Spike in antisemitic hate crimes in New York neighbourhoods
Multiple antisemitic hate crimes have been reported in Jewish neighbourhoods in Brooklyn, New York. On 16th August, two men on a motorbike snatched a kippah from a Jewish man’s head
Multiple antisemitic hate crimes have been reported in Jewish neighbourhoods in Brooklyn, New York. On 16th August, two men on a motorbike snatched a kippah from a Jewish man’s head
A synagogue in the Upper East Side of New York City has been the target of antisemitic graffiti. The graffiti was discovered on Congregation Kehilath Jeshuran’s display board outside the
Antisemitic graffiti has been discovered on playground equipment at Chatterton School in Nassau County. The vandalism consists of two swastikas, which appear to have been spray-painted onto the equipment. The
Three swastikas have reportedly been discovered at a playground in Nassau County. The swastikas were found carved into the playground equipment at the Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park. The vandalism
A Hasidic man was reportedly asked if he is Jewish before being stabbed in a violent Brooklyn attack. The victim, a Chabad Hasid dressed in religious garb visiting from Israel,
The City of Long Beach, NY has adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism. The City Council voted unanimously on 20th June to adopt the Definition, as Acting City Manager Ron Walsh observed that
Suleiman Othman has received a two month sentence after pleading guilty to a violent antisemitic assault. The victim, Blake Zavadsky, and his friend were waiting for a shop to open
A rock was thrown at an identifiably Jewish man while entering a synagogue in Queens, New York. The alleged incident occurred on Shabbat morning on 6th May. The rock was
An assailant who assaulted a Jewish man in New York City in May 2021 has had his sentence extended following public outrage. Waseem Awawdeh attacked Joseph Borden in Manhattan in
Concerns have been raised that a mural in Westchester, New York, promoting Black Lives Matter (BLM), features the image of the antisemitic hate preacher, Louis Farrakhan. The mural, located on
Authorities in the town of Hempstead, New York have found antisemitic graffiti outside the Town Hall. The Hempstead Town Supervisor, Don Clavin, said that “These cowards come here and write
Campaign signs supporting the candidacy of a Congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate have been vandalised with swastikas and death threats. Rep. Lee Zeldin, who is Jewish and would become the
Police in Monsey, New York, say that they have found several instances of swastika graffiti in a local synagogue. The swastikas were found at Sanzer Shul drawn behind a coat
Residents of Yorktown, New York, have expressed their concern after graffiti containing antisemitic slurs was found under a bridge. The graffiti, found under the Northbound Bridge where the Taconic Parkway
While America mourns for the ten people killed and three injured, eleven of whom were Black, reportedly at the hands of self-described “ethno-nationalist eco-fascist national socialist” Payton Gendron on 14th
Swastika graffiti was discovered on trees in Forest City Community Park in Wantagh, Nassau County, on 14th April, the eve of Passover and Easter. A pentagram Satanic symbol was also discovered at
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has said that antisemitic crimes rose by 400% in February. Last month, police recorded 56 hate crimes against Jewish people, compared with 11 in
The words ‘F*** Jews’ were spray-painted three times on a newly opened Israeli restaurant named Miriam on the Upper West Side in New York City on Thursday 17 February. This antisemitic incident occurred
The Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, has lambasted “disgusting” graffiti targeting Jewish people that was found scrawled on the window of a Queens dental office. A photograph shows the
A newspaper in New York has apologised after using an overtly antisemitic cartoon to promote an investigative series about a local funding issue. The Journal News in Rockland County, in
It has been reported that on 3rd February, a swastika was found drawn into the condensation on a window in Ithaca College. Ithaca College Interim President La Jerne Cornish e-mailed
The New York Police Department (NYPD)’s hate crime unit is investigating a spree of alleged antisemitic attacks which were reported to have taken place over the weekend. The incidents reportedly
A Brooklyn towing company has fired one of its drivers after he was filmed making antisemitic remarks. The incident reportedly took place on Sunday at 10:30 in the Borough Park
New York police have arrested a woman who is suspected of making antisemitic comments to three Jewish children aged seven, two and eight, in Brooklyn, New York on 14th January.
