Posts Tagged: brooklyn
Pakistani Man Charged with Planning Terror Attack Against NY Jews on Oct. 7 or Yom Kippur
JNS.org - A Pakistani national, whom Canadian authorities arrested on Wednesday, planned to carry out an ISIS-styled, mass shooting terror attack against Jews in New...
Author Whose Talk Was Canceled Over ‘Zionist’ Panelist Sees Sales Surge, Packed Crowds
The author of a book on Jewish American identity enjoyed a sellout crowd at a rescheduled event after the original discussion was canceled over the...
Police Say They Detained 29 People in Anti-Israel Protests at Brooklyn Museum on Friday
New York City police said on Saturday they had taken into custody more than two dozen people in connection with Friday’s pro-Hamas protests at the...
Anti-Israel Activist Leads Chants in New York Predicting Biden’s Death, Calling for ‘No More Zionists in Palestine’
Anti-Israel activist Nerdeen Kiswani led a demonstration in Brooklyn, New York over the weekend in which she lambasted the local police department, claimed US President...
NYPD Investigating Attack in Crown Heights as Antisemitic Hate Crime
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) Hate Crimes Division is investigating an assault that took place early Saturday morning in the Crown Heights section...
‘Bye Bye Barron’: Virulently Anti-Israel NYC Lawmaker Projected to Lose Primary Reelection Bid
Charles Barron (D), who for years has been accused by lawmakers and advocacy groups from across the political spectrum of promoting antisemitism and associating with...
CUNY Faculty Union Endorses Brooklyn Councilman Who Called Gaza Strip ‘Death Camp’
The sole public sector union representing City University of New York (CUNY) professors has endorsed the reelection campaign of New York City Council member Charles...
‘Never in A Million Years’: Inna Vernikov on Her Path to NY Politics
Walking up a brick pathway leading to a pre-war-era apartment building in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn in late summer of 1996, 12-year-old Inna Vernikov,...
‘Slap on the Wrist’: 60 Day Sentencing of Antisemitic Attacker Slammed by Jewish Organization
A leading US Jewish antisemitism watchdog criticized on Tuesday the sentencing of Suleiman Othman, who was recently convicted of assaulting a Jewish man in an...
NY Jewish Civic and Political Leaders Call for Harsher Penalties for Antisemitic Crime at Rally
A bipartisan group of Jewish and non-Jewish leaders on Wednesday called for an end to antisemitic hate crimes during an "End Jew Hatred" press conference...
Antisemitic Hate Crimes in New York City Increased 41 Percent in 2022
Antisemitic hate crimes throughout New York City increased by 41 percent in 2022, based on an analysis of crime data conducted by The Algemeiner. There were...
‘I’m Not Going to Let This Go’: Father of Antisemitic Assault Victim Vows Justice as NYPD Searches for Assailants
The father of a young New York yeshiva student who was pelted with eggs while being forced to say “Free Palestine,” on October 24 is...
Jewish Anti-Zionists Are Trying to Legitimize Antisemitism
JNS.org – If you not only read The New York Times but still consider it the authoritative news source, then you are aware of a...
Suspects Sought in ‘Vicious’ Brooklyn Gang Assault on Hasidic Jewish Man
New York police are seeking several suspects in brutal gang assault on a Hasidic Jew in Brooklyn that prompted condemnation from state and local leaders. "I’m...
