Antisemitism accounts for over half of NYC hate crimes, NYPD data shows
Police say Montes faces 14 charges, including six hate crimes, after injuring two people and damaging candles and sanctuary property during services.
- On Friday night, New York City police arrested Larry Montes, 46, after he disrupted Shabbat services at Manhattan's Central Synagogue, assaulting a 63-year-old congregant and a 65-year-old security guard.
- Prosecutors charged Montes with 14 counts, including six hate crimes, after he allegedly claimed to be "God" and called congregants "fake Jews," per CBS News transcripts from the Manhattan district attorney's office.
- Over the weekend, vandals broke into Kehilat Kol HaNeshamah in Jerusalem's Baka neighborhood, damaging the building and tearing down Pride flags at the Reform congregation previously targeted for its LGBTQ community support.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the attack, saying "This despicable act has no place in our city," while NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch stated "a place of worship should never be a crime scene."
- Anti-Jewish hate crimes surged 182% in Mamdani's first month in office, with observers noting both attacks targeted synagogues during Shabbat, violating what ancient sages termed a "mikdash me'at," or sanctuary in miniature.
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Cleveland Jewish NewsVandals attack prominent Reform synagogue in Jerusalem
Police have opened an investigation into the incident at Kol HaNeshamah, in which the assailants damaged the building and tore down Pride flags. The post Vandals attack prominent Reform synagogue in Jerusalem appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Mamdani's New York: Man Charged with Hate Crime After Randomly Attacking Jewish Woman, 63, at Synagogue
A 46-year-old man has been charged with a hate crime after chaos erupted at Central Synagogue in Manhattan Friday night. Larry Montes, 46, of the Bronx was arrested, NYPD Commissioner […] The post Mamdani's New York: Man Charged with Hate Crime After Randomly Attacking Jewish Woman, 63, at Synagogue appeared first on The Western Journal.
Antisemitism accounts for over half of NYC hate crimes, NYPD data shows
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Antisemitism continues to rise among New Yorkers, NYPD Data shows, following two more incidents targeting Jewish New Yorkers in the last few days. Jewish people were targeted 181 times in the first half of the year in New York City, 56% of all hate crimes confirmed by the NYPD. Sunday, [...]
From NYC to Jerusalem: What two synagogue attacks reveal about hatred of Judaism
(RNS) — Most of the time, when a Jewish congregation rises to greet someone at a Shabbat service, they are welcoming the mystical presence of the Shabbat bride. That is the way it should be. But — and it may shock you to read this — not everyone is welcome in a synagogue. Like, for example, Larry Montes, 46, of the Bronx, who was charged with a hate crime for assaulting two people at a Reform temple in New York City on Friday evening (Aug. 14). …
On my first Shabbat in NYC, the sanctuary was attacked
I don’t often go to synagogue. Outside of the High Holidays, it is not somewhere I would ordinarily find myself on a Friday night. In the last few years, I have made a point of spending Shabbat with my grandmother. We light candles, eat together and let the week recede for a few hours. I don’t see it as an obligation so much as the comfort of doing something that has been done before, by people I love, in a rhythm that existed long before I did.…
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