New York police are searching for a woman who is suspected of making antisemitic comments to three children in Brooklyn, New York on Friday. She reportedly walked away after making
Jewish organisations in New York City said that they were “shocked and saddened” by “yet another unprovoked attack” on an Orthodox Jewish man in the city. The Hate Crimes Unit
The New York Police Department is looking for three women who are allegedly behind a spree of assaults on Jewish people. According to police, the suspects slapped a three-year-old boy
A man in Manhattan had his kippah grabbed from his head by an unidentified male who also made an antisemitic comment, it was reported on Friday. According to the NYPD
A painting by Vincent Van Gogh that was stolen from its Jewish owner by the Nazis has been sold at auction for $35,855,000, a record for a Van Gogh painting on paper
Anti-vaccination protesters in New York were spotted wearing the yellow stars that were forced upon Jews during the Holocaust and brandishing swastika signs during a demonstration that was held outside
A group of people allegedly attacked a man in Brooklyn in what police have described as an antisemitic incident. The 25-year-old victim was walking in the vicinity of Empire Boulevard and Albany
The former CEO and chairman of Starbucks bizarrely invoked the Holocaust in a discussion over unionisation. Howard Schultz, who is himself Jewish and who has previously toyed with a Presidential run as
New York State has passed a ban on the selling or displaying of hate symbols, including swastikas and other neo-Nazi imagery, on public property. New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed
It has been reported that a woman doused a Brooklyn Yeshiva in gasoline and set it on fire. The alleged incident happened last night at 19:27 at the Yeshiva of
The town of Huntington in Suffolk County, NY, has adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism. The Definition was adopted following the passage of a majority resolution, without objection, at a meeting last week
On Tuesday, police divers searched the waters around a Long Island beach for Torah scrolls and artifacts that are believed to have been stolen. A 23-year-old man was charged with
The Village of Great Neck in the State of New York has adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism. The village’s Mayor said that it was “an important message to give”,
A video that surfaced on Twitter yesterday showed a Brooklyn resident yelling antisemitic abuse from an open window. The New York man was heard yelling: “You f***ing evil Jews…take a
Black Lives Matter (BLM) has been condemned after one of its activists labelled Fox News as “Zionists” that are “full of lies”. A video appears to show a gathering of
The New York Police Department (NYPD) is searching for the person who assaulted an elderly Jewish man. The incident reportedly occurred at 11:50 am on Wednesday in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and
An adjunct professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) has said in a sermon that “Muslims will erase this filth called Israel”, it was reported earlier this week. The
Antisemitic graffiti was found in Grafton State Park in New York State, it was reported earlier this week. A statement from the New York State Police Newsroom read: “State Police
It was announced on Tuesday that a 49-year-old New York woman who is alleged to have links to a white supremacist organisation has been arrested after allegedly posting stickers and
Three men have been charged after stealing a Jewish man’s religious hat (shtreimel) and yelling antisemitic slurs in New York State. The Jewish man reportedly told the police that whilst
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani accused Jewish financier George Soros, who is often the target of antisemitic conspiracy theories, of “wanting to destroy America” during a rant in
Digital billboards that feature slogans which aim to tackle antisemitism have been launched as part of a campaign in Times Square. The billboards, which were revealed earlier this week, were
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran signed an Executive Order last week officially recognising the International Definition of Antisemitism. The Order directs all departments and officials in the Long Island county to be guided
A hookah shop in New Jersey has removed an antisemitic sign. The sign on storefront of Clifton Hookah in Paterson, Passaic County, read “Stop The New Nazis” and featured a swastika
The Biden administration has condemned the surge in antisemitic violence across the United States over the past two weeks. In addition to the numerous, well-publicised incidents of violence in New
A youth has been arrested on suspicion of antisemitic vandalism at a school in Long Island, New York. The unnamed male was charged by police with a hate crime for allegedly spray-painting
