Tag: Hate Crimes
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...
Congress initiates legislation to boost law-enforcement data on hate crimes
A bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday to help combat the underreporting of hate crimes in the United States.
The Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer National Opposition to Hate, Assaults and Threats...
FBI releases ads in Yiddish and Hebrew to encourage reporting of hate crimes
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released hate-crime ads in Yiddish and Hebrew to expand its outreach to Jewish communities across America, reported The Yeshiva World on Thursday.
The advertisements urge victims of hate crimes to report...
Canadian Jews remain most targeted for religious hate crimes, report finds
Jews remained by far the most targeted religious group for hate crimes in Canada, according to the Canadian government’s annual survey of police-reported hate crimes.
The report found that there were 1,946 police-reported hate crimes in Canada...
Avowed white supremacist gets 19 years in prison for synagogue bomb plot
A federal court in Denver sentenced Richard Holzer on Friday to 19-and-a-half years in prison for plotting to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue in 2019.
Holzer, 28, an avowed white supremacist, pleaded guilty last year to hate...