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NY / Police and Crime / Antisemitism

Cops Detain Utah Man Who Posted About Storming NYC Synagogue

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

NY / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / Chabad

‘Here We Go, Another One’: 13-Year-Old Chabad Boy Assaulted in Crown Heights

By Vita Fellig

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

NY / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Jewish Victim of Slashing Attack Expected to Recover, NY Attorney General Says

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

Headline / US / Police and Crime / Left vs. Right / Antisemitism

Dershowitz: ‘Serious Questions’ about Fairness of Newton’s Response to Shooting at Pro-Israel Rally

By David Swindle

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.

US / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs

DC Police Arrest Attacker Outside Georgetown Shul

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

US / Police and Crime / Antisemitism

Arrested Teen Had ‘Detailed Plan’ to Attack Reform Temple in Canton, Ohio

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

US / Police and Crime

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Los Angeles Gunman Who Shot Two Jewish Men Outside Synagogue

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

NY / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs

NYPD Capture Man with 'Machete' Looking for a Synagogue

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

Headline / NY / Police and Crime

Police Foil Attack on NY Jewish Community with Arrests at Penn Station

By Jewish Press News Desk

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

NY / Antisemitism

NYPD to Increase Security at Synagogues for High Holidays Following Rise in Hate Crimes

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

NY / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs

NYPD Searches for Woman Seen Tossing Lit Book at Synagogue

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Jewish Teen in Brooklyn Punched for Refusing to Say ‘Free Palestine’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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.”

US / Antisemitism

Historic Oregon Synagogue Becomes Target of Antisemitic Attack

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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.”

Police and Crime / Antisemitism / Florida

Teens Face Probation for Vandalizing Florida Rabbi’s Home in Hate Crime

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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.”

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Residents of London Town Throw Eggs at Jews, Scrawl Graffiti, says Watchdog Group

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

Antisemitism / Social Media

Research Shows Link Between Media Coverage of Hate Crimes and Frequency of Attacks

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

“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.

US / Police and Crime / Antisemitism

Police Arrest Suspect Behind Shooting at Indianapolis Jewish Center

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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.

NY / Police and Crime / Antisemitism

NYPD: Nearly 300 Percent Increase in Antisemitic Crimes in January from 2021

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

Terrorism / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Combat Antisemitism Movement Calls for Greater Security after Texas Synagogue Hostage-Taking

By Jewish Press Staff

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

NY / The Courts / Antisemitism

Brooklyn Resident Convicted of Hate Crime for Attacking Rabbi, Shouting Anti-Semitic Slurs

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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.

NY / Police and Crime

Teen Who Allegedly Beat Jewish Man in Brooklyn Charged for Nine Other Crimes

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

NY / Antisemitism

Suspect Seen on Surveillance Video Smashing Window of Brooklyn Jewish School

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

NY / Antisemitism

Three Brooklyn Men Charged for Assaulting Jews, Forcing Them to Say ‘Free Palestine’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

Featured / NY / Police and Crime / Antisemitism

Cuomo Directs Hate-Crimes Task Force to Investigate Swastika at Rego Park Jewish Center

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

NY / Police and Crime / Antisemitism

New York Charges Vandal of Brooklyn Jewish Center with Hate Crimes

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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

Featured / NY / Antisemitism

ADL Offers up to $10,000 Reward for Those Tied to Anti-Semitic Attack in Brooklyn

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

According to the NYPD, “two men punched the victim in the head” after yelling anti-Semitic slurs at him on a Saturday.

Antisemitism / Europe

Syrian Man Smashes Windows of Kosher Restaurant in Amsterdam for Second Time

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The attack came on May 8, the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany to Allied forces in Europe.

US / Antisemitism

Two Synagogues in Alabama vandalized; Police Search for Perpetrator, Reward Offered

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti were spray-painted on two synagogues in Huntsville, Ala., over the initial days of the Passover holiday. Police have released surveillance footage of a suspect.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Elan Carr: Suspects Not Charged with Hate Crimes Can Still Undergo Tolerance Program

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“If a skinhead shoplifts a beer, it’s not a hate crime,” said U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Elan Carr. “Why would you let that kid go?”

