According to an affidavit, the school district received a call in the morning, where the caller reportedly said bigoted things and hung up.

Another call was made, and the individual on the phone said "I should just shoot it up," police said.

The individual was placed on speaker by a compliance officer. He reportedly asked the officer why the school has a Jewish curriculum and asked "how would you like it if I come there with a machine gun."

The caller then continued to rant "about the school district allowing transgender, Black and Puerto Rican students into the district" and said that "the district is diverse and that was not normal," police said.

Officials believed the caller sounded like Rohland, a former student. The school then went into lockdown and students sheltered in place.

Authorities were able to track down Rohland through the caller ID.

Rohland waived his preliminary hearing on Monday and is currently locked up in the Lackawanna County Prison, unable to pay $25,000 bail.

Officials with the Old Forge School District said they were unable to comment on the incident.

It's not the first time Rohland has been charged for an incident involving the Old Forge School District.

He was arrested back in July 2019, at the age of 18, for breaking into and painting swastikas in the Old Forge High School.

He pled guilty on charges of disorderly conduct, trespassing and vandalizing and educational institution. In 2021, he was sentenced to 18 months of probation and ordered to participate in a treatment program.

Rohland's arrest comes weeks after some individuals were identified by officials for threatening other school districts in our area.

Anti-Jewish 'Goyim Defense League' (GDL) Propaganda Found in California Town

Some residents of Colusa awoke on Oct. 12 to find antisemitic flyers left on their doorsteps, cars and mailboxes distributed by unknown individuals overnight.

According to Lt. Sara Martin with the Colusa Police Department, the incident began with reports of a suspicious individual on the evening of Oct. 11. The next morning, Colusa Police received more calls regarding flyers displaying hate speech rhetoric against Jewish people.

The Jewish advocacy group StopAntisemitism has been tracking the activities of those responsible - the Goyim Defense League’ or ‘GDL’ for nearly five years and state they vilify Jews with their premeditated hate campaigns.

Martin said that around the time Colusa Police first received calls regarding a suspicious person, flyers were also seen in the Valley Ranch Road area of Williams. 

Police have been unable to identify or locate any individuals involved in distributing these flyers as of press time on Tuesday. 

“We’re a small, rural town. It’s not often that you see something like this,” Martin said.

Virginia School Administrator Forced into Retirement Due to Antisemitic Comment

A Virginia school district apologized to its community after an administrator made an antisemitic comment during a public meeting.

The administrator who oversees school nurses in Fauquier County made the remark during a presentation to the school board last month.

Rabbi Rachel Schwartz, who leads the Fauquier Jewish Congregation, heard about the antisemitic comment in a local newspaper article. “My heart hurt for my students and their families,” she said.

She quickly learned Superintendent Major Warner sent a written apology to families. At the next board meeting, he addressed the issue again. 

“I just wanted to stand and just to take a minute say, my sincere apologies,” he said. “That’s not who we are. That’s not reflective of who we are. That’s not what we believe.”

Schwartz said she was very grateful for the apology, but she also seized the moment with the hope of creating a teaching opportunity as Israeli Jews were suffering the greatest loss of life since the Holocaust. 

She went before the board, pointing out no one immediately condemned the antisemitic words. 

“You can see her say the comment, and there’s no reaction,” Schwartz said. “And it’s so important not to be a bystander; it’s so important to speak up.”

She repeated the words at the meeting so everyone would understand their hurtful nature and might learn from the painful episode. 

“Our words matter whether we’re in a school, whether we’re on a radio, on TV, whether we’re in a synagogue, a church, a mosque, a gurdwara, a community meeting or a sports field,” Schwartz said. “Wherever we are, words right now are really important, and I really hope that we call learn and grow from this. We can all learn and grow more in how we speak and how we relate to each other every day.” 

North Carolina Man Jailed After Threats Unveil Violent Motive

A North Carolina man was arrested and charged Monday with communicating threats against a Jewish group in Charlotte, the United States Attorney’s Office Middle District of North Carolina announced Tuesday. 

According to publicly filed court documents, on or around Oct. 11,  Jeffrey Scott Hobgood emailed a death threat to an address associated with a Jewish organization. 

