Hate crime

US urges countries to boost security around synagogues ahead of High Holidays

The State Department is also seeking increased protection around Jewish community residential areas and along routes used by worshippers walking to synagogues.

 A kippah demonstration in front of a synagogue in Berlin
Maine police;illustrative

Maine Jewish summer camp seeks protection order against neighbor after shooting incident

Shattered window at Reform synagogue Darchei Noam in Ramat Hasharon, which was vandalized on August 23, 2026.

Reform synagogue vandalized in Ramat Hasharon as religious tensions rise nationwide

This image shot on May 20, 2019 shows New York Central Synagogue on Lexington avenue.

'It’s all a racial thing': Man faces federal charges after synagogue attack


'I am antisemitic': Elderly Jewish woman stabbed in Ottawa store by man with antisemitic history

"I am antisemitic and atheist," Rooke's social media account declared in a July 1 post detailing his hatred for Israel and Judaism as "the world's oldest cult."

  A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. March 22, 2017.

Exposing a global strategy of antisemitism as political warfare - opinion

Australia expelled Iran’s top diplomat and severed formal ties after its intelligence services verified Tehran’s role in two antisemitic attacks.

 Member of Parliament Josh Burns walks past the damaged Adass Israel Synagogue on December 10, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.

Ohio man pleads guilty to assaulting students because they were Jewish

Timur Mamatov, 20, pleaded guilty to assaulting two Jewish OSU students in a hate crime that left both hospitalized with serious injuries, the DOJ said Friday.

Timur Mamatov, 20, pled guilty to assulting OSU students because of their Jewish identity.

'Killing him a second time': Memorial tree to murdered French Jew Ilan Halimi cut down

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli wrote: "Mr. Macron, you have cut down the tree with your own hands and through your actions."

A tree that was planted to honor slain French Jew  Ilan Halimi was cut down.

New York man sentenced for firing shotgun outside Albany synagogue during Hanukkah

The 29-year-old had traveled to Temple Israel by Uber on December 7, and approached the house of worship's entrance with a Kel-Tec 12-gauge pump shotgun.

Albany, New York

Victoria police seek synagogue vandal who threatened revenge against 'child-killing Jew-monsters'

The grey-haired Caucasian man is suspected of scrawling threatening antisemitic messages on a pillar at the entrance of the synagogue on August 2.

Canada's oldest synagogue, Congregation Emanu-El in Victoria, B.C., was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti.

Rising antisemitism: Dangerous return to dark times - opinion

This is not just a Jewish problem. The time is now to urge people, especially non-Jews, to speak up before it’s too late.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators carry a banner during a protest against the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship in the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, June 12, 2025.

Canadian leaders condemn beating of Montreal Jewish father in front of children

"The attack on a Jewish father in Montreal late yesterday, in front of his own children, is an appalling act of violence," Canadian Prime MInister Mark Carney said.

 Downtown Montreal as seen from Mount Royal.

Don’t Look Away: Confront Antisemitism Now

Antisemitic graffiti, slurs, and protests are going unchecked. Reporting hate is our first line of defense—before it spreads further and becomes the new normal.

Antisemitic slurs in  Tzoumerka, Greece

US brings hate crime charges against suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers

The Justice Department said it would seek hate crime charges and the death penalty against Elias Rodriguez.

 YARON LISCHINSKY and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were killed on May 21, 2025 as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.