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Talking to Neighbors: Anti-Semitism in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS — Last year saw another spike in reported hate crimes, much of it perpetrated against our Jewish neighbors. So we went out to talk to our neighbors [/talking-to-neighbors-anti-semitism-in-williamsburg/], both Jewish and not, about anti-Semitism, hate, what’s being done and could be done. According to NYPD reports, by mid-2019,

After a Wave of Anti-Semitic Violence, NYC Schools Plans Curriculum to Combat Hate

First Lady McCray and Chancellor Richard Carranza visit Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Brooklyn for a discussion on anti-Semitism and hate crime prevention on Friday, January 3, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/01/03/after-a-wave-of-anti-semitic-violence-nyc-schools-plans-curriculum-to-combat-hate/?utm_source=republish&

Bay Ridge Links Hands in Solidarity Against Nazi Posters

Fight Back Bay Ridge organized anti-racism protest on 86th and 3rd Avenue in BrooklynBAY RIDGE — As thousands marched over the Brooklyn Bridge [/jewish-solidarity-march/]in the big Solidarity rally, over 250 residents of Bay Ridge linked hands along 3rd Avenue and made it clear yesterday – hate has no home here, nor

‘An Attack Against All Jews Is an Attack Against all New Yorkers’ — Thousands March in Solidarity in NYC

Solidarity march on Brooklyn bridge. Madeleine Kornfeld/Bklyner.Thousands of people marched in solidarity on Sunday, January 5, to protest anti-Semitism and demonstrate support for Jewish neighbors affected by recent incidents of anti-Semitic violence. A sea of winter hats, hoods, and yarmulkes flooded Foley Square around 11 a.m. in

Talking to Neighbors: Anti-Semitism in Williamsburg

Last year saw another spike in reported hate crimes, much of it perpetrated against our Jewish neighbors. So we went out to talk to our neighbors, both Jewish and not, about anti-Semitism, hate, what’s being done and could be done. According to NYPD reports, by mid-2019, anti-Semetic hate crimes

Federal Funds Announced to Help Fight Anti-Semitism as Crimes Against Jews Continue to Plague New York

Governor Cuomo visited an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Williamsburg with Rabbi David Niederman to show support for the Jewish Community in the wake of the stabbing in Monsey and a recent rash of other anti-Semitic attacks. Photo courtesy of Governer’s office.Local Congressional representatives announce federal aid, Governor Andrew

Local Pols Call for State Troopers, Brooklynites Show up to Stand with Jewish Neighbors

GRAND ARMY PLAZA — After the violent stabbing of five people in the home of a rabbi on Saturday night in Monsey, NY, Brooklyn politicians called for a state of emergency to be declared to protect Jewish residents in New York, as residents came together to celebrate the 8th night of

Two Brooklyn Natives Are Victims of New Jersey Kosher Market Shooting

JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City. Courtesy of Google Maps.NEW JERSEY — In the shootout that left six people dead, including one police officer, two of the victims had Brooklyn roots. On Tuesday, December 10, around noon, a shooting began in a cemetery in New Jersey, when Detective Joseph Seals,

Teens Throw Rocks at Jewish School Buses in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS — Cops are looking for three teenagers who allegedly threw rocks at passing school buses transporting children from the Associated Beth Rivkah School. [https://www.bethrivkah.edu/] The incident is being investigated by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force. On December 3, at around 4:05 p.m., three

Five Teens Yanked a Yarmulke and a Hat off Two Jewish Boys in Crown Heights

Two Jewish boys in Boro Park. (Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — Cops are looking for five teenage boys that yanked a yarmulke and a hat off two Jewish boys last week. On Monday, November 11 at around 6 p.m., the group of five teenagers approached a 14-year-old boy as