Leaders of New Hampshire legislature condemn antisemitism among state representatives
(JTA) — Leaders of the New Hampshire House of Representatives released a statement last week condemning antisemitism after a state lawmaker tweeted
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(JTA) — Leaders of the New Hampshire House of Representatives released a statement last week condemning antisemitism after a state lawmaker tweeted
Statement comes after Democrat Rep. Maria Perez calls Israel an apartheid state and tweets 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free'
LACONIA — A meeting to mend fences between the local Jewish community and State Rep. Dawn Johnson, a candidate for mayor, derailed Friday before it could begin, with sides disagreeing over whether Ira Keltz, who is president of Temple B’nai Israel,...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. WESTMORELAND â A New Hampshire representative wants to know how someone could share a link with an anti-Semitic cartoon from a white supremacist website and not know itâs anti-Semitic or that the website, Daily Stormer, is a home to Nazis. âIt went public on Dec. 7 [on Daily Stormer] and she reposted it on Dec. 9,â said Rep. Paul Berch, D-Westmoreland, about the cartoon posted to social media by Rep. Dawn Johnson, R-Laconia. After Facebook blocked the post because of its source and content, Johnson then tweeted it out, ...
LACONIA â At an online School Board meeting with roughly 300 viewers and repeated calls for board member Dawn Johnson to step down, residents voiced outrage and loss of trust and faith in Johnson to serve the district after she linked on social media to anti-Semitic material from the neo-Nazi website, the Daily Stormer. Much of the criticism came from mothers of school children, who blasted Johnson for what they said were attitudes that run counter to the community's values and school district's mission, and shared goals of fighting intolerance in all forms. At the meeting, Johnson, who ...