United States Attorney’s Office Middle District of North Carolina reported after that initial email and after being contacted by law enforcement, Hobgood then sent a second email to the same address calling them "traitors" and calling for their "public execution." 

Court documents further allege that in June 2022, Hobgood sent multiple threatening emails to a family member. He is charged with a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 875(c), transmitting in interstate commerce a communication containing a threat to injure the person of another. If convicted, he faces a maximum term of five years of imprisonment, a fine not to exceed $250,000, or both.

Following the incident, the Jewish Federation sent an email to its members alerting them of the situation. In the email, they said the "threats were immediately reported to Shalom Park Security who informed their law enforcement partners Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department’s (CMPD) intelligence bureau and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) who also responded quickly." 

They went on to say: "Federation is appreciative of Shalom Park Security who realize that community members put their trust in them every day to keep our community safe. It is for this reason that we wanted to highlight this incident as a representation of some of the Shalom Park Security processes and relationships that contribute to a safe environment."

United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston responded to the threat in a statement saying, “No one in America should be threatened based on their race, nationality, religion, gender, or other protected characteristics. Individuals who target other community members will be held accountable for their actions.”

Jewish Deli in NYC Defaced with Swastika and Antisemitic Messages

A New York City deli was vandalized with a swastika in an antisemitic attack that took place after the eatery posted pro-Israel content on their social media.

The owner of the 2nd Avenue Deli - Jeremy Lebewohl - told The Post that a tenant of the Upper East Side building alerted him that the storefront had been defaced with a hate symbol.

“This morning, we saw it,” Lebewohl said outside the restaurant. “It’s just horrible. It makes me sad.

“It’s sad that people just feel the need to say they hate Jews in 2023. That people can just be so open about it. That Jew hatred is out therein now people just feel more empowered to say it.”

This is the first time Lebewohl has a symbol of hate plastered on his building, but he said he has “always been prepared for that to happen.”

Lebewohl, who owns the building, was concerned about hanging Israeli and American flags in his window because he feared people would “come throw rocks in my storefront.”

He was dismayed about the prospect of vandalize. “That’s a sad thing to say that if I would hang two flags in my window in New York City that someone would feel the need to vandalize my property,” he said.

The deli lamented the hateful damage in a post on its Instagram page.

“Thank you for reminding us that we are on the right side of history,” read a message alongside a photograph of the Nazi symbol with the words “home land security” and “Israel pride.”

“This isn’t just a fight about land. This isn’t just a fight about Israel. This isn’t just a fight with all the Jews of the world. This is a fight of good vs evil.”

The kosher restaurant — which was certified James Beard American Classic in 1998 — featured pro-Israel content on its social media pages, including an image of the country’s flag, since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel.

“We stand with Israel. We stand against the clear evil that has once again shown itself today,” the company wrote on the day of the attacks.

But Lebewohl said he has been “careful not to be provocative” in order to protect the store.

Since the violence broke out, the company has foregone its usual content of highlighting its foods and drinks to post updates on the war and violence taking place, especially underscoring the deaths of children.

“I would never take pleasure, God forbid, in the deaths of Palestinian civilians,” Lebewohl said. “But there’s a big difference between saying that all civilians should be protected when you have a group of people that are purposely killing, mutilating, slaughtering civilians.

“Everybody should be able to say black and white, teenage girls being raped, babies being killed in front of their parents, no context is required, every person should be able to say very clearly that is horrible.”

Jeffrey Haberman, 74, who occasionally eats at the deli, said the graffiti was “reprehensible” and “despicable.”

Haberman said within the last month, he knows of three synagogues that were vandalized, including the one he attends, Or Zarua. He said he isn’t worried of his own safety, but the acts show how much influence the cause of Hamas has outside its borders.

“This isn’t by accident. Hamas has enough of a reach. People are sending very clear messages that they don’t want Jews here. But if you vandalize, it will not make a difference. We are not leaving.”

The 2nd Avenue Deli was originally founded in 1954 as an East Village luncheonette on East 10th Street by Lebewohl’s uncle Abe Lebewohl.

The NYPD said that the act of hate was under investigation.

Nearly 3,000 people have died in the Gaza Strip, while almost 10,000 have been injured, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Nearly two-thirds who have died have been children.

