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Hanukkah Shooting: Gunman Admits Opening Fire Outside NY Synagogue With Children Present Hanukkah Shooting: Gunman Admits Opening Fire Outside NY Synagogue With Children Present
Hanukkah Shooting: Gunman Admits Opening Fire Outside NY Synagogue With Children Present A New York man who fired a shotgun outside an Albany synagogue on the first night of Hanukkah pleaded guilty to federal civil rights and firearm charges. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, of Schenectady, pleaded guilty to obstructing religious freedom by threat of force, unlawfully acquiring a