Tag: Brooklyn N.Y.
Guests at New York mayor’s mansion for Jewish Heritage Month note rise in anti-Semitism
“I was ready for just about anything when I came to an Eric Adams party, but a Chassidic guy singing Billy Joel was not one of them.”
So quipped New York City Council Member Lincoln...
Jewish teen in Brooklyn punched for refusing to say ‘Free Palestine’
A Jewish teen walking in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Midwood in Brooklyn, N.Y., was hit in the face by an attacker because he wouldn’t say “Free Palestine.”
The victim and his friend, both 18-year-old yeshivah students, were...
Anti-Jewish hate crimes jump 400% in February compared to last year, reports NYPD
The number of hate crimes against Jewish in New York City continues to rise at record rates, according to statistics from the New York City Police Department.
According to the NYPD, some 56 incidents of...
New York group creates $250,000 fund to boost security at Brooklyn shuls
The UJA-Federation of New York has created a $250,000 fund to support a program to provide security upgrades to at least 50 small synagogues in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Assistance will go to synagogues in the heavily...
ADL offers $7,500 for arrest in connection to two assaults in Brooklyn on Shabbat
The Anti-Defamation League New York/New Jersey is offering a reward of up to $7,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for two assaults in the heavily Chassidic section of...
Father of kids harassed in Brooklyn says suspect yelled, ‘Hitler should have killed you’
As police continue to search for the woman who yelled anti-Jewish remarks to a group of children in Brooklyn, N.Y., before spitting on one of them, the father of the victims has spoken out...
Search underway for woman in Brooklyn who set fire in front of yeshivah
Police are searching for an unidentified African-American woman seen on surveillance video pouring gasoline in front of a Jewish school in Brooklyn, N.Y., before setting the liquid on fire. The incident occurred Thursday night...
Jewish Voice for Peace linked to anti-Israel ‘intifada rally’ in Brooklyn
The anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) supported a pro-Palestinian rally in Brooklyn, N.Y., over the weekend where hundreds of protestors glorified uprisings against Israel.
In an Instagram story by StopAntisemitism.org and later shared on Twitter,...
Teen who allegedly beat Jewish man in Brooklyn charged for nine other crimes
A teenager involved in an attack on a Jewish man in Brooklyn, N.Y., was charged in connection to nine other crimes and faces a total of 119 counts, reported Hamodia.
Alix Dure, 18, of East Flatbush...
Three Brooklyn men charged for assaulting Jews, forcing them to say ‘Free Palestine’
Three men in Brooklyn, N.Y., have been charged in relation to two hate-crime incidents that targeted religious Jews.
District Attorney for Kings Country Eric Gonzalez identified the defendants as Daniel Shaukat, 20, of Bensonhurst; Haider...