hate crime

Hate crime probed

Britain: Arson attack targets Jewish shop in Watford

Hertfordshire Police are treating a fire at a Jewish-owned shop in Watford as a religiously aggravated hate crime. A door was set alight and graffiti was left on the building.

Man charged with hate crime in Chabad headquarters ramming

36-year-old charged with hate crimes after ramming his car five times into Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn.

Man arrested for attack on Queens rabbi on Holocaust Day

32-year-old man arrested for allegedly attacking a Queens rabbi on Holocaust Remembrance Day, shouting antisemitic slurs before punching him. He faces hate crime charges.

Two teens arrested over swastikas in Brooklyn playground

Two 15‑year‑olds arrested after dozens of swastikas and antisemitic messages were spray‑painted in a Brooklyn playground.

WJC’s Lauder:

'Arson at Mississippi synagogue shows hate never disappears'

WJC President Ronald Lauder condemns the arson at Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, warning that hatred resurfaces when unchecked and urging decisive action against rising antisemitism and extremism.

Hate crime probe

Ireland: Antisemitic graffiti found on roads

Irish police investigating antisemitic graffiti in Co Louth as a hate crime. Holocaust Awareness Ireland warns of rising antisemitism and urges swift government condemnation.

'Kill a Jew today'

Suspect in Crown Heights antisemitic stabbing arrested

Attacker shouted that he was going to "kill a Jew today" before committing stabbing, victim says.

Toronto man faces hate crime charge over antisemitic flyers

Toronto police charge a 62-year-old beekeeper with willful promotion of hatred for distributing antisemitic flyers.

The Vermont Hate Crime fantasy sweeping the USA

Investigative journalist David Collier and anti-Semitism researcher Rachel Feldman show how politicians and activists manipulated the narrative around a violent crime to ensure Jews-who played no part in the incident whatsoever-would be scapegoated. In sum, if the truth doesn't fit, ignore it.

Antisemitic graffiti found in Brooklyn, local leaders condemn

Antisemitic graffiti saying “F**k Jews” found in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Mayor‑elect Mamdani, Gov. Hochul and Rep. Stefanik all condemn the act and urge prosecution.

Toronto:

Suspect sought after alleged hate crime against Jewish man

Toronto police are seeking a suspect in a suspected hate-motivated assault on a Jewish man which occurred in September. The attacker, a passenger in a moving vehicle, hurled slurs and assaulted the victim.

Suspected hate crime:

Eggs thrown at Toronto Jewish center

Toronto police investigating after eggs were thrown at the Yorkville Jewish Centre. Surveillance shows a man shouting obscenities; the Hate Crime Unit has been notified. The Centre vows to grow stronger.

'Kill all Jews'

NYPD did not investigate brutal attack on Jews as hate crime

The FBI is now investigating an attack at a kosher restaurant in Queens which left multiple Jewish victims hospitalized as a potential hate crime after the victims said the attackers shouted about killing Jews.

Landlord who murdered Arab child after 10/7 dies in prison

The 73-year-old Illinois man who attacked his Palestian Arab tenants and murdered a 6-year-old boy in a rage over the Hamas massacre died 5 months after he was found guilty of murder.

Toronto:

Arrest made in suspected hate crime targeting place of worship

Toronto man arrested and charged with mischief relating to religious property and mischief interference with property for allegedly urinating on the steps of a place of worship and shouting antisemitic slurs.

Plotting for a year

Colorado terrorist wanted to 'kill all Zionists'

Suspect in firebombing of solidarity event for Israeli hostages faces hate, attempted murder charges for attack that left 8 injured, including a Holocaust survivor.

Jewish boy hospitalized after antisemitic attack in London

Police have launched an investigation but have not yet identified the perpetrators after 3 Jewish teens attacked at Hampstead Underground Station.

Hate crime:

Illinois man sentenced to 53 years for murder of Muslim boy

Illinois man who fatally stabbed a six-year-old Muslim boy and seriously wounded the boy’s mother in a brutal hate-crime attack sentenced to 53 years in prison.

