Upstate New York mosque issues apology for guest imam’s anti-Jewish rant Historically, the Islamic Center of Rockland has enjoyed a congenial relationship with the Jewish community. Faygie Holt Aug. 20, 2024
Ramapo police arrest 23-year-old for attempted murder of Jewish man in his own driveway The victim remains hospitalized in serious condition but is expected to survive, the police said. April 15, 2024
Jewish man stabbed in driveway of Upstate New York home The victim is in stable condition, and the Ramapo Police Department questioned and released a "possible suspect." April 12, 2024
‘Times’ airs accusations that religious Jews in New York are polluting wells “It’s shocking today, where we have access to so much information to research,” a community activist told JNS of that medieval antisemitic trope. “People fall into the same traps.” Menachem Wecker June 12, 2023
Paper in Rockland County, N.Y., apologizes after featuring ‘vile’ anti-Jewish promotional art The Anti-Defamation League New York/New Jersey region tweeted that the image “draws from the worst of millennia-old anti-Semitic tropes about Jews.” Faygie Holt Feb. 11, 2022
New York man threatens to run over Jews, local district attorney considers criminal charges “It’s the result of a toxic environment where agitators spent years weaponizing debates about municipal policy with an outsized focus on Orthodox Jews, and the commentary loaded with one-sided reporting and flat-out lies,” said the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council. Faygie Holt Nov. 16, 2021
Orthodox Jewish groups laud federal discrimination suit against New York village The lawsuit is the latest salvo in the ongoing battle between the Village of Airmont and a growing Chassidic presence in its community. Faygie Holt Dec. 4, 2020
US Department of Justice takes action against New York village targeting Orthodox Jews The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Airmont’s zoning code “substantially burdens, discriminates against and unreasonably limits the practice of religion by the Village’s Orthodox Jewish community.” Faygie Holt July 22, 2020
Local New York GOP branch to re-air controversial ad “Rockland County GOP knows exactly what they’re doing. This is not the first time they’ve invoked anti-Semitic rhetoric to spread hate,” tweeted Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.). Sept. 6, 2019
