antisemitic attack

Hate crime targeting

An antisemitic attack is an act of violence or aggression targeting Jewish people, institutions, or property because of their Jewish identity.

This includes physical assaults, vandalism of synagogues and cemeteries, and mass shootings at Jewish gatherings: The antisemitic attack on the synagogue left three dead.

The term also covers verbal harassment and threats when they reach the level of assault.

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Jewish community · violence · targeted violence · bigotry · slur · swastika · vandalism · targeting · persecution · Holocaust · never again · hate crime · graffiti · desecration · Jewish · Star of David · cemetery · propaganda

Opposites
intent and motivation

antisemitic attackHolocaust remembrance

Memorializing systematic Jewish genocide

nature of action

antisemitic attackpeacekeeping

Preventing or ending conflict

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