(source: Nation of Islam website) On January 10, 2021, Nation of Islam (NOI) Student Minister Dr. Wesley Muhammad provided the latest example in the group’s long history of virulent antisemitism. Muhammad delivered a two-hour sermon, broadcast live from NOI’s national headquarters in Chicago, in which he explicitly and repeatedly blamed Jews and Israel for the coronavirus pandemic. As of January 14, his sermon, titled “Beyond

St. Louis Public Radio | By Eric Schmid Published January 15, 2021 at 5:13 AM CST LISTEN • 4:04 File Photo / Carolina Hidalgo / St. Louis Public Radio Karen Aroesty, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League in St. Louis, said she wasn’t surprised to see pro-Trump extremists turn violent at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. For some, the violence at

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, extremists across the ideological spectrum have used the virus as a platform for elaborate and alarming conspiracy theories. In March and April 2020, antisemitic, anti-government and Sinophobic conspiracies about the virus’s origins and “true purpose” were rampant online. In December 2020, as the COVID-19 vaccine was being shipped to frontline workers across the country, very

In 2017, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis hired a community security director following a year of bomb threats against Jewish institutions and in particular, the vandalism at Chesed Shel Emeth. The professional they hired was Scott Biondo. A longtime security consultant, ADL was very familiar with Scott’s work. He was the right choice at the right time. On December

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