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North Carolina Man Charged with Mailing Antisemitic Threats to Georgia Rabbi

Ariel Collazo Ramos faces up to five years in prison for sending a postcard with Nazi references to a rabbi who supported a new antisemitism law.

  • Ariel Collazo Ramos of High Point, NC, was indicted for mailing a threatening postcard to Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar in Macon, Georgia.
  • The postcard contained references to Nazi poison gas and derogatory remarks about Jews.
  • The threats were made after Rabbi Bahar advocated for a Georgia law defining antisemitism, which has since been enacted.
  • Ramos, who operates a business selling racially themed merchandise, was arrested following the indictment.
  • If convicted, Ramos could face a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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