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Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) subway station stands in Manhattan on June 29, 2017 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images via JTA)
September 15, 2017, 4:54 pm
NY Jewish women mistaken for Muslims assaulted in suspected hate crime
Mother and daughter punched and spat at; one told to 'get out of my country you dirty Muslim'
By JTA
New York commuters scrub anti-Semitic graffiti from a subway car (YouTube screenshot)
April 26, 2017, 8:57 am
Anti-Semitic graffiti tops NYC subway hate crimes
22 of 31 incidents since start of 2017 targeted Jews; same period last year saw only 7 cases in total
By AP and TOI staff
Illustrative photo of an MTA subway cart in New York City (Courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority)
April 19, 2017, 1:23 am
Two Jews, a nursing Muslim and a Taoist go viral
Photo of ultra-Orthodox couple moving over to let hijab-wearing mother nurse her infant takes a message of hope across social media
By Stuart Winer and JTA
Illustrative photo of a New York City subway (photo credit: Melanie Fidler/Flash90)
February 3, 2017, 6:49 pm
Jewish woman shoved, called ‘dirty Jew’ on NY subway
In an apparently unrelated incident, a swastika found etched in a subway window at a station in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood
By JTA
Illustrative photo of Hasidic Jews in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York (photo credit: Serge Attal/Flash90)
April 8, 2016, 10:15 pm
Israeli tourist stabbed in New York subway robbery
Police searching for man who slashed neck, arm and hands of 55-year-old Hasidic Jew before running away with his money
By JTA
Metro-North Railroad police officers with a police dog patrol at Grand Central Terminal, in New York, on March 22, 2016. (AP/Richard Drew, File)
March 26, 2016, 9:59 am
Dogs may be best defense for subway bombings
Canines trained to sniff out explosives in a crowd of people prove best early warning system, but Europe has just one of them
By AP
Dr. Jonathan Zizmor's eclectic dermatology advertisements (screen capture: YouTube)
January 5, 2016, 1:11 am
Dr. Zizmor, NY subway icon, retires
Dermatologist known for kitschy ads for cosmetic surgery calls it quits age 70 and 'studies the Talmud'
By JTA
These ads for an Amazon series have caused controversy. (Screenshot from Twitter via JTA)
November 24, 2015, 11:56 pm
Amazon pulls ads using Nazi insignia from NYC subway
Moves comes after mounting criticism of PR campaign for new show offering alternate history of post-WW2 USA
By JTA
These ads for an Amazon series have caused controversy. (Screenshot from Twitter via JTA)
November 24, 2015, 7:11 pm
NYC subway covered in Nazi insignia for TV promotion
Amazon ad features Reichsadler eagle and Imperial Japanese insignia to publicize 'The Man in the High Castle'
By JTA
Illustrative photo of an MTA subway cart in New York City (Courtesy of Metropolitan Transportation Authority)
October 9, 2015, 4:46 am
Judge: ‘The Muslims Are Coming!’ ads must run in NY subways
Court says MTA must display promotional materials for film; rules against 'utterly unreasonable' ban
By JTA
September 12, 2015, 3:52 pm
When a man on the subway said I hate Jews
A good Samaritan watched on as the scene developed, and then he stood up and did something extraordinary
By Melanie Goldberg
This undated handout file photo provided by the FBI shows al-Qaeda operative Adnan Shukrijumah. (photo credit: AP Photo/FBI, File)
December 7, 2014, 11:31 am
Pakistan says top al-Qaeda operative killed in raid
Adnan Shukrijumah was indicted in the US for plot to bomb New York subway system; 2 other militants slain in strike
By Munir Ahmed
A New York subwat station, pictured in 2012. (photo credit: AP/Seth Wenig)
November 19, 2014, 11:34 pm
Teen arrested for anti-Semitic subway attack in Brooklyn
Victim in hate-crime beating identified as Israeli rabbi visiting New York for cancer treatment
By JTA
Cars pass Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital where Craig Spencer, a Doctors Without Borders physician who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa, was rushed to Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
October 24, 2014, 10:39 am
After 1st Ebola case in NYC, 3 others quarantined
'No reason to be alarmed,' mayor assures after doctor returns from West Africa carrying virus
By Jonathan Lemire and Colleen Long
People stand on a platform waiting to get on the subway in New York City (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
September 22, 2014, 11:04 pm
Conservative group to sue NY’s MTA over rejected ad
American Freedom Defense Initiative sought to post banner which said 'Killing Jews is Worship that draws us close to Allah'
By JTA
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