December 30, 2022

Neo-Nazi group using first amendment protections to spread hate messages in Eastern Iowa

The Cedar Rapids Police Department said in a statement to KCRG-TV9 it believes officers acted appropriately after responding to a neo-Nazi group hanging anti-Semitic signs earlier in November. Over the last seven days, more than 1.8 million people saw a police officer’s body camera footage from the incident on Tik Tok and Reddit. The video shows another woman confronting officers and then trying to tear down signs, which say “Money runs the world and Jews own the banks. The truth is anti-Semitic” and “The Holocaust didn’t happen, but it should have”, over an Interstate 380 overpass on Wilson Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids. According to the video, the two men guarding the sign have masks, declined to give their identity to the police, and attempted to film any interactions with police or other bystanders with a GoPro attached to one person’s head. The woman, who also doesn’t give her name in the video, along with commenters online, expressed frustration with police officers because they didn’t immediately take down the sign. “Take it down,” she told an officer after trying to tear down the sign. “You know for a fact our community is being hurt by this.” Mike Battien, who is a public safety communications specialist for the city of Cedar Rapids, said in an email the masked individuals denied ownership of the sign after they were told they would be cited because they were displayed unlawfully. He wrote the signs were then deemed abandoned property and removed. “The video was reviewed from a legal perspective and confirms officers acted appropriately in all aspects,” Battien wrote, in an email. Richard Garnett, who is a professor of law at the University of Norte Dame, said offensive and hurtful speech is protected unless it falls within a few narrowly defined expectations like a “true threat” in an email. He said, based on the video, it is unlikely the expression falls into an unprotected category even though it is undeniably offensive. Mark Stringer, who is the executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, reiterated a similar stance to Garnett. He said the first amendment protects even the most offensive and hateful speech from viewpoint and content-based government restrictions like the vile statements on the group’s sign.

via kcrg: Neo-Nazi group using first amendment protections to spread hate messages in Eastern Iowa

By , ago

Neo-Nazi group using first amendment protections to spread hate messages in Eastern Iowa

The Cedar Rapids Police Department said in a statement to KCRG-TV9 it believes officers acted appropriately after responding to a neo-Nazi group hanging anti-Semitic signs earlier in November. Over the last seven days, more than 1.8 million people saw a police officer’s body camera footage from the incident on Tik Tok and Reddit. The video shows another woman confronting officers and then trying to tear down signs, which say “Money runs the world and Jews own the banks. The truth is anti-Semitic” and “The Holocaust didn’t happen, but it should have”, over an Interstate 380 overpass on Wilson Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids. According to the video, the two men guarding the sign have masks, declined to give their identity to the police, and attempted to film any interactions with police or other bystanders with a GoPro attached to one person’s head. The woman, who also doesn’t give her name in the video, along with commenters online, expressed frustration with police officers because they didn’t immediately take down the sign. “Take it down,” she told an officer after trying to tear down the sign. “You know for a fact our community is being hurt by this.” Mike Battien, who is a public safety communications specialist for the city of Cedar Rapids, said in an email the masked individuals denied ownership of the sign after they were told they would be cited because they were displayed unlawfully. He wrote the signs were then deemed abandoned property and removed. “The video was reviewed from a legal perspective and confirms officers acted appropriately in all aspects,” Battien wrote, in an email. Richard Garnett, who is a professor of law at the University of Norte Dame, said offensive and hurtful speech is protected unless it falls within a few narrowly defined expectations like a “true threat” in an email. He said, based on the video, it is unlikely the expression falls into an unprotected category even though it is undeniably offensive. Mark Stringer, who is the executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, reiterated a similar stance to Garnett. He said the first amendment protects even the most offensive and hateful speech from viewpoint and content-based government restrictions like the vile statements on the group’s sign.

via kcrg: Neo-Nazi group using first amendment protections to spread hate messages in Eastern Iowa

By , ago

North Carolina men among several charged in various neo-Nazi plots against power substations in 2020, 2021 – #awd #atomwaffendivision #terror #NationalSocialistResistantFront #NSRF

