antisemitism

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has signed legislation that places an official definition of antisemitism into state law. Bill critics said the measure could stifle speech of Israel's critics.

A bipartisan group of North Carolina lawmakers has approved a bill codifying a definition of antisemitism into law. A nearly unanimous House voted Wednesday in favor of the SHALOM Act, which adopts the definition provided by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Republican House Speaker Tim Moore sponsored the bill. He says that it could guide educators and help law enforcement agencies and local prosecutors to determine whether someone should be charged under hate crime laws already on the books. Some critics say the bill could stifle political dissent against Israel amid the war in Gaza. Four Democrats voted against the legislation.

A North Carolina man is charged with mailing an antisemitic threat to a rabbi in Georgia. A federal indictment unsealed Thursday says that Macon Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar received a threatening postcard in February after she testified before Georgia lawmakers to support defining antisemitism in state law.

Greensboro police have charged 22-year-old Nile Christian Harvey in connection with the vandalism of a Holocaust memorial in LaBauer Park, where a swastika was drawn on the sculpture.

The Boone town council has passed a resolution urging citizens to become more informed about antisemitism. The move comes after someone waved a flag with…

Boone police are investigating an antisemitic act at a Jewish temple on the outskirts of downtown. Police say someone was at the Temple of the High…