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Man convicted of punching a barrister in antisemitic attack
3+ week, 1+ day ago (424+ words) Nathaniel Bor was standing with a friend in public when a man approached and asked if he was Jewish, before assaulting him when he said replied A man who punched a London barrister after asking if he was Jewish has…...
Jewish music producer pushed in front of car by man shouting ‘vile’ antisemitic abuse
3+ week, 3+ day ago (313+ words) Brian Harris claimed the assailant was shouting and said he wanted the Jews to die An acclaimed Jewish music producer was pushed in front of an oncoming car in Finchley on Sunday in an alleged antisemitic attack. Brian Harris, who…...
Driver charged with hate crime after pick-up truck rammed into gates of Brisbane’s largest synagogue
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (367+ words) The Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies said the community has been left "deeply distressed" A driver has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly'ramming the gates of Brisbane"s biggest synagogue with his vehicle "the latest in'a series of…...
Man ‘obsessed with Judaism’ who threw Jewish neighbour from 17th-floor balcony ‘not motivated by antisemitism’
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (301+ words) The defendant pushed his 89-year-old neighbour to his death in 2022 A man who threw his 89-year-old Jewish neighbour from the 17th-floor of an apartment block in Lyon has been convicted of murder. Rachid Kheniche, 55, invited Ren" Hadjadj to his apartment…...
Man arrested after car ramming attack on Chabad world headquarters in New York
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (421+ words) The NYPD is investigating the incident as a hate crime and has stepped up security at synagogues in the city Chabad's world headquarters in New York City was repeatedly struck by a vehicle on Wednesday in an apparent ramming attack....
Stories from Holocaust survivors and refugees to be told in Manchester schools
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (569+ words) The initiative comes following the antisemitic terrorist attack on Heaton Park Synagogue Jewish Mancunians" contribution to the city will be taught in schools across Greater Manchester, following the Heaton Park Synagogue terrorist attack last year. The newly launched Sanctuary Through…...
Jewish great-grandfather died after wife of 27 years ‘fatally attacked’ him with knife, court hears
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (853+ words) The defendant, Daryl Berman, claimed her husband fell onto the knife he was carrying on a lunch tray A woman fatally stabbed her elderly husband of almost 30 years and then claimed his death was the result of a tragic accident,…...
Neo-Nazi admits plot to target Jewish schoolchildren with poisoned sweets
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (629+ words) Prosecutors say Michail Chkhikvishvili was also trying to hire a recruit to dress up as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned sweets to minority children The head of a European neo-Nazi network, who tried to recruit an accomplice to target…...
Israeli woman arrested after ‘burying Holocaust-survivor mother in garden’
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (408+ words) Sharon Kantor is accused of failing to report the death so that she could continue to receive her mother's social security and Shoah reparation cheques An Israeli woman has been arrested after allegedly'burying her Holocaust-survivor mother in the back garden…...
East London shul says Federation charges putting it at risk
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (640+ words) Leytonstone and Wanstead Synagogue has filed a claim against the Federation at the London Beth Din A small East London Orthodox synagogue says its future is at risk because it cannot afford the levy imposed on it by the Federation…...