At least two groups of men with neo-Nazi ties have been charged or convicted in connection to plans to attack power substations, and some of those men have ties to North Carolina. The plots were uncovered in 2020 and 2021, and covered numerous states. Three men pleaded guilty to a 2021 plot in February of 2022, and five men indicted by the Eastern District of North Carolina in a 2020 plot are awaiting trial. Both of these cases involved groups planning attacks on substations in different states, primarily using high-powered automatic weapons. Other than shared white supremacist ideology, it does not seem that the cases are directly connected. The planning in both of them also shares similarities with the attack in Moore County, although no group has taken responsibility for the shooting of the two substations in early December. (…) The indictment alleges that the four men researched and discussed at length a previous attack on power infrastructure by an unknown group, using assault-style rifles. The indictment alleges that for three years, between 2017 and 2020, Kryscuk manufactured guns and Collins, stationed at Camp Lejeune at the time, stole military gear and had them delivered to the other men. Duncan gathered “a library of information,” some military owned, about weapons, toxins and explosives. The indictment goes into detail about how Collins and Kryscuk met on “Iron March,” a now-defunct forum for neo-Nazis to organize and recruit. They moved to encrypted messaging to talk outside of the forum, recruiting the other three accused men. Video footage obtained show the men shooting guns, wearing AtomWaffen style-masks while giving Nazi salutes. The phrase “come home white man” is seen in the video. (…) The Telegram channel for this neo-Nazi group, National Socialist Resistant Front, includes graphics with the same language imposed over a graphic of a power substation. The second used the phrase “a touch of death” which doesn’t seem to have any specific Nazi ties and is the title of a pulp noir novel.

via myfox8: North Carolina men among several charged in various neo-Nazi plots against power substations in 2020, 2021

By , ago

North Carolina men among several charged in various neo-Nazi plots against power substations in 2020, 2021 – #awd #atomwaffendivision #terror #NationalSocialistResistantFront #NSRF

At least two groups of men with neo-Nazi ties have been charged or convicted in connection to plans to attack power substations, and some of those men have ties to North Carolina. The plots were uncovered in 2020 and 2021, and covered numerous states. Three men pleaded guilty to a 2021 plot in February of 2022, and five men indicted by the Eastern District of North Carolina in a 2020 plot are awaiting trial. Both of these cases involved groups planning attacks on substations in different states, primarily using high-powered automatic weapons. Other than shared white supremacist ideology, it does not seem that the cases are directly connected. The planning in both of them also shares similarities with the attack in Moore County, although no group has taken responsibility for the shooting of the two substations in early December. (…) The indictment alleges that the four men researched and discussed at length a previous attack on power infrastructure by an unknown group, using assault-style rifles. The indictment alleges that for three years, between 2017 and 2020, Kryscuk manufactured guns and Collins, stationed at Camp Lejeune at the time, stole military gear and had them delivered to the other men. Duncan gathered “a library of information,” some military owned, about weapons, toxins and explosives. The indictment goes into detail about how Collins and Kryscuk met on “Iron March,” a now-defunct forum for neo-Nazis to organize and recruit. They moved to encrypted messaging to talk outside of the forum, recruiting the other three accused men. Video footage obtained show the men shooting guns, wearing AtomWaffen style-masks while giving Nazi salutes. The phrase “come home white man” is seen in the video. (…) The Telegram channel for this neo-Nazi group, National Socialist Resistant Front, includes graphics with the same language imposed over a graphic of a power substation. The second used the phrase “a touch of death” which doesn’t seem to have any specific Nazi ties and is the title of a pulp noir novel.

via myfox8: North Carolina men among several charged in various neo-Nazi plots against power substations in 2020, 2021

By , ago

Controversial internet personality #AndrewTate and his brother #detained in #Romania – #LockHimUp #Loser #smalldickenergy #rape #humantrafficking #pizzakarton

