JERSEY CITY (VINnews) — The names of two of the murder victims in today’s shooting in Jersey City have been cleared for release. The names are: Moshe Hersh Deutch, 24, son of Sholom Deutch of Williamsburg Leah Mindel Ferentz, 33. She was the Moshe Dovid Ferentz, and the daughter of Binyomin Hersh Greenfeld These 2 […]

JERSEY CITY, NJ (VINnews) — The JC Kosher Supermarket, where at least 2 Jews were killed in a shooting spree that left 3 civilians and 1 officer dead, was a targeted location in the attack. That’s according to Jersey City mayor Steve Fulop, who tweeted, “Based on our initial investigation (which is ongoing) we now […]

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gunbattle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy gunfire for hours, authorities said. The dead included two suspects, Jersey City Police Chief Michael Kelly said. The shooting took place at […]

JERSEY CITY (VINnews) —  An estimated 100 families from a number of Chasidic sects based in Brooklyn and rarely seen in Jersey City have bought over the last few years a scattering of faded but roomy wood-frame rowhouses whose prices are less than half what homes of similar size would cost in New York — […]

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Billionaire philanthropist Ronald Lauder is funding a $25 million campaign against political candidates in the United States who support or normalize anti-Semitism. Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, announced the new campaign, called the Anti-Semitism Accountability Project, or ASAP, on Monday. The effort will include a nonprofit organization and a […]

PARIS (JTA) — An Israeli student in Paris was beaten on the Metro train after he spoke on the phone in Hebrew, according to France’s National Bureau of Vigilance Against anti-Semitism, or BNVCA. The student identified as B. Yogev, 30, entered the metro train at the Château d’Eau station in Paris on Monday morning and […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Michelle Farber has spent decades teaching Talmud to Jewish women. But when her first child was born, she was relieved it was a boy. “When my son was born, I said, ‘Good, we had a boy first, it’ll give the world a little time to catch up for women,’” Farber said. “Well, […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The anti-Semite who threatened a Jewish man in a Five Towns Costco store, and told him the Nazis will get him, has now been arrested. The man, identified as Justin Pichazaca, is a resident of Jamaica, Queens. The police have revealed that Pichazaca has a prior juvenile record. His record is […]

BELGIUM (JTA) — Belgium has formally asked UNESCO to delist as a heritage event one of the kingdom’s main parades over allegations of anti-Semitism. The request to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization considerably increases the probability for removal of the Aalst Carnival, whose previous edition featured effigies of grinning Jews holding money […]