– Leo Terrell brings the Trump administration’s antisemitism crackdown to cities nationwide
– Suspect with a syringe arrested over alleged attacks on Jewish New Yorkers
– Rabbi weighs the cost of New York’s new antisemitism strategy
Justice Department antisemitism task force leader Leo Terrell is taking the federal response to hate crimes across the country. Accusing local leaders of failing to adequately safeguard synagogues, schools and Jewish communities, Terrell is deploying federal prosecutors and FBI personnel to cities including New York and Detroit to investigate antisemitic incidents and enforce civil rights laws.
Leo Terrell, senior counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights, leads the Justice Department’s new Task Force to Combat Antisemitism. (Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Parishad Kavyani was raised in the Islamic Republic of Iran before later moving to Canada. She now explains how her childhood experiences challenged the assumptions behind modern activism—and why she ultimately left the pro-Palestinian movement she once supported.
A violent Midtown Manhattan rampage ended with an arrest after 32-year-old Anna Mochalova was accused of targeting Jewish people. Police allege she stabbed a man from behind near the Diamond District before slashing another man who was wearing a yarmulke. Investigators say the suspect also approached a third man and asked whether he was Jewish, then apologized and fled after learning he was Muslim.
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Federal agents say they stopped a potential bloodbath in Utah after 22-year-old Skyler Rose allegedly posted online about wanting to kill Jews. A search of his Ogden residence reportedly uncovered six live pipe bombs, bomb-making materials and two rifles. Rose faces serious hate crime, explosives and child sexual abuse charges that could result in decades behind bars if convicted.
Holocaust educator Dov Forman is pressing New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani to study Britain’s forceful response to antisemitism in schools. The United Kingdom adopted 27 measures, including stricter reporting requirements and formal definitions of anti-Jewish hatred. Critics contend Mamdani’s 33-page proposal is too vague, avoids important definitions and offers few measurable protections for Jewish students.
Swedish political scientist and author Daniel Schatz is warning that climate activist Greta Thunberg’s record deserves closer examination. He points to what he describes as her movement toward anti-Israel extremism, including support for “Zionism is racism” resolutions, participation in radical demonstrations and acceptance of awards connected to terrorism sympathizers. Schatz says her activities should face scrutiny rather than automatic praise, while also raising questions about who finances her international activism.
“It’s a million dollars in security in a city with a million Jews. It’s a dollar a Jew.” — Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz, senior rabbi of New York’s Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, describing the cost of Mayor Mamdani’s antisemitism plan.
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