Controversial internet personality Andrew Tate and his brother were detained in Romania on Thursday, according to their defense lawyer. Authorities in Romania said police served search warrants at five homes and detained four suspects, including two Britons and two Romanians, as part of an investigation into organized human trafficking and rape. They did not name any of those detained. A lawyer for Andrew and Tristan Tate told CNN that the brothers were expected to appear in court later Friday. He stressed that Andrew Tate was not under arrest. “He was not arrested. He was detained for 24 hours,” said the lawyer, Eugen Vidineac. The attorney did not discuss any of the allegations. Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism, a government agency, released an edited, grainy, sometimes out-of-focus video purportedly showing the raids. (…) The anti-organized crime agency alleged that the four unnamed suspects formed an organized criminal group that stretched from Romania to Britain and the United States, for the purpose of committing the crime of human trafficking. The authorities allege that two of the suspects misled the victims “into believing that they intended to enter into a marriage/cohabitation relationship” while transporting victims to Romania and later sexually exploiting them with physical violence and coercion. Authorities also said one of the suspects raped a victim on two separate occasions in March 2022. (…) Tate, a former professional kickboxer, is known for his viral rants online about male dominance, female submission and wealth. He openly advocates violence against women, and had previously been banned from every major social media platform until Elon Musk reinstated his Twitter account after taking over the company.

via cnn: Controversial internet personality Andrew Tate and his brother detained in Romania

siehe auch: AndrewTate Arrested Following #GretaThunberg #Twitter Takedown – #LockHimUp #Loser #smalldickenergy Internet feuds and dramas are often a waste of time. On occasion, they result in something humorous or noteworthy enough to where you have to give credit where credit is due. Such is the case with the feud between former kickboxer and current misogynist Andrew Tate, and environmental activist Greta Thunberg. In this case, it’s not so much the exchange between the two of them that’s fun, but the way the internet has decided to commemorate it that makes it chuckle-worthy; Frauenfeindlicher Influencer Andrew Tate in Rumänien festgenommen Der mehrfach durch misogynen Aussagen aufgefallene Influencer Andrew Tate ist in rumänischem Gewahrsam. Ihm werden Vergewaltigung und Menschenhandel vorgeworfen. Der Influencer Andrew Tate ist zusammen mit seinem Bruder Tristan in Rumänien festgenommen worden. Nach eigenen Angaben ermittelt die Staatsanwaltschaft aufgrund eines Verdachts auf organisierten Menschenhandel und auf Vergewaltigung seit April, schreibt die BBC. Zurzeit befasse sich das rumänische Direktorat zur Ermittlung organisierten Verbrechens und Terrorismus (DIICOT) mit dem Fall. Bevor die rumänische Polizei ihn festnahm, sorgte Tates Schlagabtausch mit Greta Thunberg auf Twitter für Aufmerksamkeit. Der Influencer war in der Vergangenheit immer wieder mit frauenverachtenden Aussagen aufgefallen. Konkret wird den Brüdern und zwei rumänischen Verdächtigen vorgeworfen, eine Gruppe gebildet zu haben, die “Frauen rekrutiert, unterbringt und ausnutzt, indem sie zur Erstellung pornografischer Inhalte gezwungen werden”. Sie lockten die Frauen demnach mit Versprechen auf Heirat und Liebe, was das DIICOT als Loverboy-Methode bezeichnete. (…) Eines der Opfer sei zudem zweimal von einem der Festgenommenen vergewaltigt worden; Nach Verhaftung von Andrew Tate: Greta Thunberg legt mit bissigem Tweet nach. Wegen Menschenhandels: Andrew Tate in Rumänien festgenommenDer umstrittene Internetstar und ehemalige Profi-Kickboxer Andrew Tate ist wegen des Verdachts auf Menschenhandel, Vergewaltigung und Bildung einer kriminellen Gruppe in Rumänien festgenommen worden. Das teilten die zuständigen Staatsanwälte mit. Tate und sein Bruder Tristan seien zusammen mit zwei rumänischen Verdächtigen für 24 Stunden in Gewahrsam genommen worden. Zuvor seien ihre Häuser in Bukarest durchsucht worden. Die Staatsanwaltschaft erklärte, sie habe sechs Frauen gefunden, die von den Verdächtigen sexuell ausgebeutet worden seien. Die Tate-Brüder lehnten eine Stellungnahme ab, ihr Anwalt bestätigte aber die Festnahme der beiden. Tate war wegen frauenfeindlicher Äußerungen und Hassreden von vielen Social-Media-Plattformen verbannt worden. Erst vor wenigen Tagen sorgte er für Aufmerksamkeit, weil er die schwedische Klimaaktivistin Greta Thunberg provozieren wollte. Er twittert an Thunberg gerichtet, er habe 33 Autos, darunter einen Bugatti und zwei Ferraris. Er könne ihr gern eine vollständige Liste seiner Autos schicken inklusive der jeweiligen enormen Klimaemissionen. Sie müsse ihm nur ihre E-Mail-Adresse nennen. Thunberg konterte souverän. Sie antwortete via Twitter mit den Worten: “Bitte kläre mich auf, schreib mir an die E-Mail [email protected].” (…) Die 19-Jährige, die in den vergangenen Jahren immer wieder ihre Schlagfertigkeit bewiesen hat und erst vor wenigen Tagen mit einem bissigen Tweet gegen Tate für Begeisterung gesorgt hatte, legte nun nach. Es ist ein knapper Satz, den sie twittert, aber er dürfte vielen Twitter-Nutzern ein kehliges Lachen entlocken. “Das kommt davon, wenn man seine Pizzaschachteln nicht anständig recycelt”, schreibt sie; Andrew Tate: The self-proclaimed misogynist influencer. The controversial British-American online influencer Andrew Tate has been detained in Romania as a part of a human trafficking and rape investigation. The self-proclaimed “misogynist” rose to fame after he was removed from the British reality TV show Big Brother in 2016, over a video that appeared to show him attacking a woman. He said at the time that the footage had been edited and was “a total lie trying to make me look bad”. Now, the 36-year-old former kickboxer boasts over 3.5 million followers on Twitter – and a worldwide profile. (…) Numerous social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, have banned him – with the latter saying that “misogyny is a hateful ideology that is not tolerated”. Tate was banned from Twitter for saying women should “bear responsibility” for being sexually assaulted. He has since been reinstated; Divisive social media star Andrew Tate detained in Romania today In this grab taken from video released by Observator Antena 1, Social Media personality Andrew Tate is led away by police, in the Ilfov area, north of Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Romanian news outlets are reporting that divisive social media personality Andrew Tate has been arrested on charges of human trafficking and rape. The reports say Tate and his brother Tristan were detained late Thursday. Romania’s anti-organized crime agency said two British citizens and two Romanians are accused of being part of an organized crime group, human trafficking and rape.

