Tag: Hate Crimes
Suspect arrested in alleged arson hate crime at Jewish Museum of Maryland
Baltimore Police officers arrested Assadollah Hashemi on Saturday, accusing the 66-year-old of an Aug. 4 arson attack outside the Jewish Museum of Maryland, according to a statement that the Baltimore Police Department provided to...
First half of year in France sees triple incidents of antisemitism from 2023
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin discussed new data on the rise of antisemitism in the country following the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7.
The government official said on Friday at a ceremony commemorating...
‘New urgency’ since Oct. 7 in Justice Department battle against hate crimes, assistant AG...
The Department of Justice “will not relent in standing up for the Jewish community,” Kristen Clarke, U.S. assistant attorney general for civil rights, told more than 60 Orthodox Union lay and professional leaders last week.
“I want...
Israeli-owned Montreal restaurant targeted in hate crime
A Jewish-owned restaurant in Montreal’s Mile End neighborhood was struck by projectiles, believed to be fired from an airsoft gun.
The owner of Falafel Yoni, Yoni Amir, said his staff discovered damaged windows on Wednesday...
Maryland middle-schoolers charged with hate crimes for swastikas, Nazi salutes
The Calvert County State’s Attorney’s Office in Maryland has filed hate-crime charges against three 13-year-olds and referred the case to the state’s juvenile services department.
The students attend Plum Point Middle School in Huntingtown in Calvert County,...
LA county’s district attorney launches interfaith advisory board
The office of LA County District Attorney George Gascón announced on March 14 the formation of its first Interfaith Advisory Board, which includes five rabbis.
The participants include Rabbi Sharon Brous, senior and founding rabbi at IKAR...
Palestinian ‘hate-crime’ hoax
The Vermont man charged with shooting three Palestinian-American college students on Nov. 25 was a defender of Hamas, The New York Times has belatedly acknowledged—and with it, the No. 1 example of an “anti-Palestinian hate crime” has...
Defund Israel X account, Jewish babies with ‘pure bloodlines,’ Bowman loses ‘J Street’ endorsement
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...
Hate-crime investigations up 60% since Oct. 7, says FBI
Multiple research organizations and police have pointed to an increase in hate crimes since the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on Oct.7. Now the country’s top law-enforcement agency has released data of its own.
On Tuesday, FBI...
German singer to donate to Holocaust charities after hate-crime hoax
German-Israeli singer Gil Ofarim admitted in court in Leipzig last week that he made up a claim of antisemitism against two hotel employees in October 2021.
In the emotional clip that he posted two years ago on...