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The Jewish Week By Stewart Ain January 1, 2020 $4 million UJA-Fed. security effort, beefed-up NYPD presence and calls for National Guard follow Monsey assault. A vicious machete assault at a rabbi’s home in upstate Monsey capped a month of startling anti-Semitic attacks and prompted action by political leaders and Jewish organizations, including a $4 million plan by UJA-Federation of New York, to deploy security experts throughout the area. “It’s clear that more needs to be done from a security...

The Jerusalem Post December 31, 2019 A group of African-American clergy and civil rights leaders gathered by the Rev. Al Sharpton met with a New York rabbi in the wake of the attack on Jews in Monsey. The African-American leaders met Monday with Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, to condemn the spate of attacks on Jews in New York in recent weeks. “I am terribly disturbed by the recent antisemitic attacks on Jews, and particularly because they were perpetrated...

Arutz Sheva By Marcy Oster December 31, 2019 Following Jersey City and Monsey attacks, Al Sharpton convenes black leaders for meeting with Rabbi Marc Schneier. A group of African-American clergy and civil rights leaders gathered by the Rev. Al Sharpton met with a New York rabbi in the wake of the attack on Jews in Monsey. The African-American leaders met Monday with Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, to condemn the spate of attacks on Jews in New York in recent...

AM New York By Ryan Tarinelli, Jim Mustian and Larry Neumeister December 31, 2019 A man charged with federal hate crimes Monday in a bloody attack on a Hanukkah celebration had handwritten journals containing anti-Semitic references and had recently used his phone to look up information on Hitler and the location of synagogues, authorities said. Grafton Thomas, 37, was held without bail after appearing in federal court in White Plains on five counts of obstructing the free exercise of religious...

Times of Israel By Marcy Oster December 31, 2019 Reverend laments anti-Semitic violence, especially assaults carried out by African-Americans, in talks with Rabbi Marc Schneier A group of African-American clergy and civil rights leaders gathered by the Rev. Al Sharpton met with a New York rabbi in the wake of the attack on Jews in Monsey. The African-American leaders met Monday with Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, to condemn the spate of attacks on Jews...

Arab Daily News By Ray Hanania December 31, 2019 Arab and Muslim Americans were quick to express outrage over an attack that injured five people at the home of a Hassidic Rabbi near New York that received international news media coverage. Statements came from across the country and from Arab government representatives. Arab and Muslim Americans were quick to respond in solidarity with Jewish Americans over a vicious knife attack targeting a Hanukah celebration held at a Hassidic Rabbi’s home in...

WSB-TV By Ryan Tarinelli, Jim Mustian and Larry Neumeister December 31, 2019 Thomas charged with stabbing 5 at Hanukkah party at rabbi’s home A man charged with federal hate crimes Monday in a bloody attack on a Hanukkah celebration had handwritten journals containing anti-Semitic references and had recently used his phone to look up information on Hitler and the location of synagogues, authorities said. Grafton Thomas, 37, was held without bail after appearing in federal court in White Plains...

The Root Chante Griffin December 31, 2019 Rev. Al Sharpton denounced anti-Semitism Monday after 37-year-old Grafton Thomas from Orange County, New York, was charged with a federal hate crime in the Dec. 28 stabbing of five Jewish people during a Hanukkah celebration. Sharpton spoke at a press conference at the National Action Network in New York, alongside Black and Jewish leaders, ABC News reports. “We’ve gathered this morning because over the last several days, there has been several attacks and...

New York Daily News By Trevor Boyer and Leonard Green December 30, 2019 Black and Jewish leaders joined forces Monday to speak out against anti-Semitic attacks in the wake of a madman’s machete onslaught that left five men wounded at a Chanukah celebration in Rockland County. Even with a black man in custody and charged with hate crimes for the attack at a Hasidic rabbi’s Monsey, N.Y., home, religious leaders and elected officials partnered in peace to denounce a violent bias blitz that has Jews...

Jewish Telegraphic Agency By Marcy Oster December 30, 2019 A group of African-American clergy and civil rights leaders gathered by the Rev. Al Sharpton met with a New York rabbi in the wake of the attack on Jews in Monsey. The African-American leaders met Monday with Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, to condemn the spate of attacks on Jews in New York in recent weeks. “I am terribly disturbed by the recent anti-Semitic attacks on Jews, and particularly because...