Andrew Tate on 'Anything Goes With James English' in 2021.jpg
Von Anything Goes With James English – <a rel=”nofollow” class=”external free” href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhUi1htVeJc”>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhUi1htVeJc</a> (~7:21) License shown in archived video. <a rel=”nofollow” class=”external text” href=”https://web.archive.org/web/20220730031414/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhUi1htVeJc”>Archived</a> 2022-07-30 at the <a href=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine” class=”extiw” title=”en:Wayback Machine”>Wayback Machine</a>, CC BY 3.0, Linka smalldickenergy guy…

By , ago

Controversial internet personality #AndrewTate and his brother #detained in #Romania – #LockHimUp #Loser #smalldickenergy #rape #humantrafficking #pizzakarton

Controversial internet personality Andrew Tate and his brother were detained in Romania on Thursday, according to their defense lawyer. Authorities in Romania said police served search warrants at five homes and detained four suspects, including two Britons and two Romanians, as part of an investigation into organized human trafficking and rape. They did not name any of those detained. A lawyer for Andrew and Tristan Tate told CNN that the brothers were expected to appear in court later Friday. He stressed that Andrew Tate was not under arrest. “He was not arrested. He was detained for 24 hours,” said the lawyer, Eugen Vidineac. The attorney did not discuss any of the allegations. Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism, a government agency, released an edited, grainy, sometimes out-of-focus video purportedly showing the raids. (…) The anti-organized crime agency alleged that the four unnamed suspects formed an organized criminal group that stretched from Romania to Britain and the United States, for the purpose of committing the crime of human trafficking. The authorities allege that two of the suspects misled the victims “into believing that they intended to enter into a marriage/cohabitation relationship” while transporting victims to Romania and later sexually exploiting them with physical violence and coercion. Authorities also said one of the suspects raped a victim on two separate occasions in March 2022. (…) Tate, a former professional kickboxer, is known for his viral rants online about male dominance, female submission and wealth. He openly advocates violence against women, and had previously been banned from every major social media platform until Elon Musk reinstated his Twitter account after taking over the company.

