- 1913: Leo Frank, an innocent man, was accused of
murdering a teenage girl in Atlanta and was sentenced to death. He was taken
from jail and lynched by a mob. (2)
- 1920s: Henry Ford published a series of articles
in his newspaper, The Dearborn
Independent, which accused Jews of being part of a worldwide conspiracy
based on The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. (2)
- 1930s: Father Charles Edward Coughlin, a
Detroit-based radio host drew up to 30 million listeners to his weekly program,
on which he spewed antisemitic messages. (2)
- 1940s: Universities had strict quotas on the
numbers of Jewish students accepted into their programs. (2)
- 2017: “Unite the Right” rally, in
Charlottesville, Virginia when 500-600 marchers waved swastika flags and
shouted “Jews will not replace us.” (1)
- 2018: Anti-Defamation League analyses online
data and finds that 4.2 million antisemitic tweets were shared over a 12-month
period. (1)
- 1950s – 2018: A number of Jewish synagogues and
communal institutions are violently attacked, culminating in the 2018 shooting
at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where 11 people were
murdered.
- 2025: Firebombing of Jewish group in Boulder, Colorado; Fatal Shooting of two Jewish individuals outside an event held at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C.; Arson attack at the home of Jewish American Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro.
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