Surviving Hate Is A Heroic Act: Westchester Author Shares Her Father’s Tale Surviving Hate Is A Heroic Act: Westchester Author Shares Her Father’s Tale
Surviving Hate Is A Heroic Act: Westchester Author Shares Her Father’s Tale “Survivor’s guilt” is part of our lexicon now. But did you know it was first identified in the 1960s as a condition suffered by Holocaust survivors? Can you imagine, feeling such guilt for having survived when no one else — not your parents, your siblings, your friends, people you used to pass in the street — made it out alive? Seeing it as a failure of character that you lived when it’s really a testament to strength? “… he could not sing because expressing joy wasn’t something he could do.” Chappaqua’s Ella Scheinwald, an executive and management consultant and principal at NYC Advisors…
Swastikas Found Carved Into Montclair HS Chairs Marks Third Anti-Semitic Hate Act This Year Swastikas Found Carved Into Montclair HS Chairs Marks Third Anti-Semitic Hate Act This Year
Swastikas Found Carved Into Montclair HS Chairs Marks Third Anti-Semitic Hate Act This Year A pair of swastikas and an anti-Semitic phrase were carved into a chair at Montclair High School, making this the third incident involving such symbols on school grounds this academic year. The carvings were found Monday by a teacher assigned to the classroom, who immediately reported the incident to school officials. It was not known when the carvings were done. "This display has no place within our four walls and community," Principal Anthony Grosso said in an email to parents. "This will not be tolerated." The incident is being investigated by township police and Montclair's district …
Swastika Drawn On Student's Desk At High School In Area, Police Say Swastika Drawn On Student's Desk At High School In Area, Police Say
Swastika Drawn On Student's Desk At High School In Area, Police Say A swastika was found drawn on a desk inside a Rockland County high school, officials said. The Clarkstown Police Department is currently investigating an incident where a swastika was found drawn on a student’s desk at Clarkstown South High School. It was reportedly drawn between Friday, Feb. 28 and Tuesday, March 3, police said. “We regret to inform you of the disturbing fact that a drawing of a swastika was found on a student desk in a South High School classroom this week,” South High School Principal Deb Tarantino and Schools Superintendent Martin Cox wrote in a note to parents. “This a…
Arrest Made For White Supremacist, Anti-Semitic Graffiti;  Second Suspect Sought In Jackson Arrest Made For White Supremacist, Anti-Semitic Graffiti;  Second Suspect Sought In Jackson
Arrest Made For White Supremacist, Anti-Semitic Graffiti; Second Suspect Sought In Jackson An Ocean County woman was arrested and a second person is being sought in connection with the spray-painting of a swastika and other anti-Semitic graffiti on a business in Jackson, police said. Virginia Mailloux, 40, of Jackson, was arrested at her home on Thursday and charged with criminal mischief, trespassing and bias intimidation, Jackson police said. Mailloux is accused of painting hateful vandalism which was discovered last week at B&B Tent and Party Rentals on Progress Place, police said. She was released ahead of a court hearing. Police found anti-Semitic graffiti that included…
Swastikas, 'White Power' Painted On Jewish-Owned Jersey Shore Businesses Swastikas, 'White Power' Painted On Jewish-Owned Jersey Shore Businesses
Swastikas, 'White Power' Painted On Jewish-Owned Jersey Shore Businesses Jewish owners of a Howell business showed up at work to find swastikas painted on dumpsters, trash cans and utility poles -- days after a similar incident in Jackson, reports say. Police in Jackson were investigating a large blue swastika and the words "white power" spray-painted on a commercial property on Progress Place near Route 195. A few days later in Howell, someone spray-painted a swastika and other graffiti near a another Jewish-owned business. Swastikas were found on a utility pole, trash cans and along a fence, The Lakewood Scoop reported. On Thursday, Gov. Phil Murphy tweeted:…
Facebook Kills Anti-Semitic 'Rise Up Ocean County' Page Facebook Kills Anti-Semitic 'Rise Up Ocean County' Page
Facebook Kills Anti-Semitic 'Rise Up Ocean County' Page Facebook has removed a page originating in Ocean County following complaints from Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Grewal that it promoted anti-Semitism.  Facebook's decision to unpublish "Rise Up Ocean County," comes about 10 months after Rachel Wainer Apter, director of the state's Division on Civil Rights, sent the social media giant a letter expressing concerns about racist and anti-Semitic statements on the page.  The Facebook page, and its 19,000 likes, went silent on Wednesday morning.  Rise Up Ocean County administrators posted Facebook's notification on a separ…
'Dozens If Not More Lives Saved' By Slain Jersey City Detective, Federal Authorities Say 'Dozens If Not More Lives Saved' By Slain Jersey City Detective, Federal Authorities Say
