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U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, at lectern, led the Long Island congressional delegation and many other elected and appointed officials in showing a united front against anti-Semitism on Jan. 3.

Rabbis, elected officials speak out on recent anti-Semitic incidents

There have been 13 anti-Semitic incidents in New York since Dec. 8. On that Sunday, a Queens man verbally abused and physically threatened three Jewish people in the North Lawrence Costco, including … more

By Jeff Bessen and Nakeem Grant | 1/9/20

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice led the Long Island congressional delegation and many other elected and appointed officials in showing a united front against anti-Semitism.

United to fight anti-Semitism

Ari Brown maneuvered between the lectern and all the federal, state, county and village representatives and rabbinical leaders in crowded Cedarhurst Village Hall on Jan. 3, just as a news conference was ending. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/9/20

Rep. Kathleen Rice led the Long Island Congressional delegation and many other elected and appointed officials in showing a united front against anti-Semitism.

Coming together in the Five Towns to battle anti-Semitism

Federal, state, county and village representatives along with rabbinical leaders and several others crowded in Cedarhurst Village Hall on Jan. 3 to denounce the recent attacks on Jewish people last month. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/3/20

Hatred has no place on L.I. in 2020

New York saw a spike in hate crimes directed at the Jewish community toward the end of 2019 — during Hanukkah, of all times. It was particularly disturbing . . . more

1/2/20

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin, at the lectern, and several other elected officials and religious leaders denounced the recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks across the metropolitan area.

In Hewlett, elected and religious leaders decry bias attacks

With Yeshiva of South Shore as a backdrop, several elected and religious leaders gathered outside the Hewlett Jewish school to condemn the multiple anti-Semitic and bias attacks that have occurred in the metropolitan area. more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/31/19

Monsey residents gathered to show support for the hamlet’s Orthodox community on Sunday.

Multiple violent attacks across New York leave Jews ‘utterly terrified'

The Five Towns voiced solidarity with the Jewish community in Monsey this week, following Saturday evening’s knife assault at a Chanukah party in the Rockland County hamlet. more

By Ed Weintrob | 12/30/19

Simon Wiesenthal Center Eastern Director Michael Cohen spoke on anti-Semitism at Temple Israel of Lawrence on Feb. 28.

Learning how to battle anti-Semitism

With the recent anti-Semitic incidents that have taken place locally, nationally and globally, the need for a discussion on how to fend off such attacks were the topic of a presentation at Temple Israel of Lawrence on Feb. 28. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 3/7/19

Temple Israel of Lawrence will host a talk by Michael D. Cohen, eastern director of the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, on Feb. 28

Battling anti-Semitism continues

In 2017, the most recent year for which statistics are available, there was a 57 percent jump in anti-Semitic hate crimes, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Considering what has happened since, from incidents around the globe to the inflammatory words of a congresswoman, the trend has not abated. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/21/19

Michael D. Cohen, eastern director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, will address anti-Semitism at Temple Israel of Lawrence on Feb. 28.

Temple Israel of Lawrence to host anti-Semitism talk

With anti-Semitic hate crimes on the rise, up 57 percent in 2017 from the previous year — a record jump for a one-year period according to the Anti-Defamation League — Temple Israel of Lawrence will host a talk and a question and answer session with Michael D. Cohen, eastern director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/14/19

The Sunday Tefillin Club at the Chabad of Hewlett recited a special prayer for the safety of the world after the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Oct. 27.

We are reliving pre-Hitler days’ Woodmere resident says

Shortly before 10 a.m.. on Oct. 27, Richard Bowers walked into the Tree of Life Congregation synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh and opened fire. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/1/18

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