A man accused of storming into a rabbi’s home and stabbing five people as they celebrated Chanukah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City – has been charged with Federal Hate Crime charges. Grafton Thomas was expected to appear in federal court in White Plains to face five counts of obstructing the […]
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Agudath Israel has announced that it has arranged for expanded and expedited parking to be available at the new American Dream for those attending the Siyum Hashas at MetLife Stadium. “This arrangement will help with the flow of traffic and the overflow crowd expected to be parking at The Siyum,” remarked Rabbi Shai Markowitz, Director […]
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A man brandishing a machete indiscriminately stabbed 5 innocent Hasidic worshippers celebrating Chanukah in the home of a Rockland County, New York rabbi last night, continuing the frightening string of anti-Semitic violence gripping our nation. We commend New York Governor Andrew Cuomo; New York Attorney General Letitia James; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, […]
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Should Orthodox Jews be armed like this? Assault rifles? Handguns quietly hidden in their pants? No guns at all? Hire armed guards to protect our Shul’s? What do you think? Sound off in the comments below. These photos and videos were taken on Sunday afternoon at the Hachnosas Sefer Torah at Scheiner’s Shul in Monsey, […]
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Statement from Mr. Naftali Silberberg, Secretary, Congregation Netzach Yisroel on behalf of Rabbi and Rebbetzin Rottenberg, their family and the entire Congregation: First and foremost, we would like to publicly proclaim our thanks to the One Above who performed a modern-day Chanukah miracle. Last night’s brutal attack sent shock waves through our community and around […]
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The following statement was given to YWN by the office of U.S. Senator Schumer, the self-proclaimed “Shomer Yisroel”. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, after a phone briefing by the FBI, released the following statement regarding the horrific attack against the Jewish community in Monsey, New York. The Senator also spoke to Mayor Izzy Spitzer and Rabbi […]
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First we were told that the hate was caused by President Trump. We knew it was a lie, because not one hate crime in NYC was carried out by a Trump supporter. Yet these are the talking points served to us by the liberal anti Trump establishment led by NYC Mayor Bill Deblasio and Governor […]
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The Guardian Angels, a private, unarmed crime-prevention group, said it would start patrolling New York City’s Brooklyn borough on Sunday following a series of anti-Semitic attacks. Curtis Sliwa, who founded the organization in 1979 in New York City, said the patrols would start at noon in the Crown Heights neighborhood and expand to Williamsburg and […]
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The suspect in the Monsey has been named as Thomas E. Grafton, 37, of Greenwood Lake, NY. He was apprehended with “blood all over him.” The Ramapo Police Chief announced that he will be charged with 5 counts of attempted murder and burglary. He’s being held in Ramapo and will be arraigned today. Law-enforcement sources […]

As could have been expected, NY Governor Cuomo was bright and early for this mornings photo-op at the home of Rabbi Rottenberg.
Cuomo said Sunday that the stabbing in a rabbi’s home that wounded five people was evidence of a “cancer in the body politic,” as he said the attack was fueled by intolerance and called it an act of domestic terrorism.