antisemitic attacks

Portland's Congregation Beth Israel. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

May 8, 2022, 10:03 pm

Man charged for Oregon synagogue and mosque vandalism spree

Michael Bivins, who has posted conspiracy theories about Biden administration, is accused of arson, smashing window, spraying graffiti at synagogues; fire at mosque

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Tombs tagged with swastikas are pictured in a Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, eastern France, December 3, 2019. (AP Photo)

April 27, 2022, 2:10 pm

Tel Aviv U reports record-high global antisemitism, linked to COVID and Gaza

Echoing recent ADL study on antisemitism in US, investigators find worldwide increase in Jew-hatred over the past year

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: A sticker with a swastika is seen in Anchorage, Alaska, on May 25, 2021. (Anchorage Police Department)

April 26, 2022, 6:22 pm

Antisemitic incidents in US spiked to record high in 2021, ADL reports

Jewish civil rights group also reports surge during Gaza fighting last May; CEO Greenblatt says political instability and polarization main causes for increase in cases

By Asaf Shalev

Jeremy Cohen, a French Jew, who was killed after being hit by a train, apparently while trying to escape an antisemitic attack near Paris in February. (Courtesy)

April 14, 2022, 3:12 am

Two men in police custody in France over suspicious death of Jewish man

Jeremy Cohen’s family says he was fatally hit by tram while escaping an antisemitic attack, releasing video allegedly showing him running away from crowd before accident

By TOI staff and Agencies

Pro-Palestinian protesters in New York, March 30, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

April 5, 2022, 2:01 pm

Daily Briefing April 5: Anti-Zionism, antisemitism brewing in US

US correspondent Jacob Magid discusses settlements and a Chicago synagogue’s new core value; New York reporter Luke Tress reviews a pro-Palestinian rally and antisemitic attacks

By TOI staff

April 5, 2022, 2:08 am

French Jew killed by tram likely a target of antisemitic attack, family says

Jeremy Cohen, 31, died two months ago in what police deemed a traffic accident; new video released by his family suggests the incident was triggered by a mob assault

By Tobias Siegal and JTA

Jewish institutions have faced a spate of bomb threats in recent weeks. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

March 30, 2022, 8:12 pm

Biden proposes boosting nonprofit security funding per Jewish groups’ request

US president wants to increase funds for from $250 million to $360 million after numerous attacks on Jewish institutions

By Ron Kampeas

The head of a pig at the doorstep of the home of Alexei Venediktov in Moscow, March 24, 2022. (Alexei Venediktov via JTA)

March 30, 2022, 7:59 am

Pig’s head, antisemitic slogan left outside Russian-Jewish journalist’s Moscow home

Vandals daub ‘Judensau’ on Alexei Venediktov’s door, a reference to antisemitic Christian images of Jews; reporter was recently fined for speaking Ukrainian on radio show

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Julie Flaherty, acting police chief of Arlington, MA, addresses a news conference at the town's police station as Rabbi Avi Bukiet (second from left) looks on, on May 17, 2019. (Penny Schwartz via JTA)

February 17, 2022, 9:56 pm

Antisemitic Boston arsonist set fires while target of federal probe, FBI admits

FBI and local police took several months to connect late brother of Alexander Giannakakis with fires at Jewish centers in Massachusetts in 2019, by which time he was in a coma

By Asaf Shalev

A suspect in the fires at a Boston-area Chabad in May 2019 captured by a security camera (Chabad)

February 17, 2022, 10:31 am

Brother of suspect in Boston antisemitic arson attacks charged for obstructing probe

Former security guard at US embassy in Stockholm faces ‘decades in prison’ after allegedly obstructing investigation into now-deceased brother’s alleged 2019 hate crimes

By Mark Pratt

A Star of David hangs from a fence outside the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

February 2, 2022, 4:01 pm

Scarred by attacks, Jewish communities in US consider enhancing security measures

Push comes amid heightened fears about the vulnerability of Jewish institutions and antisemitic incidents

By Haleluya Hadero

Illustrative: Police tape marks off a Chicago street as officers investigate the scene of a fatal shooting in the city's South Side on June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/ Teresa Crawford/File)

January 31, 2022, 7:33 pm

Chicago synagogue, Jewish school vandalized with antisemitic graffiti

Jewish businesses, synagogue in nearby suburb also reportedly targeted; city council member says the vandalism has ‘all the hallmarks of hate-based crimes’

By AP

The NYPD is seeking info on a man, seen above in a surveillance video, suspected of assaulting a Jewish man in Crown Heights on January 22, 2022. (NYPD Twitter/JTA)

January 27, 2022, 9:23 am

ADL offers $5,000 reward for information on antisemitic attack in Crown Heights

NYPD seeks to identify suspect who punched Hasidic man in the face; Anti-Defamation League New York director warns such incidents are becoming normalized

By Lisa Keys

Protesters march with a banner of killed Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, April 25, 2021 (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

January 27, 2022, 2:07 am

Antisemitic incidents in France increased by 75% in 2021

Jewish community’s main watchdog group recorded 589 hate crimes against Jews, including a 36% jump in physical assaults, with many attacks carried out by neighbors

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Illustrative photo of an Italian police car (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0)

January 26, 2022, 10:00 pm

Italian police investigate physical assault of 12-year-old Jewish boy

Along with blows and kicks, teenage assailants reportedly told boy in town of Campiglia Marittima that he should ‘die in the oven’

By AP