via cnn: Controversial internet personality Andrew Tate and his brother detained in Romania

siehe auch: AndrewTate Arrested Following #GretaThunberg #Twitter Takedown – #LockHimUp #Loser #smalldickenergy Internet feuds and dramas are often a waste of time. On occasion, they result in something humorous or noteworthy enough to where you have to give credit where credit is due. Such is the case with the feud between former kickboxer and current misogynist Andrew Tate, and environmental activist Greta Thunberg. In this case, it’s not so much the exchange between the two of them that’s fun, but the way the internet has decided to commemorate it that makes it chuckle-worthy; Frauenfeindlicher Influencer Andrew Tate in Rumänien festgenommen Der mehrfach durch misogynen Aussagen aufgefallene Influencer Andrew Tate ist in rumänischem Gewahrsam. Ihm werden Vergewaltigung und Menschenhandel vorgeworfen. Der Influencer Andrew Tate ist zusammen mit seinem Bruder Tristan in Rumänien festgenommen worden. Nach eigenen Angaben ermittelt die Staatsanwaltschaft aufgrund eines Verdachts auf organisierten Menschenhandel und auf Vergewaltigung seit April, schreibt die BBC. Zurzeit befasse sich das rumänische Direktorat zur Ermittlung organisierten Verbrechens und Terrorismus (DIICOT) mit dem Fall. Bevor die rumänische Polizei ihn festnahm, sorgte Tates Schlagabtausch mit Greta Thunberg auf Twitter für Aufmerksamkeit. Der Influencer war in der Vergangenheit immer wieder mit frauenverachtenden Aussagen aufgefallen. Konkret wird den Brüdern und zwei rumänischen Verdächtigen vorgeworfen, eine Gruppe gebildet zu haben, die “Frauen rekrutiert, unterbringt und ausnutzt, indem sie zur Erstellung pornografischer Inhalte gezwungen werden”. Sie lockten die Frauen demnach mit Versprechen auf Heirat und Liebe, was das DIICOT als Loverboy-Methode bezeichnete. (…) Eines der Opfer sei zudem zweimal von einem der Festgenommenen vergewaltigt worden; Nach Verhaftung von Andrew Tate: Greta Thunberg legt mit bissigem Tweet nach. Wegen Menschenhandels: Andrew Tate in Rumänien festgenommenDer umstrittene Internetstar und ehemalige Profi-Kickboxer Andrew Tate ist wegen des Verdachts auf Menschenhandel, Vergewaltigung und Bildung einer kriminellen Gruppe in Rumänien festgenommen worden. Das teilten die zuständigen Staatsanwälte mit. Tate und sein Bruder Tristan seien zusammen mit zwei rumänischen Verdächtigen für 24 Stunden in Gewahrsam genommen worden. Zuvor seien ihre Häuser in Bukarest durchsucht worden. Die Staatsanwaltschaft erklärte, sie habe sechs Frauen gefunden, die von den Verdächtigen sexuell ausgebeutet worden seien. Die Tate-Brüder lehnten eine Stellungnahme ab, ihr Anwalt bestätigte aber die Festnahme der beiden. Tate war wegen frauenfeindlicher Äußerungen und Hassreden von vielen Social-Media-Plattformen verbannt worden. Erst vor wenigen Tagen sorgte er für Aufmerksamkeit, weil er die schwedische Klimaaktivistin Greta Thunberg provozieren wollte. Er twittert an Thunberg gerichtet, er habe 33 Autos, darunter einen Bugatti und zwei Ferraris. Er könne ihr gern eine vollständige Liste seiner Autos schicken inklusive der jeweiligen enormen Klimaemissionen. Sie müsse ihm nur ihre E-Mail-Adresse nennen. Thunberg konterte souverän. Sie antwortete via Twitter mit den Worten: “Bitte kläre mich auf, schreib mir an die E-Mail [email protected].” (…) Die 19-Jährige, die in den vergangenen Jahren immer wieder ihre Schlagfertigkeit bewiesen hat und erst vor wenigen Tagen mit einem bissigen Tweet gegen Tate für Begeisterung gesorgt hatte, legte nun nach. Es ist ein knapper Satz, den sie twittert, aber er dürfte vielen Twitter-Nutzern ein kehliges Lachen entlocken. “Das kommt davon, wenn man seine Pizzaschachteln nicht anständig recycelt”, schreibt sie; Andrew Tate: The self-proclaimed misogynist influencer. The controversial British-American online influencer Andrew Tate has been detained in Romania as a part of a human trafficking and rape investigation. The self-proclaimed “misogynist” rose to fame after he was removed from the British reality TV show Big Brother in 2016, over a video that appeared to show him attacking a woman. He said at the time that the footage had been edited and was “a total lie trying to make me look bad”. Now, the 36-year-old former kickboxer boasts over 3.5 million followers on Twitter – and a worldwide profile. (…) Numerous social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, have banned him – with the latter saying that “misogyny is a hateful ideology that is not tolerated”. Tate was banned from Twitter for saying women should “bear responsibility” for being sexually assaulted. He has since been reinstated; Divisive social media star Andrew Tate detained in Romania today In this grab taken from video released by Observator Antena 1, Social Media personality Andrew Tate is led away by police, in the Ilfov area, north of Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Romanian news outlets are reporting that divisive social media personality Andrew Tate has been arrested on charges of human trafficking and rape. The reports say Tate and his brother Tristan were detained late Thursday. Romania’s anti-organized crime agency said two British citizens and two Romanians are accused of being part of an organized crime group, human trafficking and rape.

