Hate Crimes
It advocated for three bills and one policy proposal that address hate crimes in California.
Participants will learn about anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, tropes and symbols, and the range of anti-Semitism stemming from religious extremists.
Surveillance footage shows a suspect drawing a swastika on a “private property” sign at the Rego Park Jewish Center in Queens, N.Y.
“Arab society is literally bleeding and nothing is being done,” says Knesset Higher Arab Monitoring Committee chair Mansour Abbas.
The synagogue was reportedly closed at the time; public transportation in the capital city was halted and people advised to avoid the area.
“It reaffirms an important truth: Neo-Nazi organizations that weaponize patriotism are dangerous and spread hatred,” said the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece.
Osman Butt, 25, was charged with burglary and criminal mischief for allegedly breaking windows of the Shore Parkway Jewish Center.
The victim was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries.
The two exited their vehicle and “accosted the men, shouting out slurs and attempted to take away their face coverings,” reported ABC News.
It would include increasing funding by “multiples” for U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program.
More than 50 synagogues and some 30 community centers or Jewish schools across the globe were targeted for anti-Semitic attacks in 2019.
Grafton Thomas could face an upgraded state murder charge due to the recent death of Yosef Neumann, who was injured in the Dec. 28 attack.
