Luke Tress is editor and reporter in New York for The Times of Israel.
NEW YORK (AP) — U. S. Jewish teams condemned Nazi Halloween costumes Monday after at least two incidents sparked outrage amid growing concerns about anti-Semitism in the United States.
In New York, a guy walked into a bar in a Nazi uniform and ordered out among staff and customers.
In a video of the incident, consumers can be heard telling the man, “What’s wrong with you?”, “Get out of here” and telling him to leave “for your own safety”.
It turns out that he is denied service and ordered to leave the bar.
The Anti-Defamation League said it was “extremely disturbed” by the incident.
“This dress trivializes the Holocaust and is destructive at a time when anti-Semitic incidents are unfolding,” the ADL said.
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The Hillel Foundation of the University of Wisconsin, the university’s Chabad Center and the ADL “disturbing” incident.
“The glorification of hatred, fascism and anti-Semitism is disgusting,” Hillel said.
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– Jew on campus (@JewishonCampus_) October 31, 2022
“As harmful anti-Semitic incidents continue to increase, it is deeply disturbing to see reports of others glorifying this story dressed in Nazi costumes,” the museum said.
Kanye West’s repeated anti-Semitic tirades and incidents in recent weeks have sparked a national verbal exchange about anti-Semitism in the United States.
In New York, Nazi dress is one of many recent anti-Semitic incidents.
On Monday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is battling Republican Lee Zeldin to win over Jewish voters ahead of next week’s gubernatorial race, condemned anti-Semitic and homophobic graffiti at Hostos College in the Bronx. The school is part of City University. of New York (CUNY), which has been criticized for anti-Semitism on its campuses.
A Chabad “Mitzvah Tank” movement, aimed at Jewish outreach, sprinkled the word “Palestine” with the word “Palestine” over the weekend.
A truck painted with the anti-Semitic conspiracy message “Jews Did September 11” noticed on Long Island last week and an anti-Semitic banner displayed in Yonkers.
– ADL New York/New Jersey (@ADL_NYNJ) October 28, 2022
In the state capital, Albany, police said they arrested a man for placing “stickers with anti-Semitic images” on the state campus.
The NYPD showed 195 anti-Semitic hate crimes in the city between the beginning of the year and Sept. 30, representing one attack every 33 hours. Many other incidents are likely to go unreported.
Jews are always the main target organization of hate crimes in the city annually, in per capita and absolute terms.
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