Fired Al Jazeera America Employee Suing Network For ‘Anti-Semitic Work Environment
A fired Al Jazeera America employee is suing the network alleging a hostile work environment that included “discriminatory, anti-Semitic and anti-American remarks.”
FDNY member arrested for allegedly vandalizing sukkah in Manhattan
A member of the FDNY is under arrest for allegedly vandalizing a sukkah in Manhattan, police said. Police charged 37-year-old, Marty Party, with criminal mischief for the October incident. Security camera video shows a person defacing the Chabad Israel Center on the Upper East Side just before the Jewish holiday Sukkot. A sukkah is a…
DetailsFBI: Two Arrested For Planning To Bomb Synagogues and Churches
RICHMOND, Va. – Two men from Chesterfield are facing federal charges after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uncovered a plot to commit acts of violence against Black and Jewish places of worship.
FBI: ‘Dylan Roof-style’ Mass Shooting Against Synagogue Thwarted
A South Carolina man was arrested in connection with planning a violent white supremacist attack “in the spirit of Dylann Roof,” the FBI said in a complaint Thursday.
FBI, Postal Service Join Investigation Into Threats, White Powder At Jewish Organizations
BOULDER, Colo. – The FBI and the U.S. Postal Service have joined in the investigation after a threatening letter was sent to a Jewish center with a harmless white powder inside and two suspicious packages were found nearby.
FBI Requested To Investigate Anti-Semitic Graffiti At Northwestern University
Following a recent string of anti-Semitic incidents at the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, the campus president has asked the Federal Bureau of Investigations to step in and investigate the incidents.
FBI director says US Jews under threat ‘from all sides’ amid rise in antisemitism
The director of the FBI has said the Jewish community in the United States is “getting hit from all sides” and “desperately” needs further support from the agency amid an apparent uptick in antisemitic attacks. In response to a question by US Congressman Josh Gottheimer on a recently thwarted attack on synagogues in New Jersey,…
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Father, 7-year-old son shot with BB pellets outside kosher Staten Island grocery store in possible hate crime
A father and son were hit by BB gun pellets on Staten Island Sunday afternoon outside a kosher supermarket, according to authorities. Police say the incident happened around 4:20 p.m. at 2212 Victory Boulevard. The father, 37, and his seven-year-old son, both were wearing yarmulkes at the time of the attack, police say. The BB…
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Family of anti-Semitic attack victim rips DA: ‘Disgusting’ he calls himself a crime fighter
The family of a Jewish man badly beaten by a group during a pro-Israel rally in Midtown blasted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday for offering a cushy plea deal to one of the accused anti-Semitic attackers. “It’s disgusting how Mr. Bragg calls himself a crime fighter, the man does nothing,” Joseph Borgen’s father,…
DetailsFacebook Bans User For Criticizing Anti-Semitism
Facebook temporarily banned an Australian gym called IDF Training after the owner responded to an anti-Semitic message.