Posts Tagged: brooklyn
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...
NYC Mayor Condemns Attack on Jewish Teen in Brooklyn, Latest in String of Antisemitic Assaults
A Jewish teenager was attacked in Flatbush, Brooklyn, on Friday night, while another man was menaced by what appears to be the same perpetrator, prompting...
New York City Police Seeking Suspect Who Attacked Jewish Man in Brooklyn for Wearing IDF Sweatshirt
The NYPD is seeking a suspect who assaulted a Jewish man in Brooklyn for wearing an IDF sweatshirt. Blake Zavadsky, 21, said he and friend Ilan...
NYPD Seeking Three Women in Series of Assaults on Jewish Children in Brooklyn
The NYPD is seeking three women who attacked Jews in three separate incidents in Brooklyn. The suspects slapped a three-year-old boy across the face last Friday,...
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...
