Anti-Semitic message painted on Boston-area church

Published on April 23, 2013

A suburban Boston church was vandalized with an anti-Semitic message while police were hunting for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

This week from Israel

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on April 8, 2013

ADL awards crime fighters

By Ryan Torok
Published on March 20, 2013

"Guided by our respective memories and experiences, together we aim to build a society in which all of us can feel at home,” said Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney Ayelet Feiman, expressing her thanks for winning the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) 2013 Helene and Joseph Sherwood Family Prize for Combating Hate.

Man arrested in connection with Wilshire Boulevard Temple bomb threats

Published on December 20, 2012

The man arrested in connection with fake bomb threats made against a Los Angeles synagogue was also charged with vandalizing it earlier this month.

Southern California temple is vandalized

Published on November 14, 2012

A temple in an upscale neighborhood of Long Beach, Calif., was vandalized. Two-foot tall swastikas and the words "Nazi" were painted in red spray-paint on the front of the Temple Israel building on Monday night. Temple Israel is the oldest Reform synagogue between Los Angeles and San Diego, the Long Beach Post reported.

Indian authorities remove ‘Hitler’ cloithing store sign

Published on October 31, 2012

Municipal authorities in the Indian state of Gujarat removed the sign for a men's clothing store named Hitler. The sign -- on which the letter "i" was dotted with a swastika -- was removed Tuesday after hundreds of complaints from both within and outside of the Jewish community.

Northridge mother pleads guilty in syrup swastika vandalism

By Ryan Torok
Published on July 19, 2012

A Northridge mother pleaded no contest Wednesday to a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for helping her teenage daughter and two friends deface homes with maple syrup swastikas, human feces and toilet paper, according to the L.A. city attorney’s office.

Swastika banners startle New Yorkers, others in area

Published on June 25, 2012

A swastika on the banner of an airplane startled beach-goers in New York and surrounding states.

Did a Nazi Banner Fly Over Venice Beach? [UPDATE]

By JewishJournal.com
Published on June 24, 2012

Northridge mother charged in syrup swastika vandalism

By Ryan Torok
Published on June 11, 2012

A Northridge woman has been charged with multiple criminal counts for helping her teenage daughter and two friends deface homes with maple-syrup swastikas, human feces and toilet paper. Catharine Whelpley, 43, was charged on June 11 with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, two counts of vandalism, two counts of trespassing and two counts of tampering with a vehicle.

Madonna under fire as Israel concert draws heavy media flak [VIDEO]

Published on June 4, 2012

France's far-right National Front is considering a lawsuit against Madonna over a video she used during her concert in Israel on Thursday night. The clip showed party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika on her forehead.

‘Fly-in’ activists draw swastika in holding cell

Published on April 17, 2012

Two activists who arrived in Israel as part of the pro-Palestinian "fly-in" protest drew a large swastika on the wall of their holding cell.

Jon Lovitz, Crime Fighter!

By Ilana Angel
Published on April 11, 2012

Girls admit to syrup swastikas, mother could face charge

By Ryan Torok
Published on April 10, 2012

Three teenaged girls admitted on April 4 to defacing a Northridge home with swastikas, but will not face criminal charges, according to investigators with the LAPD’s Devonshire Division. However, the mother of one girl could face up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine for driving the girls to the scene, based on a charge police are recommending to the city attorney’s office.

Girls admit to syrup swastikas, mother investigated

By Ryan Torok
Published on April 5, 2012

Three teenaged girls admitted to defacing a Northridge home with swastikas this week, but will not face criminal charges, according to investigators with the LAPD’s Devonshire Division. However, the mother of one girl could face a criminal charge for driving the girls to the scene.

Northridge home defaced with swastikas

By Ryan Torok
Published on April 3, 2012

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Devonshire Division is investigating the Tuesday morning vandalism of a Northridge home on as a hate crime.

Swastikas marked on three Sherman Oaks homes

By Ryan Torok
Published on March 15, 2012

At 11: 30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14, Jennifer Niman pulled out of her driveway on Leghorn Avenue in Sherman Oaks. Talking on her cell phone, the longtime San Fernando Valley resident was heading to her job as a real estate agent at Prudential California Realty.

Opinion: Artists’ ignorant use of the swastika

Published on March 14, 2012

I have a pretty open sense of humor, except when it comes to artists utilizing the imagery used to kill more than 6 million of of my Jewish ancestors. Especially since I’ve volunteered with and met many Holocaust survivors who still have numbers tattooed on their arms, from when they were branded like dogs in concentration camps.

Anti-Semitic flags found near Milken campus

By Ryan Torok
Published on March 2, 2012

A Milken Community High School official reported the discovery of anti-Semitic renderings of the Israel flag in front of and near its middle school campus on March 1.

Santa Monica and Brentwood are targets of swastika graffiti

By Ryan Torok
Published on October 18, 2011

Calif. Messianic pastor’s home vandalized with swastika

Published on October 7, 2011

The home of a Messianic pastor in California was vandalized with a swastika.

Joseph’s Tomb vandalized with swastikas

Published on October 6, 2011

Joseph's Tomb was vandalized with swastikas and other graffiti.

California leads nation in anti-Semitic incidents

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on October 4, 2011

For the second year running, California led the nation in anti-Semitic incidents reported in the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) 2010 Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents.

Vandal gets probation for spray-painting swastikas

Published on July 25, 2011

A man who spray-painted anti-Semitic slogans on three Jewish sites in Calgary was sentenced to 18 months probation.

