When demonstrations are designed to make people afraid to enter their own synagogues or community institutions, they cease to be expressive acts and become acts of intimidation.
The victim was flown to Israel for emergency treatment, underwent surgery on his eye, and ultimately lost vision in that eye due to the severity of his injuries.
Sources familiar with the warning described it as serious and specific, prompting increased security at identified Jewish institutions and community sites across the country.
Carly Gammill explains the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism while dispelling common myths about what it stands for.