Yonkers:

Man who stabbed Jewish barber reaches plea deal

Attacker pleads guilty to second-degree assault as a hate crime after being charged with attempted murder, will receive 6 years in prison instead of the maximum of 15 years.

Suspect arrested for alleged hate crime in Jewish area of London

Man arrested following reports that he targeted Jewish-owned businesses and attempted to assault pedestrians in the Golders Green neighborhood in London.

New York:

Man charged with hate crime after attacking Jews in Crown Heights

47-year-old man charged with a hate crime after attacking Jewish men with cutting shears in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood on Shabbat.

NYPD treating attack on Columbia student as a hate crime

The incident in question occurred on Monday, when a 22-year-old man made antisemitic remarks and grabbed an Israeli flag from the victim. Columbia University confirms the assailant was not affiliated with the school.

Palestinian runs over Israeli man in California

Israeli man hospitalized with compound fracture in his leg after being run over by a Palestinian-Iranian man in what police are treating as a hate crime.

Chicago:

Man who shot Orthodox Jewish man found dead in jail

Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, who was accused of shooting an Orthodox Jewish man near a synagogue in Chicago’s West Rogers Park, commits suicide in jail.

17-year-old arrested in murder of Israeli man in Tennessee

Family of 21-year-old Aviv Broeck says murder is related to calls to 'globalize the Intifada' as police arrest teen suspect who allegedly lured the victim for a locksmith job before shooting and robbing him.

London:

Police say Imam's prayer to destroy Jewish homes not hate crime

Metropolitan police accused of 'two-tiered policing' after Imam's call to curse and destroy the homes of Jews weeks after October 7 said to fail to meet 'threshold' of a hate crime.

Yes, you are an antisemite

You don’t hate genocide. You just hate Jews.

Sent to prison

Phoenix man sentenced for distributing guns used for hate crime

Phoenix man Eric Celaya sent to eight months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release, for his role in the shootings of two members of the Jewish community in West Los Angeles last year.

Chicago antisemitic shooting:

Police announce hate crime, terror charges against suspect

Chicago Police announces that felony terrorism and hate crime charges have been added to the charges against 22-year-old suspect who shot Orthodox Jewish man as he was walking to synagogue.

Shooting of Jewish man:

Chicago mayor accused of 'abdication of civic duty'

Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Chief Government Affairs Officer Lisa Katz condemns Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson refusal to treat shooting of Jewish man walking to synagogue as an antisemitic hate crime.

Florida:

Jordanian man smashes solar panels worth $700,000 over Israel

Man in mask breaks doors of businesses, leaves notes threatening to blow up businesses that support Israel, before spending hours sabotaging a solar energy facility.

Man who stabbed haredi in Brooklyn charged with a hate crime

22-year-old who allegedly yelled "Free Palestine" before stabbing a Jewish man near Chabad headquarters is being charged with a hate crime.

Pittsburgh:

Pittsburgh: Antisemitic graffiti scrawled at two Jewish locations

Red triangle, symbol associated with Hamas, is painted on Pittsburgh synagogue building.

Hate crime suspected:

Hollywood synagogue vandalized for the second time in weeks

Security camera footage shows two men wearing hoodies stopping in front of the Kahal Ahavas Yisroel Synagogue, with one of them smashing the front windows with an unidentified object.

American Jews’ Oct. 7

How do Americans, especially but not only Jews, demilitarize the hate propaganda against Israel and against America? Op-ed.

Intersectionality of hate

Muslims openly call today for a pan-Islamic embrace of shari’a and the return to the dhimma and the jizya. This plan excludes Blacks, LGBT, Christians and of course, Jews. Opinion.

Seven museums:

Anti-Israel graffiti 'straightforwardly antisemitic'

Seven Holocaust museums condemn vandalism against one of their own after police say it wasn’t a hate crime.

Anti-Israel graffiti in Michigan probed as hate crime

Pro-Palestinian Arab graffiti spray-painted on the exterior of University of Michigan regent's law firm is being investigated as a hate crime.

