An ex-police officer assigned to the World Trade Center says he was barraged with anti-Semitic comments on a daily basis — and he has the tapes to prove it. David Attali, an Israeli Jew, told WABC in New York City that the constant harassment took its toll. “Every day when I would go to work,…
The New York Police Department is investigating suspicious activity outside of two Brooklyn synagogues. Unknown men took videos in front of two synagogues on Ocean Parkway, in the Borough Park neighborhood, on Saturday afternoon. At the Safra Synagogue, they were driven off by a security guard, according to the New York Daily News. But the…
An Orthodox Jewish man is suing the New York Police Department for anti-Semitic harassment that he says compelled him to quit his job as a cop. David Attali, who has dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship, claims that fellow police officers vandalized his locker with anti-Semitic messages, called him a “dirty Jew,” and greeted him with Heil Hitler…
New York state lawmakers called on the Jewish community to attend the funeral of an assassinated New York police officer. “The brave men and women of the NYPD risk their lives every day to protect us. We value them and stand with them,” Assemblyman Dov Hikind, a Democrat who represents Brooklyn, said in a statement…
An Orthodox man was stabbed in Brooklyn Heights — reportedly by a disgruntled employee. Hershy Feifer, described as an electrical contractor active in the Orthodox community and a clergy liaison to the New York Police Department, was attacked as he drove in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood, where he was apparently working. Feifer was rushed to…
A Hasidic New York Police Department officer was promoted to sergeant, making him the department’s highest-ranking Hasid ever. Joel Witriol of Brooklyn attended Friday’s promotion ceremony in traditional Hasidic garb, according to the New York Post. His Sabbath observance will be accommodated at his new post in the 13th Precinct in Manhattan. Witriol joined the…
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto ordered a New York City police officer to arrest his top aide’s business rival, according to allegations in a civil complaint filed in New York State Supreme Court on February 19. The officer, Detective Eric Patino, allegedly said he would release the rival, an Israeli businessman named Tomer Shohat, if Shohat…
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…
