On Wednesday alone, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension reported “swatting incidents involving emailed bombing and shooting threats” made to nine Jewish facilities.
CBS NewsAs the Israel-Hamas war continues, antisemitic incidents in the U.S. have soared by 388% compared to the same period last year, according to a new report. The Anti-Defamation League in Minnesota tracked 312 incidents–including harassment, vandalism and assault–in the three weeks since Oct.7 when Hamas launched the surprise terror attack. That’s up from 64 last year during the same time.
“It’s not surprising,” said Rabbi Alexander Davis at Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park. “But when I hear about it here in Minnesota, in St. Louis Park, with words sprawled on sidewalks and people being accosted in stores and high schools—that’s where it really hits home.” He said those who worship at Beth El have come to him seeking advice in this fraught time as they worry for their safety and the safety of their children.
And the daily average of violent messages online mentioning Jews has soared by 1,000%. That shows just how much words matter, said Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, who noted that Friday marks five years since the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh—the deadliest attack on Jews in the U.S. in the country’s history.
Minnesota is one state east of here wind is right my dog can smell em he don’t like them although he has never seen one just from what he hears from my description to him as I read him the latest from the BNI blog related and described to him from my vast knowledge of cuss words ending with the trigger word Muslim … he’s a educated dog smarter than most people out there
I think that all dogs are smarter than they are and when one wants and is killing your kind then you know whats in store for you. Cool that your dog gets to hear the BNI articles and yes i will educate my cat too (hi hi).