Jacob Schwartz, a 29-year-old Democratic activist and New York City government worker, faces child pornography charges after police found thousands of photos and videos of naked children on his computer. Schwartz is an employee of the city’s Department of Design and Construction. He is also president of the Manhattan Young Democrats, according to the New…
On Feb. 6, I was one of 19 rabbis to go to prison to protest the Trump administration’s recent restrictions on immigration and the acceptance of refugees. Organized by T’ruah: the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, we were the largest group of rabbis to be arrested at one time in American history. Like many American…
Justin Goldstein, a meteorologist for a Connecticut television station, has been arrested on child pornography possession charges, police said. Goldstein, 33, was busted at the New Haven station’s studios after a police investigation found digital files of suspected child pornography in a search of Goldstein’s home, reports local newspaper Hamden Patch The probe by the…
Two East Carolina University students were arrested for allegedly spray-painting a swastika on the door of a Jewish student’s apartment. The swastika was discovered Wednesday by the Jewish woman in a private complex, The Landing, which caters to college students on several campuses in the Greenville, N.C., area. The accused – Timothy Gill Jr., 21,…
A 90-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor has been arrested in St. Louis during protests over the shooting death of Michael Brown. Hedy Epstein, of St. Louis, was one of nine protesters arrested Monday for blocking the entrance to the downtown St. Louis state office building that houses Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s office, the Nation reported. “I’ve…
An Israeli man charged in the United States with selling arms to Iran was arrested at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport. The man was arrested Monday at the request of the United States and reportedly was attempting to flee the country. He is expected to be extradited to the U.S., where he will be charged…
Paul Simon, as in the Simon of Simon & Garfunkel, and wife Edie Brickell were reportedly arrested on disorderly conduct charges at his New Canaan, Conn. home over the weekend after a domestic violence incident. So much for “Bridge Over Troubled Waters.” Simon, 72, has been married to folk singer Brickell, 48, since 1992. They…
Four minors were arrested in connection with what are believed to be “knockout game” attacks in Brooklyn, DNAinfo New York reported. The New York Police Department arrested a 14-year-old girl and three other youths, aged 10 and 11, for involvement in three assaults in the borough in October and November. The victims were three Jewish…
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