Woman Arrested for Slappings in Brooklyn Charged With Hate Crimes
BY PHILISSA CRAMER
NEW YORK (JTA) — A Brooklyn woman who made headlines for slapping three Jewish women in December — and then quickly being released from jail — has been...
Monsey Stabber Found Incompetent to Stand Trial
(JTA) — A psychiatrist has found Monsey stabber Grafton Thomas to be incompetent to stand trial on attempted murder and federal hate-crimes charges.
Defense attorney Michael Sussman has asked a...
‘Finding Your Roots’ Features Three Jewish Stories
(JTA) — The latest episode of PBS’ celebrity genealogy show “Finding Your Roots” was a lesson in Jewish history.
Titled “Beyond the Pale” — a reference to the Pale of Settlement, the...
Pope Francis Condemns ‘Barbaric Resurgence’ of Antisemitsm
(JTA) – A week before International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope Francis renewed his condemnation of antisemitism, decrying its “barbaric resurgence.”
Francis was addressing a delegation from the Simon Wiesenthal Center that met...
Son of N.C. Judge Pleads Guilty to Threatening Local Synagogue
BY MARCY OSTER
(JTA) — The son of a North Carolina Court of Appeals judge pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges for threatening a local synagogue.
William Warden, 21, son of Judge Lucy...
Agency for Jewish Groups Rejects Idea of Arming Laypeople in Shuls
BY BEN SALES
(JTA) — If synagogues hire armed guards, they should be trained police officers, a top Jewish security agency says in a new report.
Armed congregants who are not law...
NYC Police Release Video of Subway Swastika Vandal
Video of a man plastering a Nazi swastika symbol in a subway station on New York City’s Upper West Side was released by the NYPD on Thursday.
The incident occurred...
Vandal Paints Swastika on Stairs of Nebraska Synagogue
BY MARCY OSTER
(JTA) — A man sprayed a swastika and racial epithets on the stairs and front door of a synagogue in Lincoln, Nebraska, then took a picture of his...
Virginia Teen Charged for Threats Against Jews, African-Americans
BY MARCY OSTER
(JTA) — A 19-year-old Virginia man has been charged with calling in false bomb threats and active shootings as part of a network of white supremacists.
John William Kirby...
‘Kill All Jews’ Graffiti Found at Brooklyn Tech High School
(JTA) — Graffiti reading “Kill All Jews” and a swastika were discovered drawn in black marker in the stairwell of a high school in Brooklyn, New York.
The graffiti was...