Hate Crimes
According to data released by the FBI on Tuesday, 58 percent of all religion-based hate crimes in America were committed against Jews, with the number of crimes against Jews rising by more than a third.
Toronto Police are investigating an anti-Semitic assault that took place against four 17-year-old Jewish boys wearing religious clothing.
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe reveals that the number of documented hate crimes against Jews in the first nine months of 2018 has increased by more than 69 percent.
Rose Mallinger, 97, was laid to rest on Friday afternoon.
Hundreds of Jewish students attending Pittsburgh-area colleges face the aftermath of a violent attack that has put their city on the 24-hour news cycle.
Dr. Jeff Cohen, president of Allegheny General Hospital, said “many of the people who attended to him were Jewish. And they’re heroes.”
Husband and wife Sylvan and Bernice Simon, 86 and 84, respectively, were laid to rest, as was Richard Gottfried, 65.
If convicted, Robert Bowers could face the death penalty.
A total of 45 states have such measures, enabling tougher punishments against perpetrators.
Days after 11 people were shot and killed at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue, two prominent incidents have further rocked the American Jewish community.
Joyce Fienberg, 75, Irving Younger, 69, and Melvin Wax, 87, were laid to rest on Wednesday.
“[The acts] are incomprehensibly evil and utterly repugnant to the values of this nation,” said U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
