CLIVE, Iowa — [KCCI] – A Drake University volunteer hockey coach has been dismissed, and a popular Clive bar is facing threats and backlash after images surfaced showing a man dressed as a Nazi at a business’ Halloween bash. The images — taken inside Miss Kitty’s Bar and widely circulated on social media — show the man wearing a swastika armband, an iron cross medallion, and a cropped mustache. In one photo circulating on social media, he raises his arm in a Nazi salute while posing beside two smiling women.

One of those women has been identified as Jessie Rudin, a volunteer coach for the Drake University Hockey Club and former Bulldogs player. Drake confirmed Saturday that Rudin has been removed from her coaching role, calling the behavior “completely inconsistent” with the university’s values.

Miss Kitty’s owner, who goes by E.J., but asked his last name not be shared because of death threats he’s received as a result of the incident, said he regrets not acting sooner but insists the man was asked to leave. He said Miss Kitty’s phone and social media pages were disabled after the bar was flooded with angry messages. A handwritten sign also appeared on the establishment’s exterior that read “we (heart) nazis.”

The Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines called the incident “antisemitism, not satire.” “Hitler is not a costume,” the organization said in a statement. “Free speech is not a shield for minimizing hate. We expect our community’s businesses and institutions to reject antisemitism clearly and immediately.”

In a message to the group’s community, the federation criticized what it called “a minimization of hate” and urged Iowans to reject antisemitism and the trivialization of the Holocaust. Rudin also appears on Easterseals Iowa’s employee website. The organization said the photo “does not reflect our values,” though it declined to say whether disciplinary action has been taken.

Meanwhile, Miss Kitty’s said costume policies will change for future events.