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Three men from Brooklyn, N.Y., have been charged in relation to two hate-crime incidents in May 2021 that targeted religious Jews. Source: Screenshot.

Three Brooklyn men charged for assaulting Jews, forcing them to say ‘Free Palestine’

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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...
Surveillance camera footage caught an African-American woman in the act of using a hammer to break a glass window of a Jewish school in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 15, 2021. Source: Screenshot.

Suspect seen on surveillance video smashing window of Brooklyn Jewish school

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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,...
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Pennsylvania man sentenced to 18 months in jail for online threats against Jews

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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...
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Canadian Jewish leaders raise alarm after string of anti-Semitic assaults in Toronto

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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,...
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Damage to kosher restaurant in Montreal one of multiple hate crimes in 2021

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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...
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FBI helps NYPD address increase in anti-Semitic attacks in New York City

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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...
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Jews troubled after court releases man arrested for Bronx synagogue attacks

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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...
While British Jewry has pulled together against the threat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, American Jews seem more focused on partisan grudges then on combating hate.

ADL audit on anti-Semitism finds slight decline in incidents, online activity remains troubling

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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...
The Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx, N.Y. Source: Screenshot.

Bronx synagogues remain on high alert amid spate of anti-Semitic vandalism

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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...
Grafton Thomas has been charged with stabbing five people at a home and prayer hall known as Rabbi Rottenberg’s Shul in Monsey, N.Y., on the seventh night of Hanukkah on Dec. 28, 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Monsey machete-attack suspect unfit for federal trial, according to DOJ attorneys

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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...