The Anti-Defamation League says anti-Semitic incidents hit an all-time high in 2021.
In Amarillo, a man threatened to “execute” several prominent rabbis in New York City, according to the U.S. Department of Justice in North Texas.Christopher Stephen Brown pleaded guilty to threatening to murder three rabbisNow, he could face up to five years in a federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
Identifying himself as “Madrikh Obadiah” in those phone calls, Brown singled out three rabbis and vowed to “tear their eyes and tongues out, blow their heads off, and kill every rabbi he could find,” the DOJ said in its release. In the DOJ's release, Matthew DeSarno, special agent in charge of the FBI in Dallas, said Brown's statements"indicated that he wanted to potentially commit violent acts against members of the Jewish faith."
Brown’s guilty plea comes just a few months after the Anti-Defamation League watchdog reported that 2021 saw anAccording to an ADL report published in April, there were 2,719 anti-Semitic incidents last year, a 34% increase from 2020 and the highest number since the advocacy group started tracking such incidents more than four decades ago.The ADL’s data includes violence, threats, hate speech and conspiracy theories, among other bias incidents targeting Jews.
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