Anti-Semitic Attacks
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3 years ago

Jersey City officials to honor lives lost in anti-Semitic attack, 1 year later

On the one-year anniversary of the Jersey City terrorist attack, state and federal officials will convene on Zoom to discuss how New Jersey is combating bias and hate.
3 years ago
FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2019, file photo, New York City Police officers arrive on the scene of a fatal shooting in Jersey City, N.J. Jersey City will pause Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, to mark the one-year anniversary of the bias attack that killed a police officer at a cemetery and three people in a Jewish grocery store.
4 years ago

Pawnshop owner pleads guilty to gun charge connected to 2019 Jersey City shootings

A Keyport, New Jersey, pawnshop owner pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single criminal charge in connection with last December's Jersey City shootings.
4 years ago
Emergency responders work at a kosher supermarket, the day after a shooting in Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 11, 2019.
4 years ago

AG Barr says DOJ will pursue hate crimes against Jewish communities more aggressively

Attorney General Barr told Jewish leaders Tuesday he is "extremely distressed" about recent acts of intimidation and violence against Jewish communities.
4 years ago
Attorney General William Barr delivers remarks at an event at the Department of Justice Headquarters, Jan. 22, 2020, in Washington.
4 years ago

Bomb suggests Jewish market massacre suspects had bigger attack plans: Officials

Six people, including two suspects, were killed in Dec. 10 rampage.
4 years ago
In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, people work to secure the scene of a shooting at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, N.J. On Friday, Dec. 13, 2019.
4 years ago

Kosher market shooting suspects had bomb in van: FBI

Authorities said the duo that killed a police officer in New Jersey and then shot three people dead in a market had a bomb powerful enough to scatter shrapnel across five football fields.
4 years ago
VIDEO: Kosher market shooting suspects had bomb in van: FBI
4 years ago

Hanukkah stabbing suspect pleads not guilty to federal hate crime charges

The man charged with federal hate crimes for allegedly stabbing six people during a Hanukkah celebration in New York has pleaded not guilty.
4 years ago
In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, people work to secure the scene of a shooting at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, N.J. On Friday, Dec. 13, 2019.
4 years ago

Hanukkah stabbing suspect pleads not guilty to federal hate crime charges

Grafton Thomas, 37, appeared in federal court in White Plains, New York, Monday morning, days after he was indicted on 10 counts that alleged he targeted victims because of their religious beliefs.
4 years ago
Grafton Thomas, 37, appeared in federal court in White Plains, New York, Monday morning, days after he was indicted on 10 counts that alleged he targeted victims because of their religious beliefs.
4 years ago

Hanukkah stabbing suspect indicted on new hate crime charges

Grafton Thomas has been indicted on five new charges of targeting victims because of their religious beliefs.
4 years ago
Thomas Grafton, the suspect in Hanukkah celebration stabbings in Monsey, leaves the Ramapo Town Hall in Airmont, New York after being arrested on Dec. 29, 2019.
4 years ago

10,000 march across Brooklyn Bridge to protest spike in anti-Semitic attacks

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that $45 million will go to protect faith-based groups.
4 years ago
People attend the No Hate, no Fear Solidarity March, Jan. 5, 2020, New York.
4 years ago

Jewish communities face 'enduring threat' in the US, federal authorities warn

Federal authorities warned of an "enduring threat" that Jewish communities face in the U.S.
4 years ago
New York Police Department officers stand guard ahead of gathering at Grand Army Plaza in solidarity with the victims after an assailant stabbed five people attending a party at an Hasidic rabbi's home in Monsey, N.Y., on Dec. 28, 2019, while they were celebrating Hanukkah, Brooklyn, New York City, Dec. 29, 2019.
4 years ago

Hanukkah stabbing victim may never walk, talk again

Five people were stabbed during a Hanukkah celebration at a Rabbi's home.
4 years ago
Surrounded primarily by family, Nicky Kohen, the daughter of Josef Neumann who was critically injured in an attack on a Hanukkah celebration, speaks to reporters in front of her home in New City, N.Y., Jan. 2, 2020. Her 72-year-old father has been unconscious since he was wounded Saturday in a machete attack at a rabbi's home in Monsey, N.Y.
4 years ago

Daughter of victim in Hanukkah stabbing: ‘Stop this hatred’

