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A New York man was been arrested and charged for setting fire to a Jewish school and synagogue in Brooklyn, the Justice Department said.

05-22-2021 (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File) Reports of anti-Semitic vandalism and attacks increased in American cities during the 11-days of fighting between Israel and Hamas. Police in New York City arrested a man in connection with the beating of a Jewish man in Times Square on Thursday, labeling the brutal act a hate crime. Waseem Awawdeh of Brooklyn was arrested and charged with assault as a hate crime, gang assault, menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon, according to a tweet from poli...

A 38-year-old man was arrested Thursday for allegedly punching an Asian man in Hell’s Kitchen and biting off his fingertip after yelling at him to “go back...

Protests turned violent in Times Square on Thursday evening as pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators faced off, and the NYPD said its Hate Crimes Task Force was investigating a group assault on a Jewish man nearby.

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters clash in New York City, leading to over two dozen arrests By Sophie Lewis Israel-Hamas cease-fire holds so far More than two dozen people were arrested in New York City on Thursday night after violence broke out between hundreds of pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters. The clashes came as Israel and Hamas militants agreed to a cease-fire, which took effect at 2 a.m. local time Friday.  The New York Police Department told CBS Ne...

The NYPD released a sketch of a suspect Friday, about three weeks after an Asian woman was punched in the face in an unprovoked attack at a lower Manhattan subway station.

arrow View all 8 More than two dozen people were arrested near Times Square on Thursday, including a 23-year-old accused of an anti-Semitic hate crime, as street fights erupted between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators. The dueling rallies drew hundreds of people to the streets of Midtown just hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire in the bruising conflict thats killed approximately 243 people in Gaza and 12 in Israel. In Manhattan on Thursday, the confrontation be...

This shouldnt happen to anyone: Victim in anti-Semitic assault speaks out Replay Video UP NEXT A 29-year-old Jewish man was attacked in a gang assault in Midtown that is now being investigated as a hate crime, as pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protesters clashed in Times Square Thursday night, resulting in more than two dozen arrests. One person is in custody, and up to six more are being sought. The victim, Joe Borgen, was wearing a yarmulke and walking to the pro-Israel protest when he was ...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Thursday condemned attacks on Jewish New Yorkers after a man was beaten in Times Square on Thursday amid dueling protests by pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups.

The Associated Press View Comments NEW YORK — More than two dozen people were arrested as pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashed in New York Citys Times Square and police were investigating the gang assault of a Jewish man as a hate crime, police said Friday. “It’s absolutely disgusting and unacceptable,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said on WNYC public radio. “We had a man viciously beaten simply because he appeared to some individuals to be Jewish. We had folks throwing very p...