'Dozens If Not More Lives Saved' By Slain Jersey City Detective, Federal Authorities Say Slain veteran Jersey City Police Detective Joseph Seals likely prevented dozens of other deaths that day, authorities said Monday. Seals, 40, of Lyndhurst, was investigating the death of a livery driver in Bayonne when David Anderson, 47, and Francine Graham, 50, shot him in the Bayview Cemetery just before 12:30 p.m. Dec. 10, and drove off, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. They were killed in a gunfight with police, but not after killing three other people. Based on the arsenal of guns and a viable bomb found in their U-Haul truck, as well as Google searches and more, authorities beli…
Hitler 'Had A Point': Outrage Grows Over Monmouth Pizza Manager's Alleged Anti-Semitic Texts Hitler 'Had A Point': Outrage Grows Over Monmouth Pizza Manager's Alleged Anti-Semitic Texts
Hitler 'Had A Point': Outrage Grows Over Monmouth Pizza Manager's Alleged Anti-Semitic Texts The story of a Monmouth County teenage pizza delivery driver who accused his boss of an anti-Semitic texting tirade continued to spread Friday, with many expressing outrage and no response yet from the business owner. Nicholas Bogan, 17, told ABC7 on Thursday that he’d only begun working part-time at Maurizio’s Pizzeria & Italian Ristorante in Eatentown a little over a week earlier when he asked on Sept. 20 for the first night of Rosh Hashanah off. In response, he said, he got a series of offensive messages from his manager, Francesco Scotto Di Rinaldi, that he said were shared with two…
Swastika, Racial Slur Found Written In Bathroom At High School In Westchester Swastika, Racial Slur Found Written In Bathroom At High School In Westchester
Swastika, Racial Slur Found Written In Bathroom At High School In Westchester More messages of hate were found etched into a bathroom inside a Westchester school. A swastika and slurs were found etched into a toilet paper dispenser at the Sleepy Hollow High School, officials said in a message to parents on Thursday, Jan. 9. The dispenser has since been replaced and an investigation has been launched. The latest incident comes after several similar instances at multiple schools throughout Westchester in the past few months. "Although it should go without saying, I want to be clear that the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns condemns all expressions of hate and int…
Feds Charge Monsey Suspect With Hate Crimes As Family Cites History Of Mental Illness Feds Charge Monsey Suspect With Hate Crimes As Family Cites History Of Mental Illness
Feds Charge Monsey Suspect With Hate Crimes As Family Cites History Of Mental Illness Federal prosecutors have filed hate crimes charges against the man accused of allegedly stabbing five people at a Hasidic rabbi’s Monsey home during a Hanukkah celebration. The charges come after calls for action on hate crimes from state and federal officials, as well as the public and religious leaders. The criminal complaint, filed in the White Plains federal court, provides a glimpse into what may have motivated Grafton Thomas, 31, of Orange County, to carry out his bloody rampage on Saturday, Dec. 28. Thomas’s family said in a statement on Sunday, Dec. 29, that he had a long history o…
Authorities Investigating If Monsey Hanukkah Attack May Be Linked To Other Recent Hate Crimes Authorities Investigating If Monsey Hanukkah Attack May Be Linked To Other Recent Hate Crimes
Authorities Investigating If Monsey Hanukkah Attack May Be Linked To Other Recent Hate Crimes As bail was set at $5 million for the man accused of stabbing five people during a Hanukkah gathering at a rabbi's home in Rockland County, law enforcement officials are working to determine if the attack is linked to other recent hate crimes. Ramapo Police said Grafton Thomas, a 37-year-old from Greenwood Lake, in Orange County, has been charged with five counts of attempted murder, and one count of burglary.  Thomas is being held at the Rockland County Jail, for the brutal attack late Saturday night, Dec. 28, in Monsey, as investigators work to connect him to other unsolved hate crim…
Five Stabbed During Hanukkah Celebration In Apparent Anti-Semitic Attack In Rockland Five Stabbed During Hanukkah Celebration In Apparent Anti-Semitic Attack In Rockland
Five Stabbed During Hanukkah Celebration In Apparent Anti-Semitic Attack In Rockland Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Rockland Hannukah Knife Attack Suspect  A suspect is in custody after five people were stabbing during a Hanukkah celebration in an apparent anti-Semitic attack in Rockland County. The incident happened just before 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28 at the home of  Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg on 47 Forshay Road in Monsey. Two victims are in critical condition, including one with wounds to the head, according to authorities. The rabbi's son was also one of the victims and is recovering, authorities said. Fifty to 60 people were in…