Man Wearing Kippah Threatened With Anti-Semitic Slurs At Connecticut Airport
A Jewish man wearing a kippah was threatened with anti-Semitic slurs at a Connecticut airport.
Man throws Molotov cocktail at New Jersey synagogue in arson attempt, police say
A man threw a Molotov cocktail at a New Jersey synagogue in an arson attempt on Sunday morning, police and the synagogue said. The suspect lit and threw a Molotov cocktail at the front door of Temple Ner Tamid around 3 a.m. and fled the scene, Bloomfield police said in a news release. The bottle…
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Man threatened mass shooting at Las Vegas synagogue, police say
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Las Vegas man who allegedly threatened to “shoot up” a local synagogue while he believed “the Jews and police were after him” was arrested by police Monday. Michael Sanchez, 37, is being held in jail on $20,000 bond on a charge of making threats or conveying false information concerning acts…
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Man on UK public transport verbally abuses Jewish woman
A man on a London city bus was recorded shouting antisemitic comments at a Jewish woman and her son, according to a report by Shomrim London. The London-based crime prevention and safety group tweeted about an incident on London city bus on Thursday. The organization cited an incident with a “deranged male” screaming at a…
DetailsMan grabs Jewish boy, 12, by throat and throws him off North London bus
A 12-year-old Jewish boy was allegedly attacked on Monday (January 30) while travelling on a bus in North London, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed. The boy had reportedly been travelling from school in Hackney when a man, believed to be in his 50s, grabbed him by his throat and thrown him off the bus, according…
DetailsMan Convicted In Kansas City Jewish Center Killings Is Sentenced To Death
A judge followed a jury’s recommendation and sentenced an avowed anti-Semite to death Tuesday for the fatal shootings of three people at Kansas Jewish sites.
Man convicted in British court for string of antisemitic attacks
Abdullah Qureshi, 30, was convicted last week in a British court of one count of racially or religiously aggravated grievous bodily harm and two counts of racially or religiously aggravated common assault for committing multiple assaults motivated by antisemitism, the Metropolitan Police Service said. Qureshi was a suspect in the investigation of three antisemitic attacks…
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Majority of victims of antisemitic crime in NYC are ultra-Orthodox, Hasidic
Most antisemitic hate crimes against Jewish people in New York City were targeted at Orthodox or Hasidic Jews and were perpetuated by people from other minority groups, a new report has found. The report was published by Americans Against Antisemitism and documents antisemitic crimes in New York City between April 2018 and August 2022. Overall,…
DetailsMahwah, NJ – Town Response To Jewish Community’s ‘Eruv’ Stirs Anti-Semitism Fears
MAHWAH, N.J. — Thin strips of PVC piping on utility poles around a New Jersey town have stirred worries that an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community just across the New York border plans to expand, and backlash from those who say the opposition raises worries about anti-Semitism.
Machete wielding man harassed people outside Jewish school, witnesses tell police
A man with a machete yelled and allegedly threatened people outside a Jewish religious school in Lakewood on Thursday evening said police, who are still looking for the suspect. No one was injured in the incident. The man, who remains unidentified, wore a ski mask and played music loudly from a portable speaker outside the…
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