Jewish, Washington and antisemitism
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The article, titled "For U.S. Jews, D.C. Museum Killings Deepen Resolve – and Fear," was published by the paper Friday.
From the killing of two Jewish diplomats this week to hundreds of acts of hate in public spaces throughout the DMV.
Top White House and Justice officials tied the brazen shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers to ongoing campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.
George Washington University allowed “pervasive and severe” antisemitic harassment to “fester"on campus in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel, a new lawsuit from current and former students alleges.
By Dedi Hayun, Emily Rose and Madeline Chambers JERUSALEM (Reuters) -When Jerusalem resident Ziv Halsband woke up to news that two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington had been shot dead,
Groups that monitor hate crimes said the Hamas attack in 2023 and the subsequent war had helped fuel tens of thousands of anti-Jewish incidents globally, including cases of verbal abuse and violence.
Authorities step up security following the Washington killings.
A suspect has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after two Israeli embassy staffers, a couple who were about to become engaged, were gunned down Wednesday night outside of a Jewish museum in Washington,