3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (168+ words) The Chicago Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect who allegedly assaulted a passenger on a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train while making antisemitic remarks, according to a police community alert issued on Tuesday. Police…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (942+ words) Larry Montes, 46, looked “subdued” when he pleaded not guilty in court to disrupting Shabbat services at Central Synagogue, a Reform congregation in Midtown, attacking two people and damaging religious property on Aug. 14, Serena Smulansky told JNS. Smulansky, who is part…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1378+ words) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s visit to Eichler’s Judaica store in Borough Park on Wednesday was an “embarrassment” that allowed him to portray himself as an ally of Jews while continuing to promote anti-Israel views, Inna Vernikov, a Jewish…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (301+ words) The New York City Council has allocated $1 million to help students visit the 9/11 Memorial & Museum and learn about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “I’m very happy to hear that the City Council is recognizing the need for our next generation to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (264+ words) James McDonald, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, has asked a judge to detain Larry Montes, who allegedly assaulted a congregant at Central Synagogue in New York, pending trial. Montes was arrested and charged with hate crimes for…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (253+ words) The New York City Police Department released video footage on Monday of two suspects in hate crime attacks on Queens synagogues on July 16. The NYPD asked the public to help identify the two, who are suspected of throwing bags of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (609+ words) New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch attended Shabbat services at Central Synagogue on Friday following an alleged hate-motivated attack that disrupted the Manhattan congregation’s service, telling attendees that Jewish New Yorkers should not have to accept fear as the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (190+ words) The Boston Police Department told JNS that a driver who accelerated into a crosswalk and allegedly shouted at two Jews, who were walking to synagogue last Friday night, did not intend to “drive at somebody.” “They may have driven through…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (364+ words) A Bronx man faces federal hate crime charges after allegedly assaulting a Jewish congregant and a black security guard during Shabbat services at Central Synagogue in Manhattan, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday. Larry Montes, 46, was charged with two hate…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1112+ words) Officers arrested Larry Montes, 46, of the Bronx, on Friday night and charged him with 14 charges, including six hate crimes, after he allegedly hit a 63-year-old woman and spat upon and heat-butted a 65-year-old security guard at Central Synagogue in Manhattan…...