Hate crime

NYPD: 55% of confirmed hate crimes in New York City are antisemitic

Confirmed hate crimes rose by 11.7%, with 55% of all these confirmed hate crimes being antisemitic, despite Jews making up only approximately 10% of NYC's population.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks during for a press conference at the New York Police Department headquarters in New York City, US, April 2, 2026.
An aerial view as fire services continue to monitor the scene after four Hatzola ambulances were set on fire overnight next to Machzike Hadath Synagogue, on March 23, 2026 in the Golders Green area of London, England.

Four Hatzola ambulances destroyed in London, Iran-aligned group claims responsibility

Surveillance footage shared on social media appears to show several hooded or masked men pouring gasoline on the vehicles before fleeing the scenes.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER, JAMES GENN, REUTERS
A security guard stands outside the front door of Machzikei Hadas Orthodox synagogue on Oct. 8, 2023, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

NYC synagogues boost security as DHS shutdown stalls federal funding

While the Temple Israel attack prompted a heightened sense of alarm among Jewish institutions, some argue that, after years of bolstering security, there is little left to reinforce.

|ByJOSEPH STRAUSS/JTA
Parents are escorted by police down Walnut Lake Road back to their cars after being reunited with their children after a suspect crashed his truck into the hallway of Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S., March 12, 2026

Anti-Zionism cannot exist without antisemitism - Recent attacks prove it - opinion

Violence against Jews from Michigan to the Netherlands reveals the uncomfortable truth: the ideology driving modern anti-Zionism draws directly from antisemitism’s oldest myths.

|ByRONI BRUNN

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.

MARCH 9, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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. 

MARCH 7, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

MARCH 5, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
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.

MARCH 2, 2025ByMICHAEL MASTERS
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.

MARCH 1, 2025ByREUTERS
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.

Sydney nurse charged for threatening to kill Israelis

Twenty-six-year-old nurse Sarah Abu Lebdeh was arrested on Tuesday and charged with threatening violence, using a carriage service to threaten to kill, and using a carriage service to menace.

FEBRUARY 25, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Two Australian nurses who were suspended for saying they would, and have already killed Israeli pateints, February 12, 2025.

Australia toughens hate laws with minimum sentences for terrorism, Nazi salutes, incitement

"Public discourse has increasingly been weaponized, with hateful rhetoric aimed at attacking groups in the Australian community," read an explanatory memorandum.

FEBRUARY 6, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
View of a car graffitied and torched in a Sydney suburb. January 16, 2025.

Man who fired gun outside NY synagogue while shouting ‘Free Palestine’ pleads guilty to hate crime

A man has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges after firing a gun outside an Albany synagogue while shouting "Free Palestine!" in December 2023 - he faces up to 20 years in prison.

FEBRUARY 5, 2025ByBEN SALES/JTA
The FBI logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, D.C., July 5, 2016.

Two punished for separate Long Island antisemitic incidents at Jewish sites

“Hate-fueled behavior and violence have no place in Nassau County," said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly.

FEBRUARY 3, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Police at a hostages rally in Central Park, March 24, 2024.

Sydney area man charged for antisemitic abuse of woman

The 21-year-old man was charged with intimidation intended to cause fear of physical harm.

FEBRUARY 3, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Police officers and detectives inspect the area where anti-Israel graffiti was written on a wall in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra on December 11, 2024.