US / Antisemitism

Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes in LA Increased by 60 Percent

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Of the reported 81 total hate crimes that targeted religious groups in 2019, 69 of them were anti-Jewish, compared to 43 of the 52 total hate crimes in that category the previous year as anti-Semitic.

US / Police and Crime / Antisemitism

Police Look for Vandal of Nebraska Synagogue Who Photographed his Own Hate Crime Grafitti

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Officers said he used orange paint to draw a swastika on the front steps of the temple and “F U Black Shirt” on the doors of the synagogue.

US / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / Diaspora

US Jewish Security Group Issues Guidelines for Synagogues on Arms, Hired Guards

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The paper advises that “an armed guard or armed congregant is not a security strategy or plan on its own. Armed security can be part of a plan, but it is only that—a component. A true security plan includes many other layers and components … .”

In Print / Op-Eds

How Should We Respond To The Growing Wave Of Anti-Semitism?

By Yossi Schlussel

The question on everyone’s mind is: What can be done? What can we or anyone do about deranged individuals from all walks of life who are out there, with hate directing their next move? What should we expect from our politicians?

US / Antisemitism

Following Monsey Attack, Congress Members to Help Synagogues, Nonprofits Apply for NSGP Funding

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Grants of up to $100,000 each to nonprofits at risk of terrorist attacks can go towards improving building security by acquiring and installing items ranging from fences, lighting and video surveillance to metal detectors and blast-resistant doors, locks and windows.

Headline / Terrorism / NY / Antisemitism

Terror Attack in Monsey Shul, Multiple Wounded

By Jewish Press News Desk

The community had gathered to light Chanukah candles to be followed by a Chanukah party when the machete wielding terrorist attacked them.

Featured / NY / Antisemitism

Doubt Lingers about ADL’s Ability to Fight Anti-Semitism in Brooklyn, Despite the New Push

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“The ADL has failed to call out any form of anti-Semitism that isn’t borne of white supremacy, and their curriculum is more about tolerance and racism in general than it is about the unique history of anti-Semitism,” said Bryan Leib, a board member of Americans Against Anti-Semitism.

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Jewish Man Hit on Brooklyn Sidewalk in Unprovoked Attack

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Police said the 32-year-old man hit the 21-year-old victim without exchanging any words, proving that the attack was unprovoked.

NY / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Arrest Made in Egg-Throwing Attacks on Jews in Brooklyn

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The incidents exemplify the spike in anti-Semitic hate crimes in the borough in recent months.

NY / Antisemitism / Local

NYPD: Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes on New York City Subways on the Rise

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Anti-Semitic graffiti and assaults on Jewish people also accounted for nearly 60 percent of subway hate crimes in 2019, with the highest number of them occurring in the borough of Brooklyn.

NY / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Diaspora / Chabad

Suspect Arrested in Anti-Semitic Attack in Crown Heights

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The suspect was arrested by New York Police and charged with a hate-crime assault, harassment and criminal possession of a weapon.

Police and Crime / Israeli Arabs

Arab who Stabbed Gay Brother in Tel Aviv Still at Large

By Arye Green / TPS

Some leftwing politicians claimed that the Arab-on-Arab stabbing was a result of the incitement of Jewish rabbis.

Featured / NY / Police and Crime / Antisemitism

Two Jewish Men Beaten Up in Brooklyn, Two Attackers Arrested

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two of the attackers have been arrested, the third is still on the run.

NY / Police and Crime / Antisemitism

Full List of Crown Heights Attacks on Jews

By Jewish Press Staff

The police have placed 10-15 more policemen on the street every day – but attacks on Jews keep on occurring.

Headline / US / Politics / Elections / Antisemitism / Islamists

Report: US Anti-Semitism, Hate Crime Up 20% in 2016

By JNi.Media

'Jews remain the most targeted faith community, both numerically and proportionally, accounting for 11.4% of all hate crime and 53% of all religious hate crime.'

