Missourians of all faiths were shocked and outraged over a fire that was apparently set at the Islamic Center in Cape Girardeau on April 24, causing extensive damage to the sanctuary at the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.Reacting to the fire,...
By Gidon Van Emden, JTA
• Published April 19, 2012
WASHINGTON -- How much homophobia is there? And how much anti-Semitism? How many Muslims are beaten up because of who they are? The only accurate answer today is, “We don’t know.” Organizations that combat hate and bigotry do not know how many crimes...
Jewish gravestones were vandalized at a veteran's cemetery in Florida. At least 13 tombstones decorated with a Star of David, gravesites of Jewish veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam, were toppled or dug out of the ground over the weekend at the...
Four people were charged with hate crimes in an assault on a Jewish man in New York State. The 19-year-old victim was hit on the head with an unsheathed knife Monday in Monsey after his attackers demanded money. The victim screamed, causing the attackers...
A Jewish man from Manhattan was arrested for making anti-Semitic phone calls to his mother and other women, and is suspected of painting anti-Semitic graffiti in Brooklyn. David Haddad, 56, was arrested Sunday for making anti-Semitic phone calls including...
An arson attack last year on cars in a predominately Jewish neighborhood of New York reportedly is being investigated as an insurance scam instead of a hate crime. The attack on Nov. 11, the day after Kristallnacht commemorations, included the spray-painting...