The family of Josef Neumann shared a picture of him unconscious in the hospital after he was stabbed in the head with a machete during a celebration at a rabbi’s house.
4 years ago
VIDEO: Daughter of victim in Hanukkah stabbing: ‘Stop this hatred’
4 years ago

Daughter of Hanukkah stabbing victim begs to 'stop the hatred'

Josef Neumann was one of five hurt in the Dec. 28 assault at a rabbi's home in Monsey, New York, where Hasidic Jews had gathered to celebrate Hanukkah.
4 years ago
Daughter of Hanukkah stabbing victim begs to 'stop the hatred'
4 years ago

Hanukkah machete rampage victim may not regain consciousness, family says

Five people were injured in rampage at New York rabbi's home.
4 years ago
Flower bouquets rest on the doorstep of a rabbi's residence in Monsey, N.Y., Dec. 29, 2019, following a stabbing the previous night during a Hannukah celebration.
4 years ago

Suspect in Hanukkah attack facing hate-crime charges

Grafton Thomas is accused of attacking five people with a machete during celebrations at the home of a rabbi in Monsey, New York.
4 years ago
VIDEO: Suspect in Hanukkah attack facing hate-crime charges
4 years ago

Federal hate crime charges filed against Hanukkah stabbing suspect

Federal prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against the 38-year-old man suspected of stabbing five people with a machete at a Hanukkah celebration in New York.
4 years ago
Federal hate crime charges filed against Hanukkah stabbing suspect
4 years ago

Video shows suspect’s arrest after 5 stabbed at Hanukkah party

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the stabbing at a rabbi’s home during a Hanukkah celebration an “act of domestic terrorism.”
4 years ago
VIDEO: Video shows suspect’s arrest after 5 stabbed at Hanukkah party
4 years ago

Hanukkah stabbing horror in New York

Five members of an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish congregation were stabbed on Saturday night by a man wielding a machete-type knife who barged into a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi's home.
4 years ago
VIDEO: Hanukkah stabbing horror in New York
4 years ago

At least 5 people stabbed at Hanukkah celebration

Police have one person in custody after the man burst inside of a Rabbi’s home just outside of New York City and stabbed several people
4 years ago
VIDEO: At least 5 people stabbed at Hanukkah celebration
4 years ago

5 stabbed by intruder with machete at rabbi's Hanukkah celebration

Five people were stabbed at a Hasidic rabbi's house in Rockland County outside New York City, authorities said.
4 years ago
Suspect in Hanukkah celebration stabbings Grafton Thomas, leaves the Ramapo Town Hall in Ramapo Town Hall in  Airmont, N.Y., Dec. 29, 2019.
4 years ago

Grieving officers gather at funeral for slain Jersey City detective

Det. Joseph Seals, a married father of five, was the first person to be killed in the Dec. 10 gun battle.
4 years ago
The family of Jersey City Police Detective Joseph Seals watches as his casket is carried from St. Aedan's Church during his funeral service in Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 17, 2019.
4 years ago

Grieving officers gather at funeral for slain Jersey City detective

Det. Joseph Seals, 39, was killed at the Bay View Cemetery in Jersey City, allegedly by David Anderson and Francine Graham.
4 years ago
Det. Joseph Seals, 39, was killed at the Bay View Cemetery in Jersey City, allegedly by David Anderson and Francine Graham.
4 years ago

Note in pocket of gunman in Jewish deli massacre leads to pawnshop owner's arsenal

Two suspects and a detective were among six people killed in Jersey City.
4 years ago
Emergency responders work at a kosher supermarket, the day after a shooting in Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 11, 2019.
4 years ago

Van with possible connection to Jersey City Jewish deli shooting found

The van sought by FBI in the Jersey City deli shooting has been found, authorities said Saturday.
4 years ago
The FBI in Newark, N.J. is requesting assistance locating a vehicle associated with David N. Anderson, the deceased suspect in the Jersey City Kosher supermarket shooting occurring on Dec. 10, 2019.
4 years ago

Jewish deli killing to be investigated as domestic terrorism: Officials

Religious writings on hate could be key to learning what motivated a pair of rifle-wielding suspects to kill three people.
4 years ago
Orthodox Jewish men carry Moshe Deutsch's casket outside a Brooklyn synagogue following his funeral, Dec. 11, 2019 in New York. Deutsch was killed Tuesday in a shooting inside a Jersey City, N.J. kosher food market.
4 years ago

