1994 ⟶ Brooklyn Bridge Shooting of Chabad-Lubavitch Students
On 1 March 1994, on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, Le...
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💥 Synagogue Firebombing and Shooting in Mississippi
On 25 March, 1960, the synagogue Congregation Beth Israel and its members were subject to an antisemitic attack. About 180 members were attending a Friday evening service to dedicate the new Zemurray Social Hall, and led by then-rabbi Saul Rubin and Rev. John Speaks and Dr. Franklin Denson of First Methodist Church, when windows were smashed and the synagogue fire-bombed. Two members—Alvin Lowi and Alan Cohn—who rushed out to see what was happening were met by Jerry Hunt, a 16-year-old Nazi sympathizer, who wounded them both with a shotgun, then fled. Lowi was just shot in the hand, but one of Cohn's aortas was nicked, and he almost died, requiring 22 US pints (10 L) of blood. Earlier that week Hunt had attended a rally for antisemitic and white supremacist politician John G. Crommelin, and had had a fight with a Jewish boy over a chess game at the Gadsden Community Centre.⟶
AntisemitismViolenceSynagogueHate CrimeWhite Supremacy1960sCivil Rights MovementSouthern United States
United States📜 State Farm's 'Jewish Lawyers List' Discrimination
In 1993, Todd Hindin filed a lawsuit against State Farm for allegedly keeping a list of prominent Jewish lawyers referred to within State Farm as the "Jewish Lawyers List". Any claims made by clients of these attorneys were automatically forwarded to State Farm's fraud unit, purely on the basis of the religion and national origin of the lawyers. These claims would then be neither settled nor paid. State Farm initially claimed that this was not a matter of discrimination, but of coincidence. However, Dr. Frank Taylor (an experienced economist on retainer for the Appellants) discovered that despite the fact that the population of the states involved had Jewish populations between 2–5% of the total population, the list was composed of nearly 80% religiously or ethnically Jewish lawyers. Individuals who had worked for State Farm, including former Divisional Claim Superintendent Ron Middler, testified that the list was indeed used to discriminate against ethnic minorities. State Farm paid out $30 million to Todd Hindin and his clients for discrimination on the basis of religion and national origin.⟶
DiscriminationLegalBusinessUnited StatesAntisemitismFinancialFraud1990s
United States🔫 Brooklyn Bridge Shooting of Chabad-Lubavitch Students
On 1 March 1994, on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, Lebanese-born immigrant Rashid Baz shot at a van of 15 Chabad-Lubavitch Orthodox Jewish students that was traveling on the Brooklyn Bridge, killing one and injuring three others. See 1994 Brooklyn Bridge shooting.⟶
ViolenceShootingBrooklyn BridgeChabadAntisemitism1990sHate Crime
United States🔥 Volksfront Attack on Temple Beth Israel
Chris Lord, an individual associated with the Volksfront and American Front, fired ten rounds with an assault rifle into Temple Beth Israel (Eugene, Oregon), damaging the interior.⟶
ViolenceHate CrimeTempleEugeneWhite SupremacyVolksfrontAntisemitism1990s
United States📰 Marco Polo Magazine's Holocaust Denial Article
In February 1995 a Japanese magazine named Marco Polo, a 250,000-circulation monthly published by Bungei Shunju, ran a Holocaust denial article by physician Masanori Nishioka which stated:⟶
Holocaust DenialMediaJapanMarco PoloAntisemitism1990sDenialism
Japan⚖️ Belgium Makes Holocaust Denial Illegal
In Belgium, Holocaust denial was made illegal in 1995.⟶
Holocaust DenialLegislationBelgiumLaw1990sAntisemitismMemory
Belgium