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Jewish Ledger NY Jews began to unite against antisemitism after deadly attacks. Then COVID happened. By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) – When 25,000 Jews marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Jan. 5, Evan Bernstein felt something he hadn’t experienced in weeks: optimism. Not even a month earlier, he had prayed with the small Orthodox community in Jersey City, New Jersey, next to the spot where shooters had just killed three people at a kosher supermarket after gunning down a police officer. Eighteen days later, when a man with a machete entered a rabbi’s home in Monsey,...

323 shares Emergency responders work at a kosher supermarket, the site of a shooting in Jersey City, New Jersey, December 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) NEW YORK (JTA) — When 25,000 Jews marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on January 5, 2020, Evan Bernstein felt something he hadn’t experienced in weeks: optimism. Not even a month earlier, he had prayed with the small Orthodox community in Jersey City, New Jersey, next to the spot where shooters had just killed three people at a kosher supermarket after gunning down a police officer. Eighteen days later, when a man with a machete ent...

Is when the device detonated. according to the nypd, intentionally. the subway gets extremely crowded in the morning. there were only four people injured. it is pretty much a miracle. only slightly injured. steph? >> gosh, i mean, if you think about the crisis that was averted today, when you look at the images, for those of you who have been to new york, port authority, times square, two weeks before christmas. mitchell, you created the deep web, the dark net cyber intelligence unit to focus on terrorism threats in new york city. tell us what the unit does. i just look at the images and i'm a...

Injuries. this 27-year-old man, for some information, is an immigrant from bangladesh, who currently lives in brooklyn. authorities indicate he made some comments about isis but wouldn't elaboration. the new york city mayor said it appears he did act alone. >> let's be clear, as new yorkers, our lives revolve around the subways. when we hear of an attack in the subway, it is incredibly unsettling. let's be also clear, this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals. >> we will go forward together, all the service will resume. let's go back t...

Of cyber units for the new york city police intelligence division. i'll start with mitchell. thank you for the work you do. stephan stephanie, to you, give us the new information. who is this guy? who does he do for a living? what are the police looking for in his house? >> reporter: we're learning he was a former taxi driver. police are there right now searching his house. obviously, they're going to try to look for whatever he used to make this explosive device. as you've described it, this is a pretty unsophisticated device, as described by the nypd. it is a pipe bomb that was attached with...