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Muslim-American community raises nearly five times original goal for synagogue shooting victims

Muslim-American community raises nearly five times original goal for synagogue shooting victims

The Muslim-American community has raised over $120,000 for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in just two days, nearly five times the original goal. The crowdfunding campaign on LaunchGood, a Muslim-focused fundraising website, started with a $25,000 goal, which has increased to $125,000 as it gains traction. The funds raised are expected to go to help the […]

NY man arrested for painting swastikas on own home

NY man arrested for painting swastikas on own home

Schenectady resident, who claims to be Jewish, charged with reporting a false crime; local rabbi says man never converted By Times of Israel staff Andrew King, who was arrested on March 20, 2017, for falsely claiming his home was graffitied with swastikas, February 10, 2017 (Screen capture: Daily Gazette) A New York man who claimed […]

Damage to Jewish Cemetery Worse Than Reported

More than 500 headstones were toppled overnight on Saturday at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, according to Jewish community leaders there—a far higher number than the approximately 100 headstones that police had initially estimated. The vandalism occurred days after a similar incident at a Jewish cemetery near St. Louis, Missouri, and amid an ongoing rash […]

Florida Synagogue Faces Hate Crimes On Rosh Hashanah

A synagogue in Florida was vandalized on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year holiday, according to media reports. Amid the two-day holiday – which celebrates the creation of the world in the Jewish religion – vandals spray painted Sunday “Free Palestine” across signs and areas of the Chabad of Parkland synagogue in […]

U.K. Anti-Semitic Attacks Drop 22 Percent in 2015

The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in the U.K last year dropped by more than a fifth, but remains the third-highest toll ever recorded in the country, a Jewish protection group said on Thursday. Figures released by Community Security Trust (CST), a body that monitors anti-Semitism in the U.K., show that there were 924 anti-Semitic […]