Hate crime

While Montes was handcuffed and arrested in the lobby of the synagogue, he then allegedly told a security guard “F–ck you [n-word]” and headbutted him near his left eye socket.

The number of hate crimes targeting Jews was over seven times higher than the next highest target: anti-Muslim crimes (205 incidents).

'He came over to us and started asking questions. We put the camera on him, and then he gave us the middle finger and shouted: “f*** Israel.'

The attack, which was premeditated, left one of the victims with a brain injury and his friend with a broken wrist that required surgery.

Larry Montes, 46, was charged with two counts of assault as a hate crime and one count of criminal mischief as a hate crime for the incident at Manhattan's Central Synagogue.

Peter Larsen, 48, of Orem, Utah, was indicted by a federal grand jury "for the federal hate crime of willfully causing bodily injury to a victim because of his actual or perceived religion."

Joshua Bonehill-Paine in 2015 was convicted of racially aggravated harassment of a Labour member of parliament, and had also been imprisoned for stirring up hatred against a London Jewish community.

Mayor Mamdani’s office did not respond to a request for comment on allegations that his rhetoric has contributed to antisemitism.

Sarasota police arrested Brayton Laschinger after he allegedly smashed a Chabad synagogue window with a brick, saying social media content angered him and he targeted it as a Jewish house of worship.

"A growing share of antisemitic content isn't the product of genuine belief, but rather a byproduct of an attention economy that rewards whatever performs."