Abdullah Qureshi, 30, was convicted last week in a British court of one count of racially or religiously aggravated grievous bodily harm and two counts of racially or religiously aggravated common assault for committing multiple assaults motivated by antisemitism, the Metropolitan Police Service said. Qureshi was a suspect in the investigation of three antisemitic attacks…
DetailsOver 10,000 religious Jews from Israel and around the world expected to arrive in Doha Qatar will not allow any cooked kosher food and public Jewish prayers during the FIFA World Cup which kicked off on Sunday in Doha, forcing religious fans to cancel their trips. Sources within Jewish organizations told Hebrew media that the…
DetailsKanye West appears to have returned to Twitter. “Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked,” the rapper wrote on Sunday. It marks the latest development in the tumultuous relationship between the social media site and West, who was banned for posting antisemitic comments last month. West’s latest tweet drew mixed reactions from fellow users,…
DetailsNew York City is taking action after two men accused of plotting to attack a synagogue were arrested over the weekend at Penn Station. MTA Police officers caught the men a few hours after receiving an alert about the suspect. Monday, Mayor Eric Adams praised the officers, but said he’s worried about a “copycat” attack…
DetailsOXFORD, Ohio – Accused of vandalizing a religious structure belonging to a Jewish campus organization, three Miami University students submitted guilty pleas last week, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Kevin Ladriere, 20; Eli Lauger, 20; and Santiago Arenas, 19 turned themselves in to Oxford police after Hillel at Miami’s sukkah was upended on Oct. 15.…
DetailsThis spring, Lufthansa made headlines for discriminating against Jewish passengers on a flight. There’s now an interesting conclusion to this story, as the airline and passengers have reached a settlement. This incident involves Lufthansa flight 401 from New York (JFK) to Frankfurt (FRA) on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. There were many Orthodox Jews on the…
DetailsAmazon CEO Andy Jassy defended his decision to continue peddling the controversial anti-Semitic film that landed Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving in hot water. During the Dealbook conference in New York on Wednesday, Jassy insisted the movie, “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,” doesn’t directly incite hate as the reason for the film remaining…
DetailsKanye West praised Adolf Hitler and unleashed an anti-Semitic diatribe while wearing a black hood that covered his face and head during a bizarre appearance with Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday. “I see good things about Hitler, also,” the rapper who changed his legal name to Ye told Jones on Thursday.…
DetailsA Dearborn man has been charged with two counts of ethnic intimidation in what officials said was an antisemitic attack at a historic synagogue and preschool for Jewish students in Bloomfield Township. Hassan Yehia Chokr, 35, was arrested by police after antisemitic and racist threats were made Friday against children, adults and security personnel outside…
DetailsA father and son were hit by BB gun pellets on Staten Island Sunday afternoon outside a kosher supermarket, according to authorities. Police say the incident happened around 4:20 p.m. at 2212 Victory Boulevard. The father, 37, and his seven-year-old son, both were wearing yarmulkes at the time of the attack, police say. The BB…
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