Another 1,200 are believed to be buried under rubble.

New York City ER Doctor Fired for Celebrating Hamas' Attack on Israeli Music Festival

A New York City emergency room doctor has been fired for controversial posts online that applauded Hamas’ massacre at a music festival in southern Israel, saying the attacks gave Israelis “a taste of their own medicine.”

Dr. Dana Diab — an emergency room physician with Lenox Hill Hospital and Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center, according to NYC Health + Hospitals — shared a video of the heinous Oct. 7 attack on her Instagram Stories.

“Zionist settlers getting a taste of their own medicine,” she wrote, according to a screenshot shared by Stop Antisemitism on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday.

A second snap showed Diab’s Instagram profile, which has since gone private — where the physician boasted over 600 followers and had a Palestinian flag emoji in the bio section.

“Dina [sic] Diab took to Instagram rejoicing Zionist settlers [aka jews] were murdered, raped, beheaded, and kidnapped by the Hamas terror group on Saturday October 7th,” Stop Antisemitism wrote alongside the images.

“Jewish patients beware.”

Northwell Health confirmed Tuesday morning that Diab no longer worked for the hospital system.

“We are deeply sorry for the hurt and offense these comments have caused,” Northwell wrote on X.

“These views do not represent Lenox Hill Hospital and Northwell Health and go against our core values. The team member is no longer employed with Northwell.”

“Well I should hope so. Many Jewish folks are pretty scared to come to this hospital,” one X user replied to the announcement.

“Her public praise of Hamas’s crimes against humanity disqualifies Diab from treating Jewish patients or any patients for that matter,” activist Chaskel Bennett added.

Police Investigate Hate Crime as Jewish Student's Locker Vandalized with Hate

A Jewish student's locker has been defaced with swastikas and the letters 'KKK' at a high school in California - as cops launched a hate crime investigation.

The group StopAntisemitism on posted pictures of the damaged locker in Newport Beach to X on Sunday.

Orange writing can be seen spread across the blue school lockers and clearly depict swastika symbols and letters that refer to the white supremacist group, the Ku Klux Klan.

'Newport Beach - a Jewish student at Corona Del Mar High School had his football locker defaced with 'swastikas' and 'KKK.' No police report was filed. This is a blatant hate crime & those responsible must be punished to the fullest extent of the law @NewportBeachPD,' the post said in the caption. 

'Jewish students deserve to feel safe - email Superintendent Wesley Smith: superintendent@nmusd.us and demand a criminal investigation take place,' the caption continued. 

The school did not initially report the incident but later reported it to the police, which is now investigating the incident as an alleged hate crime. 

The antisemitic graphics come just a week after the Palestinian terror group Hamas invaded Israel and sparked the start of a violent war. 

The Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the longest-running in history, with tensions simmering for decades and intermittently escalating into armed clashes which have seen thousands of people killed on both sides.

'Goyim Defense League' (GDL) Member Captured Littering Arkansas Neighborhood with Antisemitic Flyers

The driver of a pickup truck, who authorities say appears to be a "large white male," has been seen driving around a northwest Arkansas community throwing out antisemitic flyers.

The Jewish advocacy group StopAntisemitism has been tracking the activities of those responsible - the Goyim Defense League’ or ‘GDL’ for nearly five years and state they vilify Jews with their premeditated hate campaigns.

The Pea Ridge Police Department said Monday that they were made aware of the black Ford pickup driving through town dispersing the xenophobic propaganda.

He was throwing flyers out of his truck in clear baggies with field corn used as weight, authorities said.

Jewish Lawmaker's Residence Defaces with Nazi Symbols for Third Time

Maryland Delegate Joe Vogel says his Montgomery County apartment building has been vandalized with antisemitic graffiti for the third time in just a matter of months. 

The Jewish lawmaker shared photos on the social media platform X, of four swastikas on the door of his apartment building's lobby bathroom. 

"To see it in my own apartment building, in my own community, the place that I call home, it's really unsettling," Vogel told WUSA9 in his Gaithersburg home.

It is unclear if Vogel, who represents Maryland's 17th District, is the target of the messages. 

