Posts Tagged: FBI
Survey Finds Links Between ‘Antisemitism, Ignorance, and Conspiratorial Thinking’
Lack of knowledge about the Jewish community and Judaism fosters belief in antisemitic tropes, according to the results of a survey the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)...
Antisemitic Hate Crimes Increased 20 Percent in 2021, Updated FBI Report Says
Hate crimes against American Jews increased by twenty percent and were the leading religiously motivated hate crime in 2021, according to a new, supplemental report...
‘Punishment of Death’: FBI Arrests Michigan Man Who Allegedly Threatened to Kill Jewish Officials
A Michigan man who allegedly threatened to kill Jewish state government officials was on Wednesday charged with transmitting interstate threats following an investigation conducted by...
Trump Blasts the January 6 Committee Report
i24 News - Former US President Donald Trump on Friday lambasted the congressional panel investigation of the January 6, 2021 attack, after the panel found...
US Congressman Slams FBI Hate Crimes Data As Bipartisan Criticism Grows
Congressman Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) Wednesday slammed the FBI's recently issued hate crime statistics data, adding another voice to a bipartisan chorus of criticism of...
Jewish Nonprofit Accuses FBI of Understating Antisemitic Hate Crime Statistics
The Louis Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law on Tuesday criticized the FBI for issuing incomplete statistics on antisemitic hate crimes. The group contested the...
FBI Director: Jewish Community Under Threat ‘From All Sides’
“From our perspective, we see the Jewish community getting it from all sides,” FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
‘Good Jews Do Not Exist’: New Jersey Man Charged for Synagogue Threat That Caused Statewide Alert
The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it was charging a suspect with communicating a threat to attack synagogues in New Jersey earlier this...
FBI Issues Alert of ‘Credible’ Threat to New Jersey Synagogues
The Newark, New Jersey, field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday afternoon issued an alert that it has received credible information...
UK Authorities Arrest Two Teens Linked to Texas Synagogue Hostage Standoff
British authorities have arrested two teenagers in connection with Saturday’s hostage siege in a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, as the congregation's rabbi revealed new details...
British Man Named as Texas Synagogue Hostage-Taker as Investigation Spreads to London, Tel Aviv
Federal authorities on Sunday named the gunman who took four people hostage in a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas as 44-year-old British citizen Malik Faisal Akram,...
US Says Iran-backed Hackers Launching Disruptive Cyberattacks on American Firms
A hacking group "sponsored" by Iran's government is launching disruptive cyberattacks against a wide range of US companies, including healthcare providers and transportation firms, according to a cybersecurity alert published by...
Maine Man Facing Federal Charges After Threatening to ‘Kill Jews With My AR-15’
A man from the town of Buxton, Maine is now facing federal charges after he threatened to commit an antisemitic mass shooting, the Bangor Daily...
New York Man Sentenced to Three Years for ‘Hate-Fueled’ Death Threats Against Jewish Woman
The US Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut, announced Wednesday that a New York man had been sentenced to three years in prison for making a...