Brooklyn:

Driver verbally attacks, tries to run over yeshiva students

Driver passing a Hasidic Jewish school in Brooklyn verbally assaults a group of Jewish people before trying to run them down. NYPD investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.

Suspect in death of Paul Kessler will stand trial

Judge rules there is enough evidence for anti-Israel demonstrator who struck elderly Jewish man with a megaphone during Los Angeles protest to stand trial for manslaughter.

San Francisco:

Driver attacked passenger he thought was Jewish

Driver faces federal hate crime charges after demanding to know if passenger at airport was Jewish, striking him in the head,

Brother of dentist shot in San Diego:

'He was murdered in cold blood in an act of hate'

Brother of San Diego-area Jewish dentist who was shot dead at his office: Those saying this was not a hate crime need to rethink what they define as hate.

North of Toronto:

Man arrested over antisemitic assault

34-year-old arrested after four Jewish adults were attacked while walking home from synagogue in city of Vaughan.

Toronto:

Jewish-owned store vandalized before being set on fire

Toronto Police’s hate crime unit investigating fire and vandalism at a Jewish-owned grocery store.

London:

Police investigating Jewish woman's assault as hate crime

The incident took place on Thursday, when the 20-year-old was robbed by two women who ran off.

New York:

Man indicted after punching Israeli tourist in Times Square

Prosecutors say the man punched an Israeli tourist after making antisemitic remarks including “Hamas should kill more of you".

Chicago:

Father of murdered Palestinian boy files wrongful death lawsuit

Father of six-year-old Palestinian Arab American boy who was fatally stabbed by landlord files wrongful death lawsuit.

Texas:

Man who torched Austin synagogue sent to 10 years in prison

The Texas man pleaded guilty to arson and a hate crime causing damage to religious property.

Vermont: Suspect arrested in shooting of Palestinian students

A man has been taken into custody over a triple shooting of Palestinian students in Vermont on Saturday. Police suspect it was a hate crime.

Police:

Palestinian-Arab fakes anti-Muslim hate crime in Ohio

After investigation, police say man who claimed to have been struck by pro-Israel driver was injured in a fight with his brother.

LA Police claim:

'Killing of Paul Kessler doesn't appear to be a hate crime'

Ventura County DA says killing of elderly Jewish man by anti-Israel protestor does not 'meet the elements of a hate crime.'

Los Angeles:

Woman charged with hate crime after ramming into synagogue

Los Angeles woman facing a hate crime charge after ramming her vehicle through the gate of a local synagogue and cultural center.

End hate overcoming truth within us before condemning the world

If we expect the world to acknowledge the truth and put aside hate, we must first embrace our truth and our Jewish brothers and sisters.

Online hate & harassment reaches record highs, ADL survey finds

Teens experience high rates of harassment; 80% of Jewish respondents likely to worry about being harassed for their religion, survey shows.

Coney Island targeted by antisemitic vandals

NYPD Hate Crime Task Force investigating swastika found on building in Brooklyn neighborhood.

Brooklyn hate crime:

NYC man gets 60 days in jail for punching Jew in IDF sweater

28-year-old from Staten Island who appears at hearing wearing keffiyeh and spouting anti-Israel slogans pleads guilty to hate crime charge.

Michigan city targeted with antisemitic flyers

Flyers from notorious hate group Goyim Defense League found on residential driveways in Novi, Michigan.

Ontario city probing swastikas on trees as hate crime

Antisemitic vandalism in Barrie, Ontario forest described by local Chabad rabbi as 'very disturbing.'

Hate crime arrest

Knife-wielding Black Hebrew Israelite threatens Jews in Brooklyn

Assailant charged with hate crime after brandishing knife at Israeli Orthodox students in NYC park, demanding money.

London hate crime

Man shouting abuse assaults Jewish bus passenger with pole

Assailant waving long yellow pole threatens to 'mash up' Jewish passenger, also harasses other Jews on Stamford Hill bus.