Idaho

There has been a recent spike in antisemitic crimes in Boise, Idaho. Here's what's got local leaders concerned and what they think can be done to combat it.

The Anne Frank Memorial in Boise, Idaho was vandalized with graffiti, Boise Police said on Twitter Saturday.

Idaho’s Anti-Boycott Against Israel Act states that public entities cannot do business over a total of $100,000 with companies that do not expressly oppose the BDS movement

Last year, an excavation crew working on a pipeline uncovered the girl's remains at a remote oil and gas site in Weld County, police said.

Ammon Bundy, a right-wing American militia leader and anti-government leader, said at a protest that Jews are to be blamed for their fate since they were too 'compliant' during the Holocaust.

"Scott's comparison of stay-at-home orders during the pandemic to Nazi death camps is unfathomably offensive," the AJC tweeted.

'I’m praying we come out better people, more compassionate. God didn’t finish the world. It is our job to finish the work as God’s partners and make it better for all human beings.'

Idaho also has Jewish communities in the cities of Sun Valley, Pocatello, Moscow and Coeur d’Alene, according to the report.

The congressman praised Trump’s executive order on the BDS movement, saying it shed light on antisemitism worldwide.

Since 2015, Boise traffic and parking police have been handing out bars of chocolates as a measure of goodwill and holiday cheer in the lead-up to Christmas