Andrew Tate on 'Anything Goes With James English' in 2021.jpg
Von Anything Goes With James English – <a rel=”nofollow” class=”external free” href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhUi1htVeJc”>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhUi1htVeJc</a> (~7:21) License shown in archived video. <a rel=”nofollow” class=”external text” href=”https://web.archive.org/web/20220730031414/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhUi1htVeJc”>Archived</a> 2022-07-30 at the <a href=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine” class=”extiw” title=”en:Wayback Machine”>Wayback Machine</a>, CC BY 3.0, Linka smalldickenergy guy…

By , ago

„Wir sehen ansteigenden #Antisemitismus“: #Oberrabbiner Goldschmidt ruft #Juden zum Verlassen #Russlands auf

Kurz nach Beginn des russischen Angriffskrieges hatte Moskaus Oberrabbiner Russland verlassen und war nach Israel gezogen. Nun rät er auch anderen Juden dazu. Heute, 18:47 Uhr Der zurückgetretene Moskauer Oberrabbiner Pinchas Goldschmidt hat Jüdinnen und Juden in Russland zum Verlassen des Landes aufgerufen. Sie sollten diese Möglichkeit nutzen, bevor sie zu Sündenböcken für die Härte gemacht würden, die der Krieg in der Ukraine hervorgerufen habe, sagte Goldschmidt, der sich derzeit im Exil befindet, der britischen Tageszeitung „The Guardian“. Die Tagesspiegel-App Aktuelle Nachrichten, Hintergründe und Analysen direkt auf Ihr Smartphone. Dazu die digitale Zeitung. Hier gratis herunterladen. Wenn man in die russische Geschichte schaue, sei festzustellen, dass, wenn ein politisches System in Gefahr gewesen sei, die jeweilige Regierung versucht habe, Ärger und Unzufriedenheit der Massen auf die jüdische Gemeinschaft umzulenken, betonte Goldschmidt, der Präsident der orthodox geprägten Europäischen Rabbinerkonferenz ist. Das habe man in zaristischen Zeiten und am Ende des stalinistischen Regimes beobachten können.

via tagesspiegel: „Wir sehen ansteigenden Antisemitismus“: Oberrabbiner Goldschmidt ruft Juden zum Verlassen Russlands auf

siehe auch: Ex-Moscow chief rabbi calls on Jews to leave Russia immediately – Guardian.Jews must leave Russia before they become scapegoats for the hardships caused by the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, the former chief rabbi in Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt told the Guardian. Goldschmidt believes that Jews living in the Russian Federation are in danger, as antisemitism is rising in this country. The Russian government may redirect the frustration and anger of Russians towards the Jewish community, Goldschmidt assumed. “Pressure was put on community leaders to support the war and I refused to do so. I resigned because to continue as chief rabbi of Moscow would be a problem for the community because of the repressive measures taken against dissidents,” Goldschmidt said.

By , ago