Man who punched 64-year-old Jewish man in NY sentenced to state prison Perin Jacobchuk, who also assaulted a 63-year-old Asian woman, “has been held accountable,” stated Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney. Dec. 16, 2024
NY judge sentences 23-year-old, who threatened terror attacks against Jews, to 10 years Elizabeth Berney of ZOA told JNS the nonprofit hopes that Christopher Brown’s “10-year sentence will be long enough for him to eradicate his hateful, violent neo-Nazi ideology from his being.” Vita Fellig Nov. 20, 2024
Manhattan DA announces plea deal with 23-year-old who threatened terror attacks on Jews Christopher Brown agreed to spend a decade in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, according to Alvin Bragg’s office. Sept. 18, 2024
Nazi-stolen art returned to heirs in New York City ceremony “The recovery of this important artwork—stolen from a prominent Jewish critic of Adolf Hitler—sends a message to the world that crime does not pay,” said descendant Timothy Reif. July 26, 2024
Dozens protest Bragg’s decision to drop charges against Columbia protesters Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, is “either a coward or an antisemite,” said Shai Davidai, a Columbia professor. Mike Wagenheim June 25, 2024
Bragg declines to charge dozens of anti-Israel protesters at Columbia The Manhattan district attorney “who charged President Trump with 34 felonies over an internal business record is letting violent, pro-Hamas rioters go free,” said Sen. Tom Cotton. June 21, 2024
‘At best,’ Chicago museum showed ‘willful blindness’ buying Nazi-looted art The Manhattan district attorney’s office accuses the Art Institute of Chicago of insufficient provenance research when it bought Egon Schiele’s “Russian War Prisoner.” Menachem Wecker March 1, 2024
Four arrested in NYC, accused of attacking Jews One yelled “God kill all the Jewish people” repeatedly while in police custody. Dec. 5, 2023
Major US museums dispute Manhattan DA’s claim that paintings were looted The artwork is by the 19th-century Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele. Oct. 3, 2023
