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Posts tagged with Anti-Semitic acts in Philly

Last Updated: Mar. 09, 2018 · 12:39 p.m.

Two Jewish police officers in Philly are suing the department for a pattern of anti-Semitic treatment, including Nazi vandalism and ethnic slurs

The East Passyunk restaurant Brigantessa fired its chef after finding out she made anti-Semitic comments in person and on social media

The location of the graffiti, before it was removed

Anti-Semitic graffiti scrubbed from South Street Bridge, police investigating

The offensive scrawl was removed within seven hours of being spotted.

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Photos: first walkthrough of vandalized Jewish cemetery restoration

The Jewish Federation and Mayor Kenney visited Mount Carmel Cemetery Tuesday.

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Neo-Nazi recruiting posters yanked from Penn’s campus

President Amy Gutmann emailed students and staff: ‘Hatred and fear-mongering have no place at Penn”

Plans for public art and programming following Mount Carmel Cemetery vandalism

Another Jewish cemetery vandalized, this time in Delco; up to 30 gravestones marred

13-year old charged after throwing rock through a Tacony synagogue window

Someone threw a rock through the window of this Tacony synagogue, and not for the first time

A toppled headstone at Mount Carmel.

Philly Jewish cemetery vandalized last month will get repairs starting Monday

Mount Carmel's administrator hopes donations will also cover maintenance.

Harry Boonin, inset, will give a talk Sunday about the history of Jewish cemeteries in Philadelphia.

Vandalism at Mount Carmel and anti-Semitism in Philly: ‘Everyone in town knew’

Harry Boonin has a talk set for Sunday in Mt. Airy.

A JCC in Wilmington has been evacuated after a bomb threat

This drone photo provides a striking view of the broken and toppled headstones at the Mount Carmel Jewish Cemetery

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Wolf calls for federal investigation into anti-Semitic incidents

Earlier this week, a homeowner in Somertown found a swastika spray-painted on their front step

Several hours after a Jewish cemetery was desecrated in Philly, people arrived to help.

Philly lawmakers want to toughen state law after Jewish cemetery vandalism

But the minority party in Harrisburg faces an uphill battle.

Cemetery superintendent says graves had been vandalized at Mt. Carmel days before the crime was reported

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Pa. attorney general: Trump said JCC threats likely made to ‘make others look bad’

He said the president implied bomb threats are being made to make others look bad.

This swastika was spray-painted on an abandoned storefront near Broad and Wharton streets the day after Trump was elected.

How Philly’s Jewish communities are handling unprecedented attacks

'We never had this before. No such thing in Philadelphia.'