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The on-camera anti-Semitic assault of Joseph Borgen in Times Square, N.Y., on May 21, 2021. Source: Screenshot.

Guilty pleas: Attackers of Jewish man in New York face years behind bars

Mahmoud Musa, Mohammed Othman and Mohammed Said Othman will be sentenced later this month for their assault on Joseph Borgen in May 2021.

October 2, 2023

Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Credit: Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

Man who intimidated witnesses, jurors in Tree of Life trial pleads guilty

Hardy Carroll Lloyd faces 78 months in prison if the court accepts his plea agreement.

September 21, 2023

Evan Gershkovich. Source: Twitter.

Thousands of letters to Evan Gershkovich pour in from 21 countries

Former Soviet dissident and Israeli politician Natan Sharansky also sent his personal greeting for the Jewish New Year.

September 14, 2023

Rabbi Yisroel Baumgarten (left), a volunteer for the Aleph Institute who visits prisons ahead of the the High Holidays, with other volunteers gathered for a training course at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Conn. Credit: Courtesy of Rabbi Yisroel Baumgarten.

‘Pretty easy’ to talk Yom Kippur themes with incarcerated Jews, Chabad rabbis say

Ahead of the High Holidays, Aleph Institute rabbis visit those who are in jail for high crimes and misdemeanors.

September 13, 2023

Evan Gershkovich. Source: Twitter.

Federation runs campaign to write Rosh Hashanah letters to Evan Gershkovich

Lawyers for “The Wall Street Journal” reporter, imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges, will deliver them.

September 8, 2023

Evan Gershkovich. Source: Twitter.

Federation urges Blinken to continue fighting for release of Evan Gershkovich

“The Wall Street Journal” writer has been detained in Russia since March on espionage charges.

May 9, 2023

Evan Gershkovich. Source: Twitter.

Federation webinar to focus on jailed ‘Wall Street Journal’ reporter Evan Gershkovich

Participants will be urged to sign a petition urging the U.S. State Department to bring him back from Russia.

May 5, 2023

The on-camera anti-Semitic assault of Joseph Borgen in Times Square, N.Y., on May 21, 2021. Source: Screenshot.

Awawdeh receives longer sentence of 18 months for antisemitic attack

He previously was to receive a lighter sentence of six months, which caused a public outcry.

April 28, 2023

An image calling attention to “Wall Street Journal” Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested and imprisoned in Russia on March 29, 2023. Source: Twitter.

This Passover, jailed journalist Evan Gershkovich is on Jewish minds

The Moscow-based reporter was arrested in Russia on what many believe to be unjust charges.

April 5, 2023