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Nearly two dozen residents from the greater Riverdale area penned an open letter last month asking the Riverdale Jewish community leadership to guide their congregants regarding the controversial judiciary reform proposal being floated in Israel.
On Tuesday, May 3, the Riverdale community gathered at the Riverdale Y for a Yom Hazikaron tekes.
Evan Bernstein, CEO and national director of Community Security Service, an organization that trains volunteer security squads for synagogues, said Burnette’s release is a source of pain for Riverdale’s Jews. “There’s some very unhappy people in Riverdale right now,” Bernstein said. In the days after Burnette’s release, several national organizations objected to the judge’s decision and called for the bail reform bill to be amended to allow judges to set bail for perpetrators of hate crimes. Agudath Israel, a Haredi Orthodox advocacy organization, reiterated its support for an a...
When a suspect in a series of synagogue attacks in the Riverdale section of the Bronx was released by a judge without bail, it was a tough pill for some in the Jewish community to swallow.
Release of suspect in Bronx synagogue attacks reignites debate over bail reform May 5, 2021 3:05 pm Jordan Burnette, the suspect in a series of synagogue attacks in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, is being charged with burglary as a hate crime. (Screenshot from WCBS-2) Advertisement (JTA) — When a suspect in a series of synagogue attacks in the Riverdale section of the Bronx was released by a judge without bail Sunday evening, it was a tough pill for some in the Jewish community to swallow. It also revived a debate among Jews over New York state’s eliminatio...