Tag: Hate Crimes
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...
Suspect seen on surveillance video smashing window of Brooklyn Jewish school
Surveillance camera footage in Brooklyn, N.Y., caught a suspect in the act as she used a hammer to break a glass window at a Jewish school building.
The video, shared by the Twitter account Williamsburg News on Tuesday,...
Pennsylvania man sentenced to 18 months in jail for online threats against Jews
A man from Lehighton, Pa., was sentenced by a U.S. District Court judge to 18 months in prison for making Internet threats against Jews.
Corbin Kauffman, 32, received his sentencing on Tuesday after pleading guilty to one...
Canadian Jewish leaders raise alarm after string of anti-Semitic assaults in Toronto
A Toronto man with a swastika tattoo on his chest was arrested for assault on a Jewish man and ticketed for other offenses aimed at the Jewish community during the past week.
Michael Park, 32,...
Damage to kosher restaurant in Montreal one of multiple hate crimes in 2021
A kosher restaurant in Montreal is temporarily closed after it was vandalized on Sunday night in what is believed to be a hate crime.
According to a press release issued by B’nai Brith Canada, “On...
FBI helps NYPD address increase in anti-Semitic attacks in New York City
The FBI is assisting the New York Police Department in combating the rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes against Jews following the recent Israel-Palestinian conflict, reported The Wall Street Journal.
The FBI said it held discussions and...
Jews troubled after court releases man arrested for Bronx synagogue attacks
A 29-year-old man from the Riverdale section of the Bronx, N.Y., was arrested on May 1 by the New York City Police Department for a string of attacks on synagogues there.
Jordan Burnette is facing a number...
ADL audit on anti-Semitism finds slight decline in incidents, online activity remains troubling
Anti-Semitic incidents in the United States declined slightly in 2020, but remain at a near all-time high, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents.
The report, which was released on Tuesday, revealed a...
Bronx synagogues remain on high alert amid spate of anti-Semitic vandalism
Law enforcement has stepped up its presence in front of Jewish institutions in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, N.Y., as detectives from the New York Police Department’s 50th precinct and its NYPD Hate Crimes...
Monsey machete-attack suspect unfit for federal trial, according to DOJ attorneys
Attorneys from the U.S. Justice Department are conceding that they may not be able to prosecute Grafton Thomas, the man accused of stabbing five people, killing one, in a December 2019 machete attack at...