Terrorism / UK / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion

Catholic Bishop Calls Destruction of 17 Belfast Jewish Graves 'Shameful'

By JNi.Media

Inspector Norman Haslett of the PSNI said the attack was “a particularly sickening incident, which we are treating as a hate crime.”

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment / Germany

Jewish Group Condemns German YouTube's Neo-Nazi Videos

By JNi.Media

"If I post something from Adele or Taylor Swift, you can bet it'll be gone in a few hours."

Terrorism / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Israeli Jew Convicted of Murdering of Jerusalem Muslim Teen

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Jewish killer of a young Arab teen has been convicted in an Israeli court. The PA praises killers of Jews.

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Washington State Synagogue Statue Defaced with Swastika

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"A swastika is not mere vandalism — it is a symbol of hatred," said the synagogue rabbi. In Brooklyn, a man punched a college student in the face because he is white and Jewish.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

FBI Arrests Gang that Plotted to Attack Synagogues and Black Churches

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Two white men from Virginia ordered rifles and guns from undercover agents.

The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs

White Supremacist Sentenced to Death and Tells Judge 'Heil Hitler'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kansas judge upheld the death penalty for the nut case who wanted to kill Jews but instead murdered three non-Jews at Jewish centers.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Swastikas, Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found at UC Davis Apartment Complex

By JNi.Media

Police are searching for individuals who carved anti-religious hate messages and large swastika on cars in a parking lot outside an apartment complex on the University of California Davis campus.

Terrorism / Police and Crime / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria

Itamar Ben-Gvir Threatened in Tel Aviv Hate Graffiti

By Jewish Press News Desk

Ben-Gvir demanded the Left condemn the graffiti and threats against his life, as strongly as they condemn the Right.

Haredim & Hassidim / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Wave of Hate Crimes against Jews in Brooklyn's Williamsburg Area

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is questionable if anti-Semitism really is not on the rise in the United States. It really is the same as it was 100 years ago, but more overt instead of covert.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Canada

Canada May Propose Defining Boycott of Israel a 'Hate Crime'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Canadian government has expressed "zero tolerance" for boycotters of Israel.

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Man Charged in Manhattan Assault of Orthodox Couple

By JTA

New York police have arrested a 23-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested for assaulting an Orthodox Jewish couple in Manhattan this summer. A police department spokesman confirmed to JTA that Mustafa Mashni was charged with assault, as first reported on the Jpupdates website. The victims, in their 20s, were walking on the Upper East Side at […]

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Midwest White Supremacist Sorry He Killed Gentiles instead of Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

However, he murderer is happy that he thinks he made Jews feel less secure.

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

‘‘Suspect in Synagogue Vandalism Wanted to Shoot Jews’

By JTA

Illinois police found thousands of rounds of ammunition in the house of the suspect.

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Sports

Pro-Arab Peacenik Assault Jewish Leader after NY Nets-Maccabi Game

By JTA

Anti-Israel thug proves once again how not to achieve co-existence.

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Anti-Semitic Thugs Attacks Jewish Couple in New York City

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Never forget that anti-Semitism cannot happen in the largely Jewish-populated Upper East Side of New York, right? Never forget.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Report: 6 Jewish Youths Detained for Alleged Attacks, Incitement Against Arabs

By Jewish Press Staff

Six Jewish youths were detained in Jerusalem Saturday night in connection with two alleged anti-Arab attacks and attempts to incite.

Haredim & Hassidim / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Florida

Funeral Held in Miami for Murdered Rabbi

By JTA

Rabbi Raksin’s funeral was in North Miami Beach , and he will be buried in New York on Mnday.

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Florida

$50,000 Reward for Capturing Two Suspected Murdered of Rabbi in Miami

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

First reports are that it wasn’t a “hate crime” in the anti-Semitic sense, but what cold-blooded murder is not fueled by hate?

