Posts Tagged: Crown Heights
Like Freud, Are We in Denial About the Danger of Antisemitism?
JNS.org – Why didn’t Sigmund Freud leave Vienna until it was almost too late? He knew what was happening to his Jewish colleagues in Germany...
In Fifth Antisemitic Incident in a Month, Jewish Woman Slapped on Street in Brooklyn
In the fifth such incident in the past month, a Jewish woman was attacked in Brooklyn, NY on Wednesday by an unknown assailant. The NYPD said...
Israeli-Americans Reflect on US Presidential Election and Impact on Their Home Country
JNS.org - A small group of Israelis living in the United States gathered on Election Night in Pasadena, Calif. They were in the country as...
Veteran Confidante of Lubavitcher Rebbe Dies of Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic claimed one more Jewish religious leader on Tuesday, with the announcement that a veteran aide to the late Lubavitcher Rebbe had passed...
Suspect in Attacks on Three Jewish Women in Brooklyn Faces Federal Hate Crimes Charges
A Brooklyn woman suspected of physically and verbally assaulting three Jewish women last month and was released twice without bail, after which she attacked another...
‘I Remember You Guys!’: A Day on Patrol in Crown Heights With the Guardian Angels, Amid Antisemitism Surge
Blood was on everyone’s mind on Sunday in Crown Heights as I met up with Curtis Sliwa and two dozen members of New York’s legendary...
Crown Heights Through a Looking Glass
Reported anti-Jewish hate crimes in New York outnumbered anti-black hate crimes almost threefold during the third quarter of 2019. The city’s politicians and media are,...
The True Face of American Antisemitism Is Primarily Anti-Orthodox
JNS.org - If you’re Jewish, how afraid should you be of being a victim of a violent antisemitic hate crime? In the wake of the...
After Latest Violent Incident Targeting Community, Crown Heights Jewish Leaders Confident in Authorities, but Concerned About ‘Disturbing Trend’
Crown Heights Jewish community leaders expressed confidence in the authorities but deep concern about growing antisemitic violence in the wake of a recent series of...
Sharpton Notes His ‘Cheap’ Rhetoric Toward Jews During 1991 Crown Heights Riots
JNS.org – Rev. Al Sharpton recalled on Monday that the widow of civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took him to task for his “cheap”...
Why Crown Heights Hate Crimes Aren’t Newsworthy
Noting the recent spate of hate crimes against Jews in his community, Rabbi Yaacov Behrman, who heads the Crown Heights-based “Jewish Future Alliance,” innocently asked, “Where...
ADL Offers Reward of Up to $5,000 for Info on Latest Anti-Jewish Assault in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights Neighborhood
The Anti-Defamation League is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator of an alleged assault on...
Teen Charged With Hate Crime After Assault on Crown Heights Jewish Man
A Brooklyn teenager has been charged with a hate crime following an unprovoked attack on a Jewish man in the New York borough's Crown Heights...
New York Times Writes Jews Out of Crown Heights
The New York Times has finally achieved what not even the Crown Heights riot could accomplish: eradicating all trace of Jews or Judaism from that...
