Hate crimes
Close up of the NYPD logo on a police car. (Tim Drivas/Getty)
November 9, 2024, 7:52 pm
Anti-Israel protester indicted for hate crime for allegedly threatening Jewish man on subway
Christopher Husary, 36, indicted for attempted coercion as a hate crime.
By Luke Tress
Video shared by Crown Heights Shmira, a neighborhood watch group, shows a stabbing in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, early on Aug. 10, 2024. (Crown Heights Shmira & Holygems)
August 13, 2024, 6:13 pm
Man charged with hate crimes in stabbing of Jewish man near Chabad’s Brooklyn headquarters
Vincent Sumpter, 22, allegedly shouted “Free Palestine” and “Do you want to die?” at the victim before stabbing him on Shabbat.
By Luke Tress
August 1, 2024, 2:17 pm
Perpetrators of antisemitic vandalism could be charged with hate crimes
Allegheny County District Attorney: "I'm not going to have those types of institutions targeted for any purpose, political or otherwise."
By Toby Tabachnick
Pita Grill, on Manhattan's Upper East Side, was attacked in late November. Police do not believe it was a hate crime. (Twitter/X)
December 17, 2023, 8:44 pm
Jewish restaurants are finding support after vandalism
A string of restaurant attacks has drawn widespread attention over the past two months.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
(Image by wal_172619 from Pixabay)
March 15, 2023, 9:29 am
Anti-Jewish incidents jumped nearly 20% in 2021, FBI finds
There were 817 anti-Jewish criminal offenses reported by local law enforcement agencies in 2021, up from 683 in 2020.
By Ben Sales
Dictionary definition of antisemitism. (Via JTA)
March 8, 2023, 10:09 am
Pro-Palestinian activist sentenced to 18 months for attacks on Jews in New York City
Saadah Masoud went to a pro-Israel rally in Manhattan, asked a man wearing a Star of David necklace if he was Jewish, then punched him in the face.
By Jacob Henry
Storefronts in the heavily Jewish Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles on February 15, 2023. (Amy Spiro/Times of Israel)
February 17, 2023, 8:04 am
Man arrested in connection with 2 shootings outside Los Angeles synagogues
Suspect has ‘history of animus toward the Jewish community’
By Ben Sales
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December 15, 2022, 4:29 pm
Local organizations receive state security grants
14 area Jewish institutions awarded funds to bolster safety
By Toby Tabachnick
Police car (Image courtesy of Pexels/Pixabay)
August 31, 2022, 10:24 am
NYPD to increase patrols in Williamsburg due to rise in antisemitic hate crimes
The increased police presence comes amid a continued rise in hate crimes across the city.
By Jacob Henry
Close up of the NYPD logo on a police car. (Tim Drivas/Getty)
April 7, 2022, 8:38 am
Hasidic man beaten and Jewish kids threatened with weapons in New York
Attacks were in Williamsburg and on the Upper West Side
By Jacob Henry
The Tree of Life building was the site of a deadly shooting on Oct. 27, 2018. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
September 24, 2021, 1:53 pm
It’s imperative to report hate crimes
Hate crimes are not only an attack on the victim, they threaten and intimidate an entire community.
By Michael D. Nordwall
A man kneels to light a candle beneath a police cordon outside the Tree of Life Synagogue after a shooting there left 11 people dead in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Oct. 27, 2018. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
November 20, 2020, 4:18 pm
Number of hate crimes continue to grow in Pittsburgh and throughout U.S.
White supremacists active in area, according to FBI agent
By David Rullo and Ben Sales
The Pennsylvania State Capitol building (Photo by New_Folder/iStockphoto.com)
October 21, 2020, 1:07 pm
Groups push for improved hate crime legislation
This comes after state Rep. Aaron Kaufer was targeted with anti-Semitic literature and Pennsylvania’s second lady, Gisele Barreto Fetterman, was called a racial slur.
By Justin Vellucci
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