antisemitic attacks

A man is seen carrying a peice of furniture, shortly before attacking a Jewish man in Brooklyn, on July 5, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

July 10, 2021, 5:12 pm

Jewish man assaulted in Brooklyn in apparent antisemitic attack

Police search for suspect who punched, threw furniture and made hateful statements toward victim; Governor Cuomo: ‘This is antisemitism, plain and simple’

By TOI staff

A man hurls antisemitic abuse at a Jewish man in London on July 3, 2021. (screen capture via Twitter)

July 4, 2021, 9:21 pm

Twice in an hour: Jewish man faces antisemitic abuse on London bus, train

In two incidents within an hour, passerby threatens to ‘slit your throat for Palestine,’ while another shouts ‘I f***ing hate the Jews’

By TOI staff

A cohort of young Jews is trying to combat antisemitism and anti-Zionism on social media. Clockwise from top left: Julia Jassey, Blake Flayton, Isaac de Castro, Eve Barlow and Ben Freeman. (Photo illustration by Grace Yagel/ via JTA)

June 12, 2021, 3:00 am

Young US Zionists say they’re fighting antisemitism online, but is it effective?

A group of pro-Israel Jews in their 20s and 30s assertively defend Zionism and Jews on social media, but critics across the political spectrum question the campaign’s efficacy

By Ben Sales

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators assault Jews at a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles on May 19, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)

May 26, 2021, 4:30 am

Antisemitic acts in US soared 80% in a month, Jewish security group reports

Secure Community Network blames widespread disinformation and clear calls for violence against Jews, deliberately spread online, including from Iran

By Ron Kampeas

Chabad of South Broward. (Google Street View)

May 25, 2021, 4:28 pm

Suspect arrested in south Florida synagogue harassment

Jeffrey Carl Fleming, 39, shouted verbal abuse and left feces outside Chabad of South Broward on Friday, police say

By AP

May 25, 2021, 2:10 pm

Daily Briefing May 25 – Post-conflict: Rebuilding Gaza and Jewish-Arab relations

Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today

By TOI staff

Joseph Borgen shows his injuries after being beat by a pro-Palestinian mob in the streets of New York (video screenshot)

May 22, 2021, 4:49 am

‘Thought I was going to die’: NY Jewish man details assault by pro-Palestine mob

Joseph Borgen was beaten while wearing a kippa on his way to a pro-Israel rally. ‘I would never think I’d ever have to worry about my religion or ethnicity being a problem in NYC’

By TOI staff

Pro-Palestinian protesters in New York City on May 20, 2021 (video screenshot)

May 22, 2021, 3:59 am

Antisemitism in New York City: What we know about Thursday’s attacks

The city has experienced a string of assaults connected to the fighting in Gaza

By Ben Sales

Kim Kardashian West speaks at the Langham Huntington, Jan. 18, 2020, in Pasadena, California (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

May 22, 2021, 2:36 am

Kim Kardashian, Mayim Bialik, others pan anti-Israeli, antisemitic expressions

Celebrities speak out in wake of altercations between pro-Palestinian protesters and Jews and acts of hate throughout the US

By Gabe Friedman

A man with a Jewish kippa (Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images, JTA)

May 22, 2021, 12:53 am

As Gaza conflict triggers antisemitism, some US Jews hide religious symbols

Jews across the United States have been attacked because of the fighting in the Middle East; national Jewish groups urge Biden to call out such antisemitism

By Shira Hanau, Ben Sales and Ron Kampeas

Pro-Palestinian protesters stop a London bus as they participate in a demonstration against Israel, in central London on May 11, 2021. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

May 14, 2021, 11:59 am

European Jews brace, yet again, for antisemitic attacks spurred by Gaza unrest

Many fear ‘the import of the conflict’ phenomenon will increase assaults; in 2014, Europe saw the worst wave of antisemitic violence since the Holocaust amid Israel-Hamas fighting

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Screen capture from video Ella Gordon, center, and other family members as during a press briefing about the killing of her brother, Efraim, who was shot dead in the US, seen on May 5, 2021. (YouTube)

May 5, 2021, 6:32 pm

Family of Israeli shot dead in US claims it was antisemitic attack, not robbery

Sister of Efraim Gordon alleges ‘terrorists’ killed her brother because he was Jewish, rejects assessment it was botched theft

By TOI staff

Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., convicted of capital murder, attempted murder and other charges, gestures as Johnson County deputies remove him from the courtroom during the sentencing phase of his trial at the Johnson County District Court in Olathe, Kan. November 10, 2015. (Joe Ledford/The Kansas City Star via AP, Pool, File)

May 4, 2021, 10:50 pm

Neo-Nazi who shot dead 3 at Kansas Jewish sites dies on death row

Founder of the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Frazier Glenn Miller, 80, had testified at trial that he wanted to kill Jews before he died

By Agencies

A woman holds up a sign during the day of rallies around the world protesting the French judicial system's handling of the Sarah Halimi case, April 25, 2021. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images/ via JTA)

May 3, 2021, 8:47 pm

What the Sarah Halimi case and current protests mean for French Jewry

Demonstrations erupted in France and across the world last week as Jews protested a ruling that the murderer of a Jewish woman in 2017 will not stand trial. Is it the last straw?

By Cnaan Liphshiz

The aftermath of arson at a Jewish community center in Moscow, April 20, 2021. (RJC via JTA)

May 1, 2021, 5:51 pm

Moscow Jewish community center torched; German synagogue hit with rubber bullets

Balcony of JCC in Russian capital suffers extensive damage in attack, swastika painted on structure; window smashed at Düsseldorf prayer house

By JTA