Fidelity Fires Employee Over Vile ‘Nazi Camp’ Attack on Jewish Family
A Fidelity Investments employee was fired for directing anti-Semitic comments at a Jewish journalist, spotlighting the rise of anti-Jewish hostility in professional settings. The incident, tied to trauma from the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, underscores the need for workplace accountability in combating hate.
A Fidelity Investments employee, Danielle Gordon, was swiftly terminated after launching a vicious anti-Semitic attack on social media against Jewish journalist Bethany Mandel, highlighting growing concerns about anti-Jewish hostility infiltrating professional environments. The incident, which unfolded on August 19, 2025, began when Mandel shared legitimate fears about a paraglider spotted over her children’s Jewish summer camp. The sighting evoked trauma from Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre in Israel, where paragliders were used in attacks that killed over 1,200 people, fuelling heightened security concerns at Jewish institutions across the U.S.
“Thankfully, the paragliders were not terrorists. It was a misguided stunt, not an attack. But the trauma was real. Jewish children, American and Israeli alike, relived October 7 that afternoon in the middle of a peaceful American summer camp,” Mandel told a major outlet. Her post, which garnered over 5 million views, attracted thousands of hateful comments, including Gordon’s vitriolic outburst: “F—k you and f—k your kid who goes to Nazi summer camp!” and “Free Palestine from you sick f—ks!” Mandel, a contributor to the “Mom Wars” Substack, expressed shock at Gordon’s profile, stating, “That message didn’t come from a troll in a dark basement. Thirty seconds of searching showed me that Danielle Gordon of Denver is a white, middle-class, college-educated employee of Fidelity, one of the largest financial institutions in the country.”
Fidelity acted decisively, terminating Gordon within 24 hours after the incident gained traction. StopAntisemitism, a New York-based civil rights group, praised the response: “Internal Fidelity employees have confirmed that Danielle Gordon’s employment has been terminated. Fidelity Investment Services deserves recognition for acting swiftly and decisively, sending a powerful message that violence and blatant antisemitism have no place in our society. At a time when moral clarity is often missing, their response sets an example we should all uphold.” The case underscores a broader surge in antisemitism, with FBI data reporting 1,938 anti-Jewish hate crimes in 2024, a 5.8% increase and the highest in over 30 years. This incident reflects the growing challenge of addressing anti-Semitic rhetoric in professional settings, raising questions about workplace accountability and the normalization of hate.