Hate crime

Florida teen arrested for spraying Jewish pedestrians with unknown liquid from a water gun

Authorities arrested the 19-year-old male a week after obtaining a warrant and plan to charge him with two felony counts of battery with prejudice, classifying the incident as a more serious offense.

A Miami-Dade police car is seen outside the Shul of Bal Harbour synagogue in Surfside, Florida, on May 22, 2025.
A police officer carries a weapon as he helps after two City of Miami police officers were shot on October 09, 2025, in Miami, Florida. Two City of Miami police officers were shot in the city’s Allapattah neighborhood during an investigation.

Florida man indicted for federal hate crimes in attempted mass shooting targeting Jews at AIPAC

Leonie Gittani, instructing solicitor for alleged Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram, speaks to the media as she leaves Downing Centre Local and District Court with Senior Public Defender for New South Wales Richard Wilson SC, in Sydney, Australia, March 17, 2026.

Nineteen new charges brought against Bondi Beach massacre terrorist, bringing total to 78

PEOPLE ATTEND a vigil organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism and Chabad UK to honour victims of the Bondi attack in Sydney and mark the second night of Hanukkah, in London, Britain, December 15, 2025.

Antisemitic hate crimes in London surge 72% in May 2026 compared to April


Antisemitism without borders and our responsibility without borders

At a time when antisemitism is rapidly changing form, often disguised as political activism and “progressive” language, the Jewish world must learn to think globally.

Dr Haim Ben Yaakov

The UK is no country for old, or any, Jews - opinion

Platitudes came out in force as politicians condemned the acts of violence in time-honored meaningless words.

Orthodox Jews stand by a police cordon, after a man was arrested following a stabbing incident in the Golders Green area, which is home to a large Jewish population, in London, Britain, April 29, 2026.

Attack on Jewish man outside Los Angeles synagogue investigated as hate crime

The assault occurred after the victim was followed for a short distance by a man in a car.

Adas Torah synagogue, near which the assault was perpetrated.

Why would an Israeli soldier use a sledgehammer to smash the face of Jesus? - opinion

The desecration of the statue was wrong and a breach of Jewish morality. But if our response begins and ends with condemnation, we miss the deeper calling.

Here, the Israeli soldier damages the head of a statue of Jesus, in Debel, Lebanon, in this still image obtained from social media released on April 19.

Man with Iranian flag shirt charged in Brooklyn hate crime assaults on three Jews

Forty-one-year-old Andrze Wnuk was charged with three hate crime assaults, said the NYPD, after the force responded to reports of multiple assaults.

A New York City Police Department (NYPD) vehicle is seen outside the Israeli Consulate building in Manhattan, New York City, US, May 22, 2025

'Die, Jews, Die!': NYC man sentenced to prison for antisemitic, anti-white assaults

42-year-old Skiboky Stora had been convicted of numerous crimes, including two hate crime assaults in the third degree, and hate crime stalking in the third degree.

A view of the Manhattan skyline as seen from Roosevelt Island with United Nations building in the forefront on April 14, 2026 in New York City.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A security guard stands outside the front door of Machzikei Hadas Orthodox synagogue on Oct. 8, 2023, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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.

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