Tag: hate crime

Luis Ramirez was arrested at the Lincoln Tunnel after appearing to target Lexington Avenue's Central Synagogue.

“We should be able to send our boys off to school on their bikes without worrying,” the victim's mother told JNS.

"We will not tolerate any attacks against our Jewish communities," Letitia James stated.

The Boston-area city faces criticism for arresting the alleged shooter right away, but not the man who appeared to attack him before getting shot.

Of the 32 incidents assessed by investigators, 26 targeted Jews.

The attacker sprayed "an unknown substance" at two Jews leaving the Kesher Israel shul and yelled an antisemitic phrase, per police.

The 13-year-old, who isn't named, posted about his plan to carry out a mass shooting on the messaging app Discord.

Authorities say that 28-year-old Jaime Tran intended to kill Jews as they were leaving their synagogues.

Minorities are committing vast majority of antisemitic assaults in NYC.

The man approached a number of yeshiva students asking them where the nearest synagogue is.

The suspects had an illegal Glock 17, 30 bullets, a hunting knife and a swastika armband.

The head of the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force, Deputy Inspector Andrew Arias, said hate crimes in New York have increased 45% in 2022.

The suspect threw the flammable items through the front gate of the Brotherhood Synagogue on Gramercy Park.

The assault follows two other incidents within the week, including an attack in which a rabbi was beaten by a man who yelled: “The Nazis should have killed you Jews.”

In a letter to congregants, the rabbi vows: “We will not be deterred. We will not be made to feel unsafe in our own house of worship.”

“We need a more visible police presence in at-risk neighborhoods, and need to build stronger educational frameworks and closer relationships with those in the broader community,” said Gideon Taylor, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council-New York.

Rabbi Mendy Greenberg told Florida’s “Fox 4” that he hopes the teens will develop an appreciation for Judaism, and “hopefully, in the future, they’ll be advocates for the Jewish community.”

The man posted the video of his hate crime on TikTok.

Community Security Trust is asking witnesses and victims to report the crimes to the police.

“That is something that nobody has talked about or tracked before—that media could actually make a difference in making the world a safer place,” said Daniel Pomerantz, CEO of HonestReporting.

Latrell Williams was detained by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department on Wednesday on two preliminary charges of battery with a deadly weapon for his alleged involvement in the shooting on Saturday.

A total of 15 hate crimes targeting Jewish people were reported—a 275 percent increase compared to the four incidents the year before.

Hate crime statistics show that crimes targeting Jews comprised 54.9% of all crimes against a religious minority.

James Vincent, 44, was found guilty on Wednesday of randomly attacking Rabbi Menachem Moskowitz, 52, and shouting anti-Semitic slurs as he tried to strangle the victim.

The charges against Alix Dure, 18, include second-degree robbery, criminal possession of stolen property, attempted assault, menacing and harassment.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will direct the state’s Hate Crimes Task Force to help investigate the incident.

District Attorney Eric Gonzalez named the defendants: Daniel Shaukat, 20, of Bensonhurst; Haider Anjam, 21, of Midwood; and Ashan Azad 19, also of Midwood

“Change the no-bail laws or New York may become the next Paris!"

Surveillance footage shows a suspect drawing a swastika on a “private property” sign at the Rego Park Jewish Center in Queens, N.Y.

Osman Butt, 25, was charged with burglary and criminal mischief for allegedly breaking windows of the Shore Parkway Jewish Center.