Tag: Hate Crimes
AJC, National Association of Attorneys General to hold training session on anti-Semitism
The American Jewish Committee and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) will partner for a virtual training session on Wednesday about combating anti-Semitism in the United States.
The AJC-led session, titled “The People v. Hate:...
Cuomo directs hate-crimes task force to investigate graffiti at Jewish center
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to provide assistance in an investigation of anti-Semitic graffiti found outside a Jewish center in Queens, N.Y.
“I am disgusted by the swastika...
November 5, 1916: The Everett Lumber Massacre
Abraham Rabinowitz, 22, was among between seven and twelve members of the Industrial Workers of the World (the Wobblies) who were killed on a dock in Everett, Washington on this date in 1916, when...
San Diego County, nation, respond to hate incidents
Two grocery store incidents in Santee earlier this month in which a man wearing the hood of the Ku Klux Klan, and a man and woman wearing masks featuring swastikas, continue to reverberate. San...
Couple arrested in Brooklyn for accusing Chassidim of spreading coronavirus
A couple has been arrested for allegedly shouting at three Chassidic men in Brooklyn, N.Y. blaming Jews for spreading the coronavirus, all while attempting to rip off their face coverings, announced the New York...
Biden marks year after Poway shooting, releases plan to address hate crimes
Former U.S. Vice President and presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden honored the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Chabad of Poway in Southern California, where a 60-year-old Lori Kaye was killed and three others injured on April 27,...
Major anti-Semitic incidents rise some 18 percent in 2019, according to new report
The number of major anti-Semitic incidents worldwide rose by 18 percent in 2019 over the previous year, according to a newly released report from Tel Aviv University, the Kantor Center for the Study of...
Judge rules Monsey machete-attack suspect deemed unfit for federal trial
The suspect accused of the Dec. 28 machete attack at a home and prayer hall known as Rabbi Rottenberg’s Shul in Monsey, N.Y., injuring five of the 100 or so celebrants at a Hanukkah candle-lighting party...
Gov. Cuomo renames state hate-crime bill after late victim of Hanukkah stabbing
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that he will rename the state’s Domestic Terrorism Act after Yosef Neumann, who died on March 29 of the injuries he suffered three months earlier during a stabbing attack on...
One of five people injured in Monsey Hanukkah stabbing dies of wounds
A victim of the Dec. 28 machete attack at Hanukkah party at a home and prayer hall known as Rabbi Rottenberg’s Shul in Monsey, N.Y., has succumbed to his wounds.
“We are sad to inform...