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Hatred has no place on L.I. in 2020
New York saw a spike in hate crimes directed at the Jewish community toward the end of 2019 — during Hanukkah, of all times. It was particularly disturbing . . . more
Religious schools and centers in the Five Towns are expected to receive $500,000 of more than $2 million in state money for security upgrades, possibly for cameras.
New York state to offer $500,000 to Five Towns yeshivas and centers
New York state will provide more than $2 million to Long Island religious schools and centers for safety improvements because of the recent spike in hate crimes and bias incidents across the metropolitan area. Five Towns schools and centers — organizations that are not schools — are expected to get $500,000. more
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U.S. representatives Peter King and Tom Suozzi joined Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, her Suffolk County counterpart, Steve Bellone, and HMTC Chairman Steven Markowitz, third from the right, to announce the formation of an island-wide taskforce against anti-Semitism and symbols of hate at a news conference on Dec. 9.
Uniting against hate on Long Island
In the U.S. and around the world, anti-Semitism has been on the rise. According to the Anti-Defamation League, a New York-based organization that works to fight anti-Semitism, there were 1,879 … more
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State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, center, and Assemblyman Charles Lavine, right, introduced legislation that would mandate education about the swastika and noose for students in grades six through 12.
Combating racist symbols
Local lawmakers gathered for a news conference in Rockville Centre on Aug. 13 to announce a bill proposed in the State Senate aimed at curbing hate crimes. The measure would direct all middle and … more
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Tone down the rhetoric — and pass tougher gun laws
In the wake of the country’s three most recent mass shootings, one of which has been classified as a hate crime, a conversation about white supremacy has entered the national narrative. more
Michael D. Cohen, eastern director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, will address anti-Semitism at Temple Israel of Lawrence on Feb. 28.
Temple Israel of Lawrence to host anti-Semitism talk
With anti-Semitic hate crimes on the rise, up 57 percent in 2017 from the previous year — a record jump for a one-year period according to the Anti-Defamation League — Temple Israel of Lawrence will host a talk and a question and answer session with Michael D. Cohen, eastern director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. more
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Edward Ruggiero, a Long Beach man, was charged with menacing as a hate crime after verbally attacking a 25-year-old Lynbrook woman with racial slurs on the Long Island Rail Road.
Long Beach man charged with hate crime after LIRR tirade
A Long Beach man was charged with menacing as a hate crime for verbally attacking a fellow Long Island Rail Road passenger last month, whom he threatened to physically assault, Queens District … more
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Stamping out this spate of hate
Over the past year and a half, the incidence of hate crimes has skyrocketed across the nation, and Long Island. Just a few weeks ago, swastikas were scrawled on sidewalks . . . more
About 100 residents of Wantagh, Seaford, Bellmore, East Meadow and Levittown joined religious leaders at Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church on Aug. 26 for a vigil against hate, bigotry and prejudice.
Finding light in the darkness
Light from an iPad screen glowed on Rabbi Howard Nacht’s face as he recounted recent anti-Semitic hate crimes on Long Island and across the country to a hushed crowd of 100 Wantagh, Seaford, … more
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Civil rights organization ID's hate groups on Long Island
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit civil rights advocacy organization, released its most recent census of organizations it deems hate groups on Feb. 15, identifying at least two that are active on Long Island. more
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