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Brooklyn man sentenced to 15 years in Iran-backed plot to kill anti-regime dissident Masih Alinejad

Carlisle Rivera, involved in an Iran-backed plot to kill Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiracy charges.

Iranian-American journalist, author, and political activist, Masih Alinejad speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Iran, January 15, 2026; illustrative.
Antisemitic vandalism found at a playground in Brooklyn.

Teens arrested after allegedly spray painting dozens of swastikas on Brooklyn playground

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces the appointment of Christine Clarke as chair and commissioner for the New York City Commission on Human Rights at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City, New York

US court rejects Mamdani's attempt to block real-estate deal involving Israeli-owned company

Interior of the Kingsbrook Synagogue.

Gov. Hochul says she stepped in to block demolition of historic Brooklyn shul


Baruch Lebovits, convicted Hassidic child abuser, dies at 71

Baruch Lebovits, a cantor from a prominent Hasidic family whose child abuse conviction shook up both his community and Brooklyn politics has died.

 The body of Baruch Lebovits, a convicted child abuser, is visible at his funeral in Jerusalem, July 4, 2022.

NY Israeli-style grill Laser Wolf named 'restaurant of the summer' by New York Post

According to a review of the restaurant, the high prices are worth the view alone.

Israeli kebab

NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom brings Holocaust education to Muslim school in Brooklyn

Kanter Freedom ,who is Muslim, used his NBA platform to speak out against Erdogan, which led to the Turkish government issuing a warrant for his arrest in 2017.

 ENES KANTER Freedom (right) plays in an NBA game in Boston for the Celtics in October.

Teen from Staten Island indicted for antisemitic attack in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

The victim of the crime suffered body and head pain, bruises on his face and mouth and an abrasion to the cheek • Jones has to return to court on June 24.

 A sign warns people of measles symptoms in the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2019.

$2 million gold tabernacle stolen from NYC church, angel statue decapitated

The church’s website describes the tabernacle as “a masterpiece and one of the most expensive tabernacles in the country."

 Someone got inside a New York City church and severed a head on an angel statue

47-year veteran of Brooklyn’s Acme Smoked Fish says farewell on his final ‘Fish Friday’

When Brownstein’s wife died earlier this year, many of the friends he made from Fish Fridays stopped by his house. “It was very touching.”

 Gary Brownstein, one of Acme Smoked Fish's production managers, started at the company in 1975. He is the grandson of Harry Brownstein, the company's founder.

Brooklyn Dem rapper running for office says antisemitic attacks are 'not a real threat'

New York Jewish leaders were quick to slam the tweet from Noah Weston, also known as Soul Khan, a Democratic Socialist known for his anti-cop rhetoric.

 A sign warns people of measles symptoms in the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2019.

ADL offers $5K reward following antisemitic assaults in Brooklyn

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to call NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.

New York City police officers block hassidic men from entering a synagogue, closed due to COVID-19, in Brooklyn, in March 2020.

NY rabbi punched, kicked by man making antisemitic remarks

The attacker said "what are you looking at?" before punching him in the head and face and saying "the Nazis should have killed you Jews" before fleeing.

NYPD vehicle370

Jewish cyclist killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run was an architect who studied multifaith spaces

Salitsky was an architectural designer working at ESKW/Architects in Manhattan.

 Eric Salitsky, an architectural designer who focused on multifaith worship spaces, passed away yesterday after being hit by a truck while cycling.