How Can We Better Protect Jews in 2020?

Photo Credit: Asher Schwartz Anti-Semitic hate crimes are not new. Ever since the FBI first compiled statistics on such crimes in 1992, America’s Jews have been their main target. Yet, the horrific events of the last few weeks – capping two years of escalating violence, mayhem, and murder – signal to us that we must […]

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4.9 Magnitude Earthquake hits 40 Miles from Iran’s Russian Made Nuclear Power Plant

Photo Credit: Iranian President’s Office press image President Hassan Rouhani visits the Bushehr nuclear power plant outside Bushehr, Iran, Jan. 13, 2015. A 4.9 magnitude earthquake struck some 6 miles southeast of Borazjan, Bushehr Province, Iran, and 40 miles from Iran’s controversial Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake […]

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NYPD to Include Hate Crimes in CompStat Reports

Photo Credit: Wikimedia / AdmiralHalsey NYPD officers in Crown Heights, Brooklyn Police Commissioner Dermot Shea announced Tuesday (Jan. 7) that the New York Police Department (NYPD) will incorporate hate crimes into CompStat) Crime Stats reports for the first time, negating the need for a City Council bill proposed by City Council member Chaim Deutsch and […]

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