Neo-Nazis Plan Hate Day Protests Outside New York Synagogues After Harassing Broadway Audience Members

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Neo-Nazis plan ‘Hate Day’ protests outside New York synagogues after harassing audience members outside Ben Platt’s Broadway musical Parade, where Mayor Eric Adams took the stage and told them: ‘ This is not a place where hate lives’

  • Extremist groups with white supremacist views are trying to plan a ‘National Hate Day’ on the Jewish Sabbath this weekend.
  • The plan involves attacking Jewish communities, including organizing protests in front of synagogues in New York City; NYPD Says No Specific Threats
  • The threat of violence and protests comes after a group of neo-Nazis harassed theatergoers outside the Broadway show, Parade, whose main character is Jewish.

White supremacist groups are planning a ‘National Hate Day’ to coincide with the Jewish Sabbath this weekend, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

The latest threat, in the form of social media posts by extremists, urged others to harass and attack Jewish communities, including staging protests outside New York City synagogues.

The NYPD said there were no specific threats, but “out of an abundance of caution, the Department will deploy additional resources to sensitive locations, including places of worship, throughout the weekend.”

The potential threat of protests and violence came after a group of neo-Nazis harassed theatergoers as they lined up before a performance of the Broadway musical. paradeOn tuesday night.

At the Thursday night show, New York City Mayor Eric Adams appeared on stage before the performance and said: “When we fill a theater, we send a message that this is not a place where you live. hatred”.

Extremist groups with white supremacist views are trying to plan a ‘National Hate Day’ during the Jewish Sabbath this weekend, according to information seen by the NYPD.

Online hate speech called for a day of 'anti-Semitic action'

Online hate speech called for a day of ‘anti-Semitic action’

The threat of violence and protests comes after a group of neo-Nazis harassed theatergoers outside the Broadway show, Parade, whose main character is Jewish.  In the photo, New York City Mayor Eric Adams appeared on stage Thursday to condemn such protests.

The threat of violence and protests comes after a group of neo-Nazis harassed theatergoers outside the Broadway show, Parade, whose main character is Jewish. In the photo, New York City Mayor Eric Adams appeared on stage Thursday to condemn such protests.

New York Mayor Eric Adams spoke onstage to denounce hate speech at the Bernard Jacobs Theater on West 45th Street in Manhattan on Thursday night.

New York Mayor Eric Adams spoke onstage to denounce hate speech at the Bernard Jacobs Theater on West 45th Street in Manhattan on Thursday night.

“We have the largest Jewish population outside of Tel Aviv,” Adams told the audience to applause. “When you go out and really cross ideas and culture, that’s the beauty and a symbol of New York City.”

The mayor denounced the anti-Semitic protest outside the theater earlier in the week, describing it as “not the spirit of New York that we love: this was hate, this was bigotry.”

During Tuesday’s protest, an audience member posted video of the hate-filled demonstration outside the Bernard Jacobs Theater on West 45th Street in Manhattan.

Those who demonstrated chanted, carried banners and handed out fliers claiming the show glorifies pedophilia.

The musical revival tells the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man lynched in 1915 after being wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl.

During the protest on Tuesday night, protesters chanted

Some carried banners and distributed flyers claiming the show glorified pedophilia.

During the protest Tuesday night, protesters chanted, carried banners and distributed fliers claiming the show glorified pedophilia.

Protesters chanted, carried banners and handed out flyers claiming the show glorifies pedophilia.

Protesters chanted, carried banners and handed out flyers claiming the show glorifies pedophilia.

Neo-Nazis booed theatergoers outside the Broadway debut of 'Parade' and handed out flyers like the one above.  It included the name of the group, 'Empire State Stormers'

Neo-Nazis booed theatergoers outside the Broadway debut of ‘Parade’ and handed out flyers like the one above. It included the name of the group, ‘Empire State Stormers’

New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she had ordered law enforcement to closely monitor Jewish communities this weekend.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she had ordered law enforcement to closely monitor Jewish communities this weekend.

The Anti-Defamation League posted a message of positivity on its Twitter page.

The Anti-Defamation League posted a message of positivity on its Twitter page.

“No one should miss the irony that these anti-Semitic extremists decided to protest a play detailing the true story of the lynching of an innocent Jewish man by an anti-Semitic mob and used it as an opportunity to spread conspiracy theories and hate,” he said. The Anti-Defamation League said in a statement.

The original trial, media attention, and Frank’s lynching led to the revival of the Ku Klux Klan in 1915.

The event also shaped the ADL, which had been founded in 1913 in Chicago and championed Frank’s cause.

In a statement, the producers of Parade said: “If any doubt remains about the urgency of telling this story at this moment in history, the vileness on display tonight should put it to rest.”