Terminated female instructor encouraged recruits to use gesture 'because I'm a hardass like Hitler'

Reverend laments anti-Semitic violence, especially assaults carried out by African-Americans, in talks with Rabbi Marc Schneier

Police, civilian volunteers on guard in Brooklyn Jewish neighborhoods as Mayor Bill de Blasio vows to step up security measures following spate of attacks

Grafton Thomas hit with additional hate crime charges; wrote about Hitler and apparently researched Jewish targets on internet

Grafton Thomas, accused Hanukkah attacker, has no record of violence or anti-Semitism, is not a member of hate groups, relatives say

Residents describe confusion, foreboding following assault in New York rabbi's home, but come together to welcome a new Torah scroll in a festive show of unity

'When will enough be enough,' says ADL chief after 10th anti-Semitic incident in New York region in a week; Jewish communities hold events with locked doors and armed guards

Grafton Thomas, 37, denies charges, ordered held in custody; suspect arrested 30 miles from crime scene after witnesses give police license plate of his car

'He started hitting people right and left,' says Joseph Gluck, describing how he tried to stop machete-wielding assailant at Monsey Hanukkah celebration

Canada's Trudeau says incident a 'sad reminder of the rising numbers of such heinous acts'; Bahrain denounces 'terrorist' knife assault, without mentioning Jewish victims