"That kind of hate. Those kinds of messages, that vandalism sends a really dark message to me and others in our community, but it won't make us afraid," he added.

The recent incident comes at a time when places of worship in Montgomery County and across the country have increased security due to potential threats stemming from the war between Israel and Hamas. 

Antisemitic Vandal Draws Swastika and Throws Eggs at Rabbi's Home in Canada

A rabbi’s home in Surrey, B.C., was targeted by a vandal last week.

Rabbi Falik Schtroks’ son caught the incident – which happened around 6:30 p.m. on Friday – on camera. In the video, a man can be seen throwing eggs at the house. A photo provided to CTV News also shows that a swastika was drawn in sharpie on the window.

Schtroks told CTV News the vandal approached his son and asked if the home was a Jewish temple, and he said yes. The rabbi alleges the man said, “I’m God, and I’m going to egg this place.”

He added that his son called the police and they were shown the video.

Schtroks said the incident left him disappointed, but not at all surprised.

“On one hand, it’s only eggs,” he said. “(But) which philosophy is to listen to a person who says around the world go, and attack Jews, and a person feels that they therefore must throw eggs. So where does that way of thinking end? Where does it end?”

On Sunday, dozens of people from across the Lower Mainland gathered at the Centre for Judaism of the Lower Fraser Valley to pray and sing in solidarity.

“My message to any person is use darkness to compel you to add light to this world in acts of goodness, and kindness. That's the message and that's really the essence of this getting together,” Schtroks said.

“One of the things that people who hurt the Jewish people they don't realize when that happens, we always come together.”

In a news release issued Monday, Surrey RCMP said it is investigating the incident “which may have been motivated by hate,” and appealed for help identifying the suspect.

Police described the suspect as male, 25 to 35 years old, with a “slim to medium build” wearing a purple coat, white shirt, black Adidas sweatpants and brown shoes. 

“We recognize that incidents of this nature impact the feeling of safety and security for members of our Jewish community,” said Cpl. Vanessa Munn, in the release. “Hate has no place in our city and our officers are working to identify the person responsible so that they can be held accountable.”

Mounties added that the BC Hate Crimes Unit has been notified.

Jewish Fraternity in Georgia Vandalized by Antisemitic Graffiti

A Jewish fraternity house on Georgia Tech’s campus was vandalized on Saturday, Oct. 14.

Fraternity members woke up to the words “Free Palestine” written in shaving cream directly below an Israeli banner at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house on Techwood Drive. An investigation into the incident is ongoing. 

“The safety and security of our campus community is of utmost importance. Georgia Tech Police are investigating an overnight incident of vandalism. Someone used shaving cream to write a pro-Palestinian message on the wall of a Jewish fraternity,” said a Georgia Tech spokesperson. 

Tension in the Atlanta Jewish community has been elevated since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out in Israel on Oct. 7.

Georgia Tech Provost and Executive Vice President of Student Affairs Steve McLaughlin said the university has a policy against making statements as an institution.

“Georgia Tech has not made public statements about Roe v. Wade, the Israel-Hamas war, or Affirmative Action … But these are major, life altering things that affect so many of our own students and people,” McLaughlin wrote. “A lot of these things have a direct impact on my own life. Many in our community seek a response, or a position, or just comfort from their leaders like me) at universities. It’s inevitable that no matter what I do or don’t do, say or don’t say — there are people I will offended or hurt. What do I really think about these issues? What if I say things that are in conflict with what is best for the university? What if my position on things as a global leader tips the scales in the wrong direction?”

The Zeta chapter of AEPi was formed on Nov. 24, 1920. During World War II, many AEPi members went to fight in the war, and the chapter lost fraternity status because it did not have enough members. Zeta chapter was reinstated in 1946. 

According to the AEPi website, fraternity members serve on the boards of pro-Israel groups all over the world. “With rising antisemitism on college campuses, each AEPi chapter is a safe haven, not only for members of our fraternity but for all Jewish students. Our Brothers are on the front line of pro-Israel advocacy and education. Their hard work to promote the Jewish people and fight for a Jewish state has not gone unnoticed,” the AEPi website states. 

New York Police Investigating After Three Students Photographed Giving Hitler Salutes

A photo of three Paul D. Schreiber students doing the Nazi salute began circulating social media this weekend, stirring outcries from the global Jewish community and spurring the school district to implement expanded educational programs.

“We are fully aware of how disturbing this image is and the anxiety it brings to our community, particularly given the recent terrorist attacks in Israel and the resultant war,” the Port Washington School District said in a statement.

The image, which includes one student wearing a gas mask and another holding a shovel, received global attention when it was posted by the nonprofit organization StopAntisemitism on its Instagram story over the weekend.

“It’s especially sad when antisemitism poisons the minds of children,” StopAntisemitism Executive Director Liora Rez said in a statement to Blank Slate. “These three students used one of history’s greatest tragedies to intimidate and threaten, joining forces with bigots around the world who look for any excuse to target Jews. Their actions must have consequences.”

The nonprofit shared the image with Blank Slate Media, which they said was provided to them by a Schreiber High School parent. They said they blurred the faces of the two teens whose faces were not concealed already to protect the identity of the minors.

The circulation of the image came a week after the Port Washington Police Department released a statement that they were investigating an incident of bias perpetuated by five 14-year-old students at the high school. The Port Washington School District said the incident of bias concerned racism, antisemitism and bullying.

The Port Washington Police Department said the incident did not pose a threat to the community and there appeared to be no criminality related to the incident.

The district said Superintendent Michael Hynes, Paul D. Schreiber Principal Dr. Kathryn Behr and local law enforcement have been investigating the photo, as well as information and rumors relating to the incident.

“This matter is being taken with the utmost of seriousness, and all responsible parties are being disciplined in accordance with applicable state law,” the district said.

They said they will continue to work with local law enforcement and district security personnel to protect students and staff in the aftermath of the incident.

The district released a joint statement Monday morning signed by Superintendent Hynes and Board of Education President Adam Smith on behalf of the entire board to address the incident and share updates on how they are going forward in the aftermath.

“The intent of this letter is to do our best to address the events directly, to ensure that the over 6,000 students and staff who attend our schools and cultural and athletic events outside of school feel safe everyday and continue to enjoy all of the opportunities that our schools and Port Washington have to offer,” the district said.

The district said they are unable to share information about the specific facts and discipline of individual students, under state and federal law. Because of this, they said there has been misinformation circulating in the community and are updating the community to the extent that they can.

“While we recognize that it may never seem like enough, we will continue to be as transparent as possible,” the district said.

In response to learning about the student bias, the district said they have worked with the Port Washington Police Department, are investigating all threats and rumors, partnered with local rabbis, cantors and the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County to work on student education, provided counseling services for students and have spoken with concerned community members.

The district said its efforts in combatting bias within its schools will not conclude when the incident has been fully addressed, with planned efforts to educate students in the future “that will create a connection and build a stronger understanding that hate and acts that resemble hate have no place in our schools or our community.”

Going forward, the district said they will be working with local clergy and the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County to expand its educational programs and conversations about the Holocaust, antisemitism and digital citizenship, assessing the schools’ executions of the state’s requirement for Holocaust education and implementing anti-bias education for all 4th and 5th-grade students.

“We will continue to enhance these efforts not because of an incident but because it is a necessary component of our Vision, Mission and Portrait of a Graduate,” the district said. “The road ahead still has a lot of work and a lot of healing. We are only strong and able to make change if we work in support and not in opposition of one another.”

The district will be hosting Unity Day at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday on the field of Schreiber High School, which they have invited the community to join. The district said this will “begin to forge this path forward and continue to build a stronger understanding that hate and acts of hate have no place here in Port Washington.”

Building in San Francisco Defaced by Violent Antisemitic Graffiti

The Jewish Community Relations Council says it's "deeply disturbed" by some of the graffiti seen in San Francisco following Saturday's pro-Palestinian rally.

The organization posted pictures on social media showing anti-Jewish messages spray-painted on windows along Market Street.

Vandals painted in red: "Death to Zionists." "Kill a Settler." and "Death to Israel."  StopAntisemitism shared the images to their Twitter audience.

The JCRC says it's been in touch with city leaders and has reported the vandalism to the San Francisco Police Department.