The violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which
featured antisemitic chants and imagery on full display, has fueled concern
about whether the kind of hatred and violence seen in Charlottesville could
inspire copycat incidents or acts of hate against Jews or Jewish institutions
in other parts of the country.
While it is impossible to directly link antisemitic incidents seen
elsewhere to the horrific displays of hate witnessed in Charlottesville without
knowing the full motives of the perpetrators behind the attacks, ADL’s Center
on Extremism has noted the following antisemitic incidents in the days since
the August 12 rally, including swastika vandalism attacks where Jews may, or
may not have been the intended primary target:
