Police: Jewish man struck with baseball bat in Staten Island by assailant who called him ‘dirty Jew’
Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the assailant
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic flyers warning of Jewish ‘war’ on white people found around Staten Island
(JTA) — A white supremacist group from New Jersey posted more than a dozen anti-Semitic flyers on Staten Island. The flyers, found over the weekend in the New York City borough, are emblazoned with a Jewish star and falsely claim that Antifa, the loose anti-fascist network, is a Jewish organization that is anti-white. “The original…
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Fast Forward Hasidic Jews In Staten Island Remove Eruv After Anti-Semitic Backlash
(JTA) — An eruv, or symbolic boundary for Sabbath-observant Jews, was removed from a neighborhood on Staten Island. The eruv had been put up on utility poles around the neighborhood by a group of Hasidic Orthodox Jewish residents. They removed it after other residents put up lawn signs expressing opposition to an influx or religious…
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News Jewish Veteran Flush With Cash Narrows Lead Of Republican On Staten Island
Jewish Army vet Max Rose raised nearly five times more than his Republican rival from July through September in his bid to oust incumbent Rep. Dan Donovan in a Staten Island-centered district that could be key to the Democrats flipping the House on Nov. 6. Rose brought in $1.6 million and has than $1 million…
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News Can Hardnosed Jewish Purple Heart Turn Staten Island Blue?
Max Rose doesn’t look — or sound — like your average Jewish congressional candidate. The Democrat who’s vying for a congressional seat in Staten Island sang along to country music, talked about the Purple Heart he won in Afghanistan and dropped F-bombs as he enthusiastically spoke with a Forward reporter. “I refuse to sit on…
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Fast Forward Staten Island ‘Kyke’ Vandal Admits Targeting Jewish Neighbors
(JTA) — The man who painted a swastika and an anti-Semitic slur on a Staten Island garage door told police that he knew the family who lived there was Jewish “because of the way they spoke.” James Rizzo, 37, was arrested on Thursday and arraigned on Friday, four days after he vandalized his neighbor’s house…
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Fast Forward Staten Island Jewish Woman Won’t Paint Over Anti-Semitic Graffiti
(JTA) — A Jewish woman in Staten Island, New York, is refusing to paint over the swastika and anti-Semitic slur spray painted on her garage. The vandalism, discovered early Tuesday morning, includes a large swastika and the misspelled slur “Kyke.” Debra Calabrese, whose husband is not Jewish, told the Staten Island Advance that she was…
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Fast Forward Swastika, Anti-Semitic Slur Painted On Staten Island Home
A Jewish family’s home in New York City’s Staten Island was defaced with a swastika and an anti-Semitic slur, the local news website SILive reported Wednesday. Debra Calabrese said she discovered the swastika and the word “kyke,” both painted in black paint, on her garage after her son informed her early Wednesday morning. “I was…
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