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2011 Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents RULE Harassment, Threats and Events

Posted: October 29, 2012


Overview: About the 2011 Audit
Anti-Semitic Assaults
Vandalism
Harassment, Threats and Events
Anti-Semitic Bullying by Peers
Methodology
The Numbers State-By-State

The ADL Audit recorded 731 cases of anti-Semitic harassment in 2011, down from 900 in 2010.  Incidents included verbal attacks and slurs against Jewish individuals (or individuals perceived to be Jewish); anti-Semitism conveyed in written or electronic communications, including anti-Semitic cyberbullying; and anti-Semitic speeches, picketing, or events.

The following is a list of selected instances of anti-Semitic harassment in 2011:

• East Windsor, New Jersey: A synagogue received a phone message that said, "Dirty f---ing Jew bastards," "Going to put you in the gas chamber with a f---ing x-box", "I'll drop the gas in myself until you're dead," and "Burn in the fire of hell." (January)

• Milledgeville, Georgia: A college student living off-campus received anti-Semitic postings on Facebook from her roommate's friends, including one that read, "I hope you burn in hell you f---ing Jew." (February)

• New York, New York: A receptionist at a Jewish institution received messages on her answering machine that said, "F---ing Jewish Bastards," "I will hunt you down every day," and "Long live Hitler." (April)

• San Francisco, California: A Jewish institution received a phone message that said, "You have a bomb in the building, bitches. You have a bomb in the building, bitches." (May)

• Bloomfield, Connecticut: A teacher active in Holocaust education programming received anti-Semitic phone calls in which he was called a "fucking Jew lover." (May)

• Portland, Maine: A Jewish business owner received anti-Semitic voicemails and emails at his office, including one that said, "Hitler should have killed all of your kind." (Maine)

• La Canada, California: A public school teacher allegedly referred to a student in her class as "Jewboy" on more than one occasion. (May)

• Washington, DC: A Jewish institution received consecutive phone messages from the same individual containing hostile, anti-Semitic rants, including the statements, "Hitler had some things right;" "You can all go to hell;" and "Why in the world should anyone protect the Jews?" (July)

• San Fernando Valley, California: Two individuals in a car drove past Jewish pedestrians and shouted, "We're going to kill all you fucking Jews." (August)

• Omaha, Nebraska: A teacher received in her mailbox a handwritten message that read, "We know where you live" with swastikas. (October)

• Kalamazoo, Michigan: On the anniversary of Kristallnacht, students ran through the halls of a university dormitory using Nazi slogans and gestures and yelling "Heil Hitler." Additionally, the window of a Jewish student's room was broken. (November)





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