Hate Crimes
James Vincent, 44, was convicted following a jury trial in late October of strangulation and attempted second-degree assault for attacking Rabbi Menachem Moskowitz, 52, on April 21, 2018.
Christopher Stephen Brown, 37, allegedly sent a message to Chabad via its website on Dec. 2, calling for the death of all Jews and threatening to kill members of the beit din, a Jewish rabbinical court.
Of the nearly 500 hate crimes reported in the city as of November, some 180 were anti-Semitic in nature.
Both men, who are incarcerated at Thompson Penitentiary in Illinois, were part of a white-supremacist group, the Valhalla Bound Skinheads.
Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’nai Brith Canada, which provided a victim-impact statement in the case, said “they caused grave alarm with their hateful sentiments.”
James Vincent, 44, was found guilty of randomly attacking Rabbi Menachem Moskowitz, 52, and shouting anti-Semitic slurs as he tried to strangle the victim.
A second plan aims to tackle inter-Arab violence • “Our goal is to reduce the gaps in education, social welfare, women’s employment and the economic-municipal sphere,” says Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
“In a society that makes strong in-group/out-group distinctions, bringing in outside agencies that cross ethnic boundaries is likely to stoke resentment and resistance,” says Philip Carl Salzman, emeritus professor of anthropology at McGill University in Montreal.
Sharee Jones is being charged with reckless endangerment/hate crimes and attempted arson.
NYPD’s Crime Stoppers is offering a $3,500 reward for information leading to the woman’s arrest.
“Officers observed a 23-year-old male, dressed in traditional Jewish garb/attire, with a laceration to the head,” said a police spokeswoman.
The state will allocate $25 million to help nonprofits at risk of attack, including day-care centers, day camps and community centers.
