Hate crime

Australia passes toughest hate crime laws in country's history, despite significant opposition

The Combating Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Act 2026 expands and strengthens Commonwealth criminal offences to address the spread of hatred and extremism.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, December 14, 2025.
Beth Israel Congregation hosts Shabbat services at the Northminster Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, on Jan. 16, 2026.

‘We are not made of wood and paper’: Jackson synagogue marks first Shabbat after arson

 Winnipeg Friends of Israel share image of antisemitic graffiti, including a swastika, spray painted on a community center. January 4, 2025

Winnipeg man arrested for spray painting swastikas on synagogue, mosque, school

A Jewish family walks in Manhattan, NY, May 3, 2024.

'Curse all of you': Queens man indicted for threatening to kill Jews, Zionists, police


Yonkers man pleads guilty for scissor-wielding, antisemitic attack on Jewish barber

"This attack is a reminder that we have a lot more to do to eradicate hate and antisemitism in Westchester County," the Jewish barber said.

 Close up of the NYPD logo on a police car.

Landmark Toronto kosher pizzeria broken into on Passover

A Kosher pizzeria in Toronto and another Jewish-owned business was broken into with local politicians alleging an antisemitic motivation.

 The entrance of Jewish-owned pizzeria My Zaidy's Pizza, in Toronto

Chicago man charged with hate crime for attack of two Jewish DePaul students

The arrest comes as DePaul’s president has been summoned to testify in Congress about antisemitism on his campus.

 DePaul University in Chicago.

Islamist found guilty of targeting US churches in elaborate bomb scare network targeting Christians

Zimnako Salah was reportedly working on building a real IED as he placed fake bombs in churches.

View of a golden cross of a Christian church (illustration)

Jews most frequently targeted community for hate crimes in New York City - NYPD

Out of 123 reported hate incidents during the last three months, 74 were directed at Jews.

 Close up of the NYPD logo on a police car.

Arizona man arrested for arson, causing 'significant damage' to Jewish community center

The suspect, Everardo Gregorio, 30, was seen multiple times on surveillance video in the area at the time of the fire.

 An illustrative image of an individual with handcuffs.

'I wasn’t thinking': Man pleads guilty to setting fire by Jewish museum in Baltimore

After his release, Hashemi will be on probation for five years and must adhere to a mental health treatment plan, reporting to the court and a probation officer. 

Baltimore police

Second Sydney nurse charged after claiming to kill Israeli patients

Former Bankstown hospital nurse Ahmad Rashad Nadir was charged with using a  carriage service to menace following an investigation into a recording of a chat video.

Two Australian nurses who were suspended for saying they would, and have already killed Israeli pateints, February 12, 2025.

Congress must fully fund the Nonprofit Security Grant Program - opinion

History has taught us that the cost of being unprepared is too often measured in the loss of human life.

 ANTISEMITISM ON display at the UK’s Free Palestine rally.

Illinois jury convicts man in hate crime murder of Palestinian American boy

Joseph Czuba, 73, faces life in prison when he is sentenced in May for a murder that prosecutors said was sparked by anti-Muslim hatred.

Joseph M. Czuba poses for a police booking photograph after being arrested by the Will County Sheriff's Office in Illinois, U.S., in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on October 15, 2023.