Molly Boigon is an investigative reporter at the Forward. Contact her at boigon@forward.com or follow her on Twitter @MollyBoigon.
Molly Boigon
By Molly Boigon
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Breaking News The Forward sues NYPD for refusing to share records of anti-Semitic hate crimes
The Forward has filed a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department, demanding access to public records related to anti-Semitic hate crimes. The suit, filed in New York County Supreme Court on Tuesday, followed months of unsuccessful requests for the records under the New York State’s Freedom of Information Law. The NYPD “has improperly…
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News Fake study program for Israelis in Michigan allegedly defrauded U.S. of $40 million
A Jewish college in Michigan enrolled thousands of fictitious and actual Israeli students in a fake study abroad program as part of a scheme to pocket federal financial aid money, court documents unsealed Tuesday claim. The documents, which include a complaint filed by a former employee and whistleblower, describe in detail how the Michigan Jewish…
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News Are high rates of mental illness connected to a spike in anti-Semitic violence?
Oniel Gilbourne was arrested in September after allegedly beating a 64-year-old Hasidic rabbi with a paving stone in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. While the community wondered aloud what was in Gilbourne’s mind, he likely heard a drumbeat of acronyms — MMPI-2, MCMI-II, WAIS-R — representing some tests used to assess mental illness. Violent attacks on the…
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News Why won’t the NYPD hand over documents related to anti-Semitic hate crimes?
The NYPD said on Monday that there were a total of 234 anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City in 2019 — so many that on Sunday, 25,000 people gathered to protest anti-Semitism by walking across the Brooklyn Bridge. Who are the perpetrators? What are their motivations? How are they being investigated? We want to…
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News Monsey stabbing victim’s daughter calls for peace: “I’m begging you”
One of the victims stabbed during a Monsey Hanukkah celebration last weekend is unlikely to recover, according to statements by his family during a press conference Thursday. Josef Neumann, 72, is in a coma with a fractured skull, knife wounds through his neck and a shattered arm, said his youngest daughter, Nicky Cohen. She also…
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News Spurred By Anti-Semitic Violence, Orthodox Jews Consider Arming Themselves
After this month’s deadly anti-Semitic shooting in Jersey City, B., a Haredi resident of Brooklyn, got a Whatsapp message from a friend. “Time to get a gun,” the message read in part. So B. took a trip upstate and bought a firearm, and a week later, returned to learn how to aim and shoot. “It’s…
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Breaking News Of 28 NYC Yeshivas, Two Meet And Nine Approaching Secular Education Standards
More than half of the yeshivas investigated by the New York City Department of Education over the past two years are not providing the required amount of secular education to students, according to a Department of Education letter released today. The Department visited 28 schools and wrote that of that number, 11 are providing the…
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Fast Forward ‘Political Horse-Trading’ By Mayor’s Office Delayed Yeshiva Report: Investigation
Political considerations prompted city hall officials and state legislators in New York to intentionally delayed the release of a report about the city’s inspections of yeshivas, according to an investigation released today. “Political horse-trading unquestionably occurred,” said Margaret Garnett, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation and Anastasia Coleman, the Special Commissioner of…
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