Op-Eds

I Believe in the Jewish People

By Shalom Bear

The fires we lit were for memorial candles, and not firebombs. We are not the same.

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Shas Blames ‘Incitement’ for Vandalism of Haredi School

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hate graffiti and swastikas painted on a Haredi Orthodox school in Be’er Sheva is the result of “incitement against the Haredi Orthodox,” the Shas Party said Wednesday after the vandalism at the entrance to the school was discovered. “The public atmosphere against the haredi public and Torah students has gotten out of control and actually […]

US / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs

When Knockout Victim Is Black, Attacker Charged with Hate Crime

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A law school textbook classic example of a hate crime. In this Texas case, it was a white man "playing" the Knockout "Game" on a black victim.

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Wisconsin Man Arrested after Beating Two Men for Speaking Hebrew

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police in Madison, Wisconsin have arrested a man for punching two men who were speaking Hebrew, but he claimed he attacked them because they he thought they were speaking Spanish. The attacker apparently doesn’t mind Israelis but perhaps has a grudge against Spanish-speaking folks. He also obviously has no language background if he cannot distinguish […]

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / France / Settlements

French Court Acquits Boycott Activists of Hate Crime

By JTA

A French court has acquitted three activists charged with discrimination and hate crimes for calling for a boycott of Israeli products in 2010, the France 3 television station reported. The activists, Bernard Cholet, Jeanne Rousseau and Yamina Tadjeur, made the calls during a protest at a shopping center in the southern city and were charged […]

Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Police Launch Hate Crimes Probe of Toronto Arab Leader

By JTA

Toronto police launched a hate crimes investigation into comments made by an Arab community leader who called for the murder of Israelis. “We have received a complaint with regards to things said at last week’s Al-Quds Day rally, a global and annual event started by the late Iranian cleric Ayatollah Khomeini to press for the […]

Haredim & Hassidim / NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Three Charged in Paintball Guns Attack on Hassidic Jew in New York

By Jewish Press News Desk

Racial tensions in the New York town of Ramapo, near Monsey, flared Wednesday when two men and a women were arrested for firing a paintball gun at two members of the Jewish volunteer patrol group Chaverim. One of them suffered minor wounds in the stomach. The trio also yelled anti-Semitic slurs and was charged with […]

Jewish / News Briefs

Vandals Spray Paint Portland Jewish Institutions

By JTA

Vandals defaced a Portland synagogue and a community center with racist graffiti. “White power” was written in red spray paint on promotional banners at Mittleman Jewish Community Center and Neveh Shalom, a conservative synagogue, police said, according to The Oregonian. Both institutions are located in southwest Portland, and authorities are seeking a man in his […]

Haredim & Hassidim / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Europe

British ‘Jewish Police’ Force to Protect Mosques

By Jewish Press Staff

Religious Jews and Muslims sometimes can get along, especially when the Jews are vigilante police and the Muslims are victims of hate crimes. Welcome to Stamford Hill, London.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Settlements / Holocaust

Anti-Semites Scrawl Crosses on Tel Aviv Synagogue

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

When Jews vandalize mosques and monasteries, they are called ”price tag” attacks for government malign neglect of Jewish rights. When anti-Semites attack synagogues, it is not even reported.

Antisemitism / News Briefs

Teen Convicted of Attacking Jewish Student

By JTA

A teenager in Winnipeg who attacked a Jewish student in a racially motivated assault will be sentenced next month, following his conviction on charges of assault with a weapon. The 17-year-old high school student used a lighter and attempted to burn the hair of a 15-year-old female Jewish student at his high school in November […]

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / NY / News Briefs / Islamists

Canada Forces Chabad to Ban Radical-Islam Critic Pamela Geller

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Pamela Geller warns of ‘Islamization’ of North America. Leftists pressured a Great Neck synagogue to ban her. Now Canadian police force Chabad to silence her because her ideas counter “engagement.”

Emes Ve-Emunah

Anger at Haredim: Who Is to Blame?

By Harry Maryles

The draft is but one area Haredi leaders badly stumble over.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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