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Are you now choosing to wear your Jewishness on your sleeve? The Forward wants to hear more.
A Jewish woman attacked on the New York subway. Eggs lobbed at Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn. A mass shooting at a kosher supermarket in Jersey city, followed by a stabbing rampage in Monsey. In the past year, New York has seen a rise in anti-Semitic incidents, most of which target visibly Jews. And this fall,…
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Jews unite at rally against anti-Semitism, but diverge on police response
The “No Hate, No Fear” march in New York on Sunday saw tens of thousands of Jews united against anti-Semitism – but divided over the proper response from the government. In Brooklyn neighborhoods that have seen frequent anti-Semitic assaults, many Jews are welcoming the increased presence of New York Police Department officers and New York…
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Hasidic Jews: New ‘no bail’ law is emboldening anti-Semites as hate crime rises
Amid a spike in hate crimes in New York City, many Jews are worried that a new “no bail” law might make their neighborhoods more dangerous. They are calling on politicians to reverse the policy — and lawmakers are listening. The new law, which went into effect Jan. 1, bars judges from setting bail on…
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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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Photos from New York’s “No Fear. No Hate.” solidarity march
Some 25,000 people marched across the Brooklyn Bridge Sunday taking part in the “No Fear. No Hate” solidarity rally, here are a few of our favorite photos from the day. John Kunza is the audience editor at The Forward. Follow him on Twitter at @johnkunza.
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Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, a crowd sings, argues and protests anti-Semitism
All the world is a narrow bridge, and the most important thing is to not be afraid. So goes a famous Jewish folksong, and so was the experience of an estimated 25,000 people who marched across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City Sunday for a rally against anti-Semitism dubbed “No Hate. No Fear.” Many…
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Need To Know: How the government is responding to anti-Semitism
Over the past few weeks – after the violent attacks at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey and a Hanukkah party in Monsey, New York – officials have come forward with proposals about how to respond. Here’s what you need to know about what local, state, and national government leaders are responding: Security…
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Attending the solidarity march in NYC? Here’s what you need to know
If you plan on attending Sunday’s “No Hate, No Fear” solidarity march in New York City here’s what you need to know. (Can’t attend the rally? The Forward will have a team of reporters and editors on the ground covering the event online, on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.) When and Where The march officially kicks…
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Guardian Angels patrol outside Shabbat services amid Brooklyn hate crime surge
The crowd outside 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood on Saturday morning included all the regulars: Hasidic men in black robes tied at the waist, small girls in tights and Mary Janes, and women in wigs. Also hovering outside 770, as the worldwide headquarters of the Lubavitcher movement is known, were Benjamin Garcia,…
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The reason for this major New York rally is violence against Hasidic Jews. But will they go?
Several of the New York area’s biggest and most important Jewish organizations will hold a rally on Sunday in response to a recent epidemic of attacks on Hasidic Jews, including a machete attack at a Hanukkah party last weekend that left five people wounded, including one in a coma. The event is intended to express…
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In Atlanta, the anti-Semitic flier wasn’t real. The fear was.
On Monday, the Atlanta Jewish Times published an article about a flyer — featuring swastikas, a rat adorned with a Star of David and language denying the Holocaust — supposedly distributed in the city’s Orthodox neighborhood. On Tuesday, the story was debunked. And as Shabbat approaches, the community is left with a cautionary tale about…
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