Swastikas, death threat found at N.Y. restaurant

Published on June 1, 2011

Spray-painted swastikas and a death threat written in German were found at an Italian restaurant in Orangeburg, N.Y. The manager of Cassie's Restaurant told police that he found the symbols inside and outside the business when he opened Monday afternoon. Between $2,000 and $3,000 was missing.

One Calabasas High vandal said to be Jewish

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on May 12, 2011

One of the three Calabasas High School students who confessed to defacing their school with anti-Semitic and racist graffiti last month is Jewish, a detective from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department involved in the investigation told the Jewish Journal on Thursday. “One of them has a mother who fled Iran because she is Jewish,” Detective J. T. Manwell of the Lost Hills/Malibu station said. “So it’s kind of complicated.”

After anti-semitic vandalism, life goes on at Calabasas High

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on May 3, 2011

On Wednesday, April 27, just hours after three Calabasas High School students had been arrested in connection with the anti-Semitic and racist graffiti scrawled on their school’s campus late on Friday night, life at this well-groomed, suburban public school seemed to be back to almost normal.

Sheriff to push for hate crime charges in Calabasas anti-semitic graffiti case

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on April 28, 2011

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will push for hate crime enhancements to felony charges of vandalism expected to be filed soon against three Calabasas High School students, an official from the Sheriff’s Department said Thursday.

Three students arrested for anti-Semitic graffiti at Calabasas High School

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on April 27, 2011

Three Calabasas High School students were arrested Wednesday morning, April 27, and taken to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Malibu/Lost Hills station in connection with extensive anti-Semitic and racist graffiti found at their school on Saturday, according to Sgt. Eric Lasko of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Police say Calabasas High students were behind anti-Semitic graffiti

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on April 26, 2011

Investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have identified three students at Calabasas High School as the alleged vandals behind extensive anti-Semitic graffiti found on school property on Saturday morning, April 23, a spokesperson from the Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday afternoon. The students have not yet been charged, and the case will be presented to a district attorney on Friday, according to Sergeant Mike Holland of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Swastika painted on Conn. synagogue

Published on January 12, 2011

A large swastika and the word "Nazi" were spray-painted on a Connecticut synagogue. The graffiti on the B'nai Shalom synagogue in Waterbury was discovered Tuesday morning by worshipers. Police are investigating the vandalism, which has been classified as a hate crime, according to reports.

Prince Harry visits Berlin Holocaust memorial

Published on December 20, 2010

Prince Harry of Great Britain visited the Holocaust memorial and museum while in Berlin for a children's charity benefit.

Jewish cemetery in Riga is desecrated

Published on December 8, 2010

Large swastikas were found painted on more than 100 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in the capital of Latvia. The swastikas apparently were painted in white spray paint overnight Tuesday at the New Jewish Cemetery in Riga. A cemetery guard made the discovery the next morning, according to reports. State and local police are investigating.

Casspi billboard defaced for second time

Published on September 20, 2010

A billboard featuring Israeli-born NBA player Omri Casspi was defaced with a swastika for the second time.

Swastika discovered at Calif. university dorm

Published on March 16, 2010

A swastika was discovered carved into a hallway bulletin board at a residence hall at the University of California, Davis.

Sunday night's discovery comes on the heels of five other swastikas that have been found on the campus in recent weeks, according to the university. The first was discovered carved on the door of a Jewish student's dorm room in late February; four more were spray-painted around campus earlier this month.

Is Pat Oliphant Anti-Semitic? No, He’s Pro-Stupid.

By Rob Eshman
Published on March 26, 2009

Nazis and gangbangers

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on September 22, 2008

Power Begets Madness in ‘Steps’

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on May 25, 2006

Michael Halperin, who wrote "All Steps Necessary," a new Holocaust-themed play being staged by the Inkwell Theater, concurs with Milgram. Taking place just after Kristallnacht, his play dramatizes a meeting of Nazi leaders and their formal response to the fallout from the pogrom.

The Swastika in My Binder

By Elizabeth Chase
Published on December 1, 2005

I am sitting in physiology class. The teacher assigns a lab report and I open my planner. I see something doodled on the page.

I have a swastika in my planner.

Where to Draw the Line

By Cathy Young
Published on October 10, 2002

Is condemnation of Israel in the current Middle East conflict often tainted with anti-Semitism? The discussion of this sensitive issue has generally focused on anti-Israeli sentiment in Europe. Recently, it was brought close to home by Harvard University President Lawrence Summers, whose Sept. 17 speech expressing concern over the resurgence of anti-Semitism drew national attention, both positive and negative.

Anxiety about Jewish Literature

By Ruth Wisse
Published on November 8, 2001

As long as the Jewish people lives, it will generate a living culture, and as long as that culture values the written word, Jews will write books.

Challenging Hate

By Yaakov Arnold
Published on September 28, 2000

Two teenage boys were arrested Sun., Sept. 24, in connection with the ransacking of classrooms and painting of swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti on the walls of the West Valley Hebrew Academy in Woodland Hills.

Unsolved Mysteries

By Larry Derfner
Published on October 16, 1997

Over the High Holidays, somebody scrawled Nazi swastikas and the epithets "Cursed evildoers" and "Evildoers, you will die" on the front door of the Reform movement's Har-El Congregation synagogue in midtown Jerusalem.This was only the latest act of vandalism against Har-El, Israel's oldest Reform synagogue, in recent months. Over the summer, someone smeared human excrement on the synagogue door. On two other occasions, somebody poured acid on the synagogue garden, turning the grass yellow. All these incidents took place when the building was closed.