NYPD reports 30 antisemitic incidents in July, 3 times higher than last year
Jews were targeted more than all other groups combined last month, as they have been nearly every month since Oct. 2023
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Fast Forward NYPD reports 43 antisemitic incidents in March, reversing downward trend
The number of antisemitic crimes in NYC last month represents an 48% increase over the 29 anti-Jewish incidents reported in March of 2023
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Fast Forward Woman punched in the face by attacker who said he did it because she was Jewish
The NYPD is investigating the incident as a hate crime
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News How a Jewish security network tipped off police about New York City threat
A growing constellation of organizations is focused on monitoring online antisemitism and leveraging relationships with law enforcement
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Opinion I was the NYPD’s only Jewish chaplain at ground zero. Here’s what I learned on 9/11
The NYPD's only Jewish chaplain recalls the sights and sounds of 9/11
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News Antisemitism: How to respond if you’re the victim or a witness
While a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Gaza seems to be holding despite tit-for-tat violence last Wednesday, American Jews are still reeling from a reported surge in antisemitism following the conflict in the Middle East. Incidents include a window at a kosher pizzeria in Manhattan shattered with a brick, a synagogue door in Utah vandalized…
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News A Jewish police officer weighs in on the Chauvin verdict
George Floyd’s murder and police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the crime have sparked conversations all over the United States and the world about whether police are biased against Black and brown Americans and perpetuate white supremacy. Caught in the middle are some white Jewish police officers, a minority within the force both committed to…
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News A look inside NYC’s 2019 antisemitic hate crime reports
Some New York police officers, even those who respond to cases of antisemitic graffiti in Orthodox swaths of Brooklyn, don’t seem to know how to spell “swastika” or “yarmulke.” Surveillance cameras, even those in the subway, cannot always be relied upon to capture vandals who paint or carve hateful messages. And police officers frequently either…
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