Neo-Nazis plan Hate Day protests outside New York’s synagogues after harassing members of Broadway audiences

According to the Anti-Defamation League, white supremacist groups are planning a “National Day of Hate” to coincide with the Jewish Sabbath this weekend.

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

The NYPD said there were no specific threats, but “as a precaution, 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 queued before a performance of the Broadway musical “Parade” on Tuesday night.

At Thursday night’s show, New York City Mayor Eric Adams appeared onstage ahead of the performance and said, “When we fill a theater, we send a message that this is not a place where hate lives.”

Extremist groups with white supremacist views are trying to plan a “National Day of Hate” during the Jewish Sabbath this weekend, according to information from the NYPD

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 in front of the Broadway show Parade, the main character of which is Jewish. Pictured, New York City Mayor Eric Adams took to the stage Thursday to condemn such protests

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

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

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

During Tuesday’s protest, a bystander posted video of the hateful demonstration outside the Bernard Jacobs Theater on West 45th Street in Manhattan.

Those demonstrating shouted, carried banners and passed out flyers claiming the show glorified pedophilia.

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

During Tuesday night’s protest, protesters shouted, carried banners and passed out flyers claiming the show glorified paedophilia

Those demonstrating shouted, carried banners and passed out flyers claiming the show glorified pedophilia

The neo-Nazis harassed theatergoers outside of Parade’s Broadway debut, handing out flyers like the one above. It included the group name “Empire State Stormers”.

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

The Anti-Defamation League posted a positive message on its Twitter page

“The irony should not escape anyone that these anti-Semitic extremists decided to protest a play telling 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 hatred,” he said The Anti-Defamation League said in a statement

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

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

In a statement, Parade’s producers said, “If there is any doubt out there about the urgency of telling this story at this moment in history, the abomination shown tonight should dispel them.”

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