Posts Tagged: hate crimes
Jewish Civil Rights Scholar Urges US Congress to Respond to Antisemitism Crisis
Civil rights scholar Kenneth Marcus on Tuesday implored US lawmakers to recognize rising antisemitic violence as the civil rights issue of this era and enact...
Jews Targeted in Majority of New York City Hate Crimes in 2023, New Data Shows
Reported hate crimes in New York state spiked by a staggering 69 percent since 2019, largely fueled by sharp increases in antisemitic incidents, according to...
Hate Crimes Against Jews in Canada Increase 71% From Prior Year
JNS.org - Canadian police have released information about last year’s hate crimes, revealing a surge against Jews, now accounting for the most frequent of any...
New York Governor Signs Legislation Requiring Colleges to Improve Hate Crime Policies
New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) on Tuesday signed legislation requiring colleges and universities to improve procedures for investigating hate crimes and supporting their victims...
Antisemitic Incidents on the Rise in California, Report Shows
i24 News - Jews were the number one target of religion-based attacks in California in 2022, according to an official report issued by the largest...
Study: Holocaust Education Reduces Hate Crimes Against Minority Communities
JNS.org - Mandated Holocaust education in US schools reduces hate crimes both against Jews, as well as across a wide swath of minority communities, according...
Prominent Pro-Iran Lobby Group Silent on Antisemitic Attack
Two hate crimes made news in New York City last week. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) chose to condemn only one. Both involved premeditated, unprovoked...
Man Charged in NY Synagogue Attack Plot Is New York City Government Employee
A suspect in an alleged plot to shoot up a New York-area synagogue worked as a New York City government employee responsible for child safety,...
Manhattan DA Offers Antisemitic NYC Attacker Plea Deal with Minimal Jail Time
JNS.org - In the wake of rising attacks against Jews in New York City, a violent antisemitic attacker could be back on the streets in...
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...
Charges Filed After White Supremacist Pamphlets Left at Upstate New York Synagogue, Church
Police in an upstate town of New York have charged three suspects accused of leaving white supremacist leaflets and stickers at churches and synagogues. Aubrey Dragonetti,...
NY Cops Arrest Teens Over ‘Free Palestine’ Assault on Jewish Man in Brooklyn
The New York Police Department has arrested two teenagers in connection with an assault on a Jewish man in Brooklyn last month during which the...
Swastikas Graffitied at Borough Park Playground, as Antisemitic Hate Crimes Surge in NYC
New York City police are investigating the graffitiing of two swastikas at a playground in Borough Park, amid a surge in antisemitic hate crimes this...
Far-Right European Youth Groups Using Mix of Social Media Platforms to Lure Peers to Racist, Antisemitic Ideologies, Report Reveals
A new report published on Tuesday explored how a generation of far-right teenagers are using mainstream social media platforms, including Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Telegram,...
