Swastika

Antisemitic hate crimes in NY surge by 182% in January 2026 compared to previous year

NYPD figures show antisemitic hate crimes surged in New York City in January, with Jews targeted in the majority of reported bias incidents.

The skyline of Lower Manhattan is seen at dawn from across the Hudson River in New York City, US, October 18, 2025.
 Pro-Palestinian protestors hold a banner during a demonstration demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rome, Italy, January 27, 2024. The banner reads: "Cease fire! Justice for Palestine, peace for two peoples

Italian Senate advances bill to codify IHRA definition, ban antisemitic rallies

Antisemitic vandalism found at a playground in Brooklyn.

Teens arrested after allegedly spray painting dozens of swastikas on Brooklyn playground

Swastika graffited on window ofMagen David Yeshiva school in Brooklyn.

Atlanta-area mayors unite in municipal push against rising antisemitism


US Jews suffer nearly 200 swatting, false bomb threats throughout weekend

In recent days, law enforcement in Ohio and California have announced the arrest of alleged perpetrators of a high volume of swatting activity and false bomb threats.

 SWAT officers aiming guns (illustrative).

Protesters brandish swastikas at pro-Palestinian rally outside Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting

One protester carried a sign that compared Jews to Nazis via a blood-spattered swastika intertwined with a Star of David and the words, “The irony of becoming what you once hated.”

 People at the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony in Jaffa, December 19, 2022.

Progressive Manhattan synagogue vandalized with antisemitic symbols

The door of the synagogue was defaced with swastikas and symbols representing the KKK movement.

A swastika was painted onto a busy road in Australia.

Neo-Nazi group march in Wisconsin with swastika flags

Around 20 people carried Nazi flags and walked up to the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison before heading to James Madison Park for a neo-Nazi rally.

A Nazi armband with a swastika displayed in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Several Long Island schools vandalized with swastikas

The discovery comes amid a global spike of online antisemitism after the October 7 terror attacks by Hamas in Israel. 

 Suffolk County's Commack High School has uncovered multiple swastikas within the last week.

Swastikas found on gravestones at Cleveland Jewish cemetery

The Cleveland Jewish Federation called the vandalism "absolutely sickening."

Swastika on a wall (illustrative)

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'Shufersal' supermarket

Iconic NYC Jewish deli vandalized with swastika

The vandalization came shortly after social media accounts for the 2nd Avenue Deli posted pro-Israel content.

THE 2ND AVE DELI has been operating a kosher kitchen since 1954.

Australian court awards Jewish students A$400,000 in antisemitism case

The judge presiding over the case ruled that the principal failed “to take appropriate and reasonable steps to discourage and modify the antisemitic student bullying and harassment behavior.”

 Visitors seen standing next to a display of swastika banners at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 26, 2022, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Swastika spray painted on busy Australian road

The swastika was covered up with tar a few days after its appearance was reported.

Swastika painted onto an Australian road.