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Jewish family, allegedly assaulted at fifth-grade graduation, plans to sue NYC for $100 million

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A Jewish family, that says it was physically assaulted at a fifth grade Brooklyn public school graduation, intends to sue New York City for $100 million, the New York Post reported. At the PS 682 graduation on...

Israeli MK indicted for assaulting police during 2022 protest

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Israel’s Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has filed an indictment against lawmaker Ofer Cassif (Hadash-Ta’al) for assaulting a police officer two years ago, Hebrew media reported Thursday. The lawmaker is alleged to have struck an officer...
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) speaks during a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. Photo by Lev Radin/Shutterstock.

Defund Israel X account, Jewish babies with ‘pure bloodlines,’ Bowman loses ‘J Street’ endorsement

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Brent Wood, 33, of Toledo, Ohio, who allegedly attacked two Jews outside Kesher Israel, an Orthodox congregation in Washington, was a no-show in D.C. Superior Court. The Toronto Police Service announced the arrest of Ian Locke, 40, who allegedly vandalized the...
New York subway car. Credit: Zopalic/Pixabay.

New York City subway attacker pleads guilty to antisemitic hate crime

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A New Yorker who assaulted and berated a Chassidic Jew in 2021 on a New York subway has accepted responsibility for his antisemitic actions. Bradley Werner pleaded guilty to a hate crime earlier this week, reported The Forward....
Émile-Zola Street in the second arrondissement of Lyon, France. Credit: Jean Housen via Wikimedia Commons.

Investigation continues after French Jewish boy is threatened with death

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In the French city of Lyon near the Cours Émile-Zola intersection on July 24 at around 5:30 p.m., three individuals assaulted an unidentified Jewish 13-year-old boy, shoving and pushing him against a wall. The...
A Toronto police cruiser. Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock.

Canadian man who assaulted Jews is freed on probation

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The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Canada voiced its opposition to a decision by a Toronto court to free a man who pled guilty to three counts of hate-motivated assault. Michael Park, 33, who...
A man attempts to attack Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Jewish Republican nominee in New York’s gubernatorial race, during a campaign stop on July 21, 2022. Source: Twitter.

Man assaults New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin at campaign event

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Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), the Jewish Republican nominee to challenge Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul in New York’s gubernatorial race, was attacked by a man wielding a sharp object during a campaign stop on Thursday...
Matt Greenman of New York (left) was assaulted at a rally outside Israel’s consulate and Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Midtown Manhattan on April 20, 2022. Source: StopAntisemitism.org.

Hate-crime charges filed against protester who beat Jewish man in New York

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A Palestinian activist has been charged with a hate crime by federal prosecutors for attacking a Jewish man following a rally in April in New York City, the New York Post reported on Thursday. Saadah Masoud of Brooklyn, N.Y., allegedly assaulted...
Police at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, during the taking of hostages, Jan. 15, 2022. Credit: News 360 TV via Wikimedia Commons.

Watchdog group: January saw 90 percent increase in attacks against US Jews

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The Combat Antisemitism Movement revealed in its latest monthly report that it monitored 19 physical attacks targeting Jews in January, which represents a 90 percent increase from the same time period last year. In total, CAM tracked...
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Toronto man arrested, again charged for assault, anti-Semitic attack

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A Canadian man responsible for a number of anti-Semitic attacks within the last few months was recently arrested and charged in relation to another hate-motivated assault, B’nai Brith Canada reported. On Friday, Michael Park, 32, approached a woman at...