In August a restaurant in Tiverton drew national attention for posting an antisemitic meme about Anne Frank. Last month, an antisemitic note was found at Brown RISD Hillel in Providence. And last week, residents of Warwick’s Oakland Beach area discovered packages on their lawns, emblazoned with antisemitic messages alongside the face of Kanye West.
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Reflecting on antisemitism in RI, 78 years after Anne Frank’s arrest
Seventy-eight years ago today, Anne Frank and her family were discovered and arrested by the Nazi Gestapo. What’s the state of antisemitism in Rhode Island today?