Hate crime

Suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers in Washington pleads not guilty

Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, is facing nine federal charges including murder of a foreign official and perpetrating a hate crime resulting in death.

 ELIAS RODRIGUEZ appears, as depicted in a sketch, last Thursday at a US District Court, where he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum. He reportedly told police: ‘I did it for Palestine; I did it for Gaza.’
  A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. March 22, 2017.

'I am antisemitic': Elderly Jewish woman stabbed in Ottawa store by man with antisemitic history

 Member of Parliament Josh Burns walks past the damaged Adass Israel Synagogue on December 10, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.

Exposing a global strategy of antisemitism as political warfare - opinion

Timur Mamatov, 20, pled guilty to assulting OSU students because of their Jewish identity.

Ohio man pleads guilty to assaulting students because they were Jewish


'Killing him a second time': Memorial tree to murdered French Jew Ilan Halimi cut down

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli wrote: "Mr. Macron, you have cut down the tree with your own hands and through your actions."

A tree that was planted to honor slain French Jew  Ilan Halimi was cut down.

New York man sentenced for firing shotgun outside Albany synagogue during Hanukkah

The 29-year-old had traveled to Temple Israel by Uber on December 7, and approached the house of worship's entrance with a Kel-Tec 12-gauge pump shotgun.

Albany, New York

Victoria police seek synagogue vandal who threatened revenge against 'child-killing Jew-monsters'

The grey-haired Caucasian man is suspected of scrawling threatening antisemitic messages on a pillar at the entrance of the synagogue on August 2.

Canada's oldest synagogue, Congregation Emanu-El in Victoria, B.C., was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti.

Rising antisemitism: Dangerous return to dark times - opinion

This is not just a Jewish problem. The time is now to urge people, especially non-Jews, to speak up before it’s too late.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators carry a banner during a protest against the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship in the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, June 12, 2025.

Canadian leaders condemn beating of Montreal Jewish father in front of children

"The attack on a Jewish father in Montreal late yesterday, in front of his own children, is an appalling act of violence," Canadian Prime MInister Mark Carney said.

 Downtown Montreal as seen from Mount Royal.

Don’t Look Away: Confront Antisemitism Now

Antisemitic graffiti, slurs, and protests are going unchecked. Reporting hate is our first line of defense—before it spreads further and becomes the new normal.

Antisemitic slurs in  Tzoumerka, Greece

US brings hate crime charges against suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers

The Justice Department said it would seek hate crime charges and the death penalty against Elias Rodriguez.

 YARON LISCHINSKY and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were killed on May 21, 2025 as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.

Jews remain most targeted religious group in the US, FBI report finds

California saw the highest number of hate crimes, followed by New Jersey and then New York.

A community gathering at the site of an attack against a group people holding a vigil for kidnapped Israeli citizens in Gaza oin Boulder, Colorado on June 4, 2025; illustrative.

Police indict individual for stabbing transgender person in Kiryat Yam apartment

The indictment was filed against the suspect through the Haifa District Attorney's Office, with a request by police to extend his detention.

 Israel Police and forensic teams at the site of the murder of a three-year-old in east Jerusalem, July 7, 2025.

WATCH: Suspect in deadly Boulder antisemitic attack faces 184 charges, federal hate crimes

Colorado shooter Mohamed Soliman's indictment now lists a total of 184 counts. He has also been federally indicted on 12 hate crime charges.

 Suspect in deadly Boulder antisemitic attack faces 184 charges, federal hate crimes July 15, 2025

Australia's Victoria to start anti-hate task force after Melbourne synagogue arson

"Just as the fire came to the front door here of this (synagogue), it was stopped. So too must we put a stop to antisemitism," Victoria state Premier Jacinta Allan said.

 Member of Parliament Josh Burns walks past the damaged Adass Israel Synagogue on December 10, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia.