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'I stand with you': NYPD head Jessica Tisch speaks at NYC synagogue a week after antisemitic attack

The commissioner said the NYPD has been tracking attacks targeting Jewish victims across the globe ever since Hamas and terrorist groups attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.

Jessica Tisch speaks after being sworn in as the next Commissioner of the New York Police Department (NYPD)
Students wait a line to enter the school on the first day of classes at New York City public schools in Manhattan, US, September 4, 2025; Illustrative.

Most antisemitic incidents in NYC schools involve direct harassment, vandalism, and threats - study

Central Synagogue in Manhattan.

Jewish watchdog urges NYPD to increase officers in hot spots after synagogue attack

New York Police Department officers stand guard at Central Synagogue in New York, US, December 11, 2019.

Bronx man arrested, charged with hate crimes after disrupting NYC synagogue services


NYPD reports 69 antisemitic hate crimes in October, marking a surge since start of war

In some of the anti-Jewish incidents last month, three Jewish men were shot with a BB gun in Brooklyn, an Israeli student was struck with a stick at Columbia University, and a man punched a woman.

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NYPD officer charged with faking her own harassment, blaming colleagues

“This is a case of a harassed woman and it is riddled with mystery and confusion,” her attorney Paul DerOhannesian said.

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The NYPD reports a decrease in anti-Jewish hate crimes in 2023

The ADL report said that antisemitic incidents spiked 36% nationwide last year.

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12-year-old arrested in connection to antisemitic attacks in NY

The police are still looking for the other two people who were involved in the attack.

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New Year's Eve attack on New York police linked to Islamist extremism

The attack, which officials say was unprovoked, took place before midnight outside a secure area set up for New Year's Eve celebrations.

 A New York police officer of the anti-terrorism unit patrols the 36th St. subway station, a day after a shooting incident took place in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, April 13, 2022

Plan to attack NYC Jews was 'not an idle threat'- Mayor Adams

NYPD have increased security at synagogues and other Jewish institutions as a result of the threats and Adams said the extra protection for the city's 1.6 million Jews would continue through Hanukkah

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In new miniseries ‘The Calling,’ an NYPD detective’s Judaism helps him solve crimes

Avraham is considered the best detective in the department: He knows how to ask the right questions, how to bear witness to the tragedy, and how to continue to advocate for justice.

Emergency personnel respond at the scene where NYPD officers were shot while responding to a domestic violence call in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, US, January 21, 2022.

New York man vandalizes a Chabad sukkah on the Upper East Side

Rabbi Uriel Zigler told CBS New York, that despite what the man did, he would still invite the man to "share a meal, a hug and spread love."

 BUILDING A SUKKAH in Safed.

Newspaper boxes vandalized in Queens, NY with swastikas

Assemblymember Daniel Rosenthal is the first elected official in Queens to publicly condemn this antisemitic vandalism on the newspaper boxes.

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Antisemitic hate crimes in New York up 92% in March - NYPD

More antisemitic incidents were reported in New York during March than any other type of hate crime.

New York City police officers block hassidic men from entering a synagogue, closed due to COVID-19, in Brooklyn, in March 2020.