2011 Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents
Anti-Semitic Bullying by Peers
Posted: October 29, 2012
Within the anti-Semitic harassment category, the following is a list of selected incidents that represent anti-Semitic bullying of children, adolescents and teenagers by their peers:
• Destrehan, Louisiana: Classmates of a Jewish high school student repeatedly called him "Jew boy" and cursed at him, both in person and on Facebook. (February)
• Campbell, California: A Jewish middle school student was called a "stupid Jew" and a "dirty Jew" by classmates, who also stated "burn all the Jews." They also claimed they would commemorate Hitler's birthday by burning down his house. (February)
• Chalfont, Pennsylvania: A middle school student had numbers written on his arm by another student, who told him to "Go die in the ovens." (February)
• Omaha, Nebraska: A Jewish girl was stopped in the hallway of a middle school by a group of boys who called her "Jew Girl" and did the Heil Hitler salute. (March)
• Washington, Connecticut: An elementary school student told a Jewish classmate, "Your family deserves to be killed" and "I hate Jewish people." (March)
• Newport Beach, California: A group of three school students threw money on the floor in front of a Jewish classmate in order to "watch the Jew scramble for pennies." They also told friends of the Jewish classmate they would be "Jewified" if they spent time with a Jew. (April)
• El Paso, Texas: A middle school student received a text message from a classmate that read, "Jew, I'm going to call [name redacted] and have him bomb you and put you in the oven, you roasted Jew… just like your ancestors." (April)
• Long Beach, California: A Jewish student was shown a picture of Hitler by classmates who warned, "This will be the last thing you see before you die." (April)
• Boca Raton, Florida: Jewish high school students were taunted repeatedly by a classmate with a swastika tattoo, who made Holocaust jokes, expressed open admiration for Adolf Hitler and made comments such as "hurry up Jew, before I throw you in the oven." (April)
• Medford, New Jersey: After a student declined to share his lunch with a classmate, the classmate responded, "okay, don't be a Jew." (May)
• San Diego, California: Classmates of a Jewish student made comments about how Hitler "should have finished the job" and drew swastikas on her desk. (May)
• Atlanta, Georgia: A 10-year old student received a note from a classmate featuring a hand-drawn picture of a gun, a swastika, and a stick figure labeled "Jew" with an arrow pointing to it. (May)
• Pensacola, Florida: A Jewish adolescent was told by a classmate, "I am a Nazi, you are a stupid Jew, I am going to cut you up into pieces, feed it to a dog, and kill the dog to put it out of its misery." (August)
• Greenfield, Wisconsin: Classmates of a Jewish middle school student taunted her on the bus with Hitler comments, carved swastikas in her classroom chair, and played "Jew Tag" on the playground. (September)
• Huntsville, Alabama: Classmates of Jewish students at a high school taunted them, including by leaving voicemail messages with anti-Semitic jokes on their cell phones and urinating on one of the students. (September)
• Newport Beach, California: A 5-year old girl was harassed on her school bus ride and told by a classmate that his "dad kills Jews" and "I hate Jews." (September)
• Manchester, Connecticut: A classmate of a Jewish student made comments about Jews having big noses and stated, "I could make your life a living Holocaust." (October)
• Doylestown, Pennsylvania: A Jewish student was singled out by name in a graffiti incident at his high school in which the school building was vandalized with the phrase "[Student's name] is a Jewish fag." (October)
• New Britain, Pennsylvania: A Jewish student was depicted in a drawing at school as being lynched, while another character in the drawing—adorned with swastikas—was pointing and laughing. (December)
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