Tag: Hate Crimes
Austin synagogue arsonist pleads guilty to hate crime
Franklin Sechriest of San Marcos, Texas, pleaded guilty on April 7 to multiple charges in connection with setting fire to Congregation Beth Israel in Austin on Oct. 31, 2021. He faces up to 20 years in prison and...
‘The system has failed:’ Antisemitism flourishes in France
Five years ago, an 85-year-old survivor of the Holocaust, Mireille Knoll, was brutally murdered in her apartment in Paris by two intruders, one of whom was a neighbor she had known since his childhood.
Knoll’s murder...
Pennsylvania announces first Jewish Legislative Caucus
For the first time, Pennsylvania’s state legislature has created a Jewish Legislative Caucus to advance issues of concern to the keystone state’s Jewish community. State Rep. Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny) and State Sen. Judy Schwank...
Canadian man who assaulted Jews is freed on probation
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...
Hate-crime charges filed against protester who beat Jewish man in New York
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...
New York Police Department offers reward in hate incident
The New York City Police Department has released video footage of a suspect they are hoping to identify for drawing a swastika in front of a Jewish high school in the Flatbush section of...
March sees 92% jump in anti-Semitic hate crimes over previous year, NYPD reports
Anti-Semitic crimes fell slightly in New York City from February to March, but remain high compared to 2021, according to official statistics from the New York City Police Department.
In the latest monthly report, which was...
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...
Massachusetts adopts IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker issued a proclamation endorsing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s working definition of anti-Semitism.
The administration also released on Feb. 18 its 2020 Massachusetts Hate Crimes Report, compiled from data submitted by law-enforcement agencies...
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...