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Comedian Leah Forster (Facebook)
December 11, 2018, 7:14 pm
Rabbis force Brooklyn kosher eateries to blackball lesbian Jewish entertainer
Two restaurants threatened with loss of kosher certification if they host Orthodox comedian Leah Forster; performer files complaint with rights commission
By JTA
Man hits Jewish man in Williamsburg, November 30, 2018 (Screen grab via NBC New York)
December 6, 2018, 6:11 pm
Suspect in Brooklyn attack on Orthodox Jew arrested, charged with hate crime
Eric Gerena also accused of third-degree assault for punching man outside synagogue; police say he didn’t yell anti-Semitic slurs
By JTA and TOI staff
Illustrative: Swastikas found spray-painted on the JCC in Fairfax Virginia on October 6, 2018. (Screen capture/Twitter)
December 5, 2018, 2:27 am
3 large swastikas spray-painted in Brooklyn neighborhood
Two also had white power symbols. Brooklyn has seen a string of attacks on visibly Jewish men in recent days
By JTA
Man hits Jewish man in Williamsburg, November 30, 2018 (Screen grab via NBC New York)
December 2, 2018, 10:55 am
Orthodox Jewish man punched in head in Williamsburg
Police say they aren’t treating the incident as an anti-Semitic attack; man yelled ‘Blah!’ as he hit the victim in Friday incident
By TOI staff and JTA
A Jewish boy walks to a yeshiva in the Brooklyn borough of New York, April 26, 2018. (AP/Mark Lennihan, file)
November 30, 2018, 4:09 am
2 Orthodox Jewish boys attacked in Brooklyn in separate incidents
Hate Crimes task force investigating after 9-year-old and 12-year-old assaulted within half an hour of each other in Williamsburg neighborhood
By JTA
Screen capture from video of a man giving the Nazi salute and shouting 'Heil Hitler' at a Jewish car driver in Brooklyn , New York, November 15, 2018. (YouTube)
November 18, 2018, 5:57 pm
Man arrested in NY for harassing Jewish car owner with ‘Heil Hitler’ salute
Suspect shouts ‘you don’t belong here’ before giving Nazi gesture; the same day, school bus driver in Brooklyn gives Hitler salute during parking altercation
By JTA
A screen capture from surveillance video released by the New York Police Department showing an alleged anti-Semitic attack in the borough of Brooklyn. (Screen capture: YouTube)
November 7, 2018, 9:37 pm
NYPD launches search for youths suspected of anti-Semitic attacks
Police distribute video footage of group it says is behind spate of incidents against Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn
By JTA
A view of Union Temple in Brooklyn. (Jim Henderson/public domain/Wikipedia)
November 4, 2018, 1:09 pm
Police arrest suspect in Brooklyn synagogue vandalism
James Polite, 26, allegedly scrawled ‘Kill all Jews,’ ‘Jews better be ready’ and other slurs throughout Union Temple
By AP and TOI staff
Illustrative: Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (Illustrative photo: CC BY rutlo, Flickr)
November 2, 2018, 10:31 pm
NYC warns about measles outbreak among Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn
11 new cases of measles reported in Orthodox enclave, bringing to 17 the number of children infected; 3 caught the virus in Israel where a baby died this week
By JTA
Rabbi Mark Sameth thanks members of the Brooklyn Jewish community at the door of Union Temple of Brooklyn on November 2, 2018 in New York City. (Kena Betancur/AFP)
November 2, 2018, 10:23 am
Brooklyn synagogue defaced with ‘Kill the Jews’ graffiti
Organizers cancel political event at Union Temple after vandal breaks in, fearing for safety of attendees
By TOI staff
A still image from surveillance video showing the brutal assault on an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man in Brooklyn, New York on October 14, 2018. (screen capture: CBS New York)
October 21, 2018, 5:54 pm
Pakistani man charged with hate crime for assault of NY Orthodox Jewish man
Surveillance footage shows assailant, Farrukh Afzal, punching 62-year-old Lipa Schwartz to the ground in middle of intersection, chasing passerby who tried to intervene
By JTA
Illustrative image of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City. March 21, 2012. (Serge Attal/FLASH90)
October 16, 2018, 7:31 pm
Orthodox Jewish man attacked in Brooklyn, in 2nd suspected hate crime in 2 days
Teenager hits victim after chasing him down the street; suspect had been released by police half an hour earlier
By JTA
New York beating victim Leopold Schwartz. (YouTube screenshot)
October 15, 2018, 11:26 pm
I screamed ‘What do you want from me?’: Hasidic victim describes Brooklyn attack
Leopold Schwartz says cab driver Farrukh Afzal assaulted him without provocation: ‘If he had a knife, he would stab me on the spot’
By TOI staff
A still image from surveillance video showing the brutal assault on an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man in Brooklyn, New York on October 14, 2018. (screen capture: CBS New York)
October 14, 2018, 11:04 pm
Man to be charged with hate crime for beating of New York Orthodox Jewish man
Surveillance footage shows assailant, identified as Farrukh Afzal, punching 62-year-old man to the ground in middle of intersection, before chasing passerby who tries to intervene
By JTA and TOI staff
Taj Patterson was allegedly beaten by a group of Hasidic Jews, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2013. (YouTube screen capture)
October 13, 2018, 12:21 am
NY appeals court overturns Hasidic man’s conviction in assault of gay black man
Mayer Herskovic has spent the last year in prison, but a judge now says there was not enough evidence to convict him in beating of Taj Patterson
By JTA
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