Tensions Flare in Crown Heights as Extremist Group Targets ‘Zionist White Supremacists’ Over 1991 Incident

Tensions Flare in Crown Heights as Extremist Group Targets ‘Zionist White Supremacists’ Over 1991 Incident

(JTA) – Around 20 masked activists stood on a street corner Tuesday night in Crown Heights, distributing fliers accusing “zionist white supremacists” of murdering a child whose accidental death sparked antisemitic violence in the neighborhood in 1991. Their audience featured both counter-protesters drawn from the Chabad Lubavitch movement they targeted and security officials charged with […]

Tensions flare in Crown Heights as extremist group targets ‘Zionist white supremacists’ over 1991 incident

(JTA) — Around 20 masked activists stood on a street corner Tuesday night in Crown Heights, distributing fliers accusing “zionist white supremacists” of murdering a child whose accidental death sparked antisemitic violence in the neighborhood in 1991. Their audience featured both counter-protesters drawn from the Chabad Lubavitch movement they targeted and security officials charged with keeping the peace. Local officials had denounced the rally…

Tensions flare in Crown Heights as extremist group targets ‘zionist white supremacists’ over 1991 incident

Around 20 masked activists stood on a street corner Tuesday night in Crown Heights, distributing fliers accusing “zionist white supremacists” of murdering a child whose accidental death sparked antisemitic violence in the neighborhood in 1991.

Tensions flare in Crown Heights as extremist group targets 'zionist white supremacists' over 1991 incident - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Crown Heights Bites Back held a vigil to commemorate the killing of a Black child that sparked antisemitic riots.

Masked activists spark confrontation at vigil in Crown Heights

Crown Heights Bites Back members shoved a Jewish man that attempted to approach their vigil for Gavin Cato on August 19, 2025. (Grace Gilson) (JTA) — Around 20 masked activists stood on a street corner Tuesday night in Crown Heights, distributing fliers accusing “zionist white supremacists” of murdering a child whose accidental death sparked antisemitic violence in the neighborhood in 1991. Their audience featured both counter-protesters drawn f…