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Man awarded $1m over antisemitic work harassment at Wall, New Jersey Township

June 29, 2018 15:21
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An American man has won more than a $1m in compensation after suffering antisemitic harassment at work, including having "Nazi propaganda" put on his desk and being called "Jewbacca".

Brandon Jacobs received $1.25 million from the Township Committee in Wall, New Jersey after his co-workers consistently made antisemitic comments and gestures such as placing Nazi propaganda on his desk.

Mr Jacobs worked there between 1999 and 2016, when he took disability retirement because of the harassment.

He sued the organisation in 2015. His lawsuit said he "endured having his co-workers and superiors continually barrage him with anti-Semitic comments on a near-daily basis".