FBI searching for vehicle in Jewish deli shooting

FBI is searching for a vehicle regarding Jersey City Jewish deli killing.
4 years ago
The FBI in Newark, N.J. is requesting assistance locating a vehicle associated with David N. Anderson, the deceased suspect in the Jersey City Kosher supermarket shooting occurring on Dec. 10, 2019.
4 years ago

New focus on the deadly gun battle in Jersey City

Authorities now consider the attack an “act of domestic terrorism” after two suspects killed a police officer and then three civilians inside a kosher market.
4 years ago
VIDEO: New focus on the deadly gun battle in Jersey City
4 years ago

Jewish deli shooting's lone survivor describes escape

The shooting in New Jersey left six people dead, including the two killers.
4 years ago
A demolition and recovery crew works at the scene of the shooting at a Jewish Deli on Dec. 11, 2019, in Jersey City, NJ.
4 years ago

New developments in shootout that left 6 dead in New Jersey

Surveillance video showed one gunman firing as he entered a Kosher market, which police now say was deliberately targeted.
4 years ago
VIDEO: New developments in shootout that left 6 dead in New Jersey
4 years ago

Massive crowd gathers to mourn two victims of Jersey City shooting

Authorities in New Jersey say the suspects had a pipe bomb in their stolen U-Haul. ABC News’ Kenneth Moton reports.
4 years ago
VIDEO: Massive crowd gathers to mourn two victims of Jersey City shooting
4 years ago

Shooting that left 6 dead was 'targeted' at Jewish deli: Officials

Video shows that a deadly attack on a Jewish deli in Jersey City, New Jersey, was "targeted," according to officials.
4 years ago
Emergency responders work at a kosher supermarket, the day after a shooting in Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 11, 2019.
4 years ago

Trump calls Jersey City suspects 'wicked murderers'

A New Jersey police officer and three others were killed after an hours-long gun battle followed what officials are calling a "targeted" attack.
4 years ago
Trump calls Jersey City suspects 'wicked murderers'
4 years ago

Officer, 3 people dead after 'targeted' shooting

A New Jersey police officer and three civilians have died after a gun battle was prompted by what is believed to have been a drug deal gone bad in Jersey City.
4 years ago
Police secure and investigate the scene of a shooting in Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 10, 2019. Six people were killed, including the two shooters and a police officer, when two men shot a police officer in an area cemetery and then had a shootout with police from inside a kosher supermarket.
4 years ago

Shooting that killed 6 at Jewish deli in Jersey City was 'targeted': Officials

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said security footage "clearly" shows the perpetrators, who were shot to death by police after an hours-long gunfight, were out to kill people inside the market.
4 years ago
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and James Shea, the city's director of public safety, said security footage "clearly" shows the perpetrators, who were shot to death by police after an hours-long gunfight, were out to kill people inside the market.
4 years ago

Police officer among those killed in Jersey City shootout

New details emerge about the police standoff at a kosher market in a “targeted” attack by two suspects.
4 years ago
VIDEO: Police officer among 4 killed in Jersey City shootout
4 years ago

Shooting in New Jersey leaves 6 dead

Two men shot and killed New Jersey police detective Joseph Seals then took three hostages who were killed in a firefight before the suspects were shot and killed by police.
4 years ago
VIDEO: Shooting in New Jersey leaves 6 dead
4 years ago

3 hostages, officer killed as neighborhood becomes war zone

Police reportedly suspected the shootings began as a drug deal gone bad in New Jersey; bystanders caught in the crossfire as the suspects barricaded themselves in a market.
4 years ago
VIDEO: 3 hostages, officer killed as neighborhood becomes war zone
4 years ago

Officer, 'multiple' civilians dead after gun battle in New Jersey

A New Jersey police officer and "multiple" civilians have died after a gun battle prompted by what is believed to have been a drug deal gone bad in Jersey City.
4 years ago
Officer, 'multiple' civilians dead after gun battle in New Jersey
4 years ago

Officer among 6 dead in New Jersey gun battle

One police officer was killed and three others were wounded, while five people were killed inside a grocery store following a shootout and standoff in Jersey City Tuesday afternoon.
4 years ago
Officer among 6 dead in New Jersey gun battle