Police are investigating antisemitic graffiti found in a Long Island playground, under the direct orders of New York’s Governor, Andrew Cuomo. Antisemitic language and symbols were found on 4th April
Students at a New York college rejected the prospective adoption of the International Definition of Antisemitism. At the end of a contentious five-hour debate, however, the Student Senate of the
A teenager has been charged in connection with antisemitic graffiti discovered in parkland in Upstate New York. New York State Police have charged the seventeen-year-old following an investigation. According to
The Student Association of Syracuse University in New York has adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism. The resolution, which condemns acts of racism and violence against the Jewish community and proposed “actionable steps”
A man has been arrested after drawing a swastika and other antisemitic symbols outside a prominent New York City synagogue. Manuel Barrera, 50, allegedly drew a swastika in the snow
The former head of New York Police Department’s discrimination office who was accused of posting “hateful” online messages is reportedly to retire. A spokesperson for the New York Police Department
A Confederate flag, described as “a potent symbol of white supremacy” was placed at a New York City Holocaust museum on Friday. The incident at the Museum of Jewish Heritage:
A Jewish family was subjected to antisemitic abuse while walking on New York’s Upper West Side on 3rd January. Dovid Efune, who runs the New York-based Jewish newspaper The Algemeiner,
According to a local news outlet, several antisemitic flyers were discovered in public areas of Staten Island, New York on 2nd January. The content claimed that the far-left group Antifa
Four Brooklyn synagogues were vandalised with antisemitic graffiti on a single night. According to the New York Police Department, four synagogues in the Midwood area of Brooklyn were vandalised on
Members of a “fringe” academic-staff union at the City University of New York (CUNY) have “declared war on the Jewish community,” according to an advocacy group that fights anti-Jewish racism
Two suspects are being sought by New York’s hate crimes task force after “despicable” antisemitic graffiti was sprayed on the wall of a Brooklyn yeshiva. The incident took place in
Antisemitic graffiti was sprayed on a home in a heavily Jewish neighbourhood in Queens in New York City on 16th December. The antisemitic and misogynistic graffiti was sprayed in black
The website of the North Shore Hebrew Academy High School’s was overtaken with antisemitic images, offensive slurs and songs in a cyber attack that occurred on 14th December. The homepage
The Justice Department announced on 2nd December 2020 that it had filed a lawsuit against the village of Airmont, New York, with allegations that it violated the Religious Land Use
Several Nassau Country, NY elected officials, various organisations and the local Jewish community have made calls for the immediate removal of an Oceanside Sanitation Commissioner for alleged antisemitic social media
A New York Police Department official in charge of combating departmental discrimination allegedly posted antisemitic and other racist comments. The commander of the Equal Employment Opportunity Division of the NYPD,
The New York Police Department is currently investigating a hate crime that occurred in the Hasidic community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the beginning of November. Local residents discovered several doors
The student government of Pace University in New York City adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism on 28th October. Within the resolution, the student government is described as a forum
Members of Brooklyn’s Hasidic community has protested a decision by the New York Police Department to to treat what they deem to be an antisemitic hate crime merely as an
The Hate Crimes Task Force for New York State is assisting in an investigation following a spate of antisemitic incidents on Long Island. A swastika was carved into the driveway
An investigation is being undertaken after a large Torah scroll was stolen, along with other religious items, from a synagogue at the Lincoln Park Jewish Centre in the city of
A Brooklyn synagogue was reportedly broken into and vandalised last week. A 25-year-old man suspected of causing damage to the Shore Parkway Jewish Centre in Gravesend last Sunday, during the
New York University (NYU) has reached an agreement with the US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to revise its Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy following a legal complaint
A Jewish family has alleged that they were subjected to anti-Jewish racial abuse by a flight attendant on American Airlines. The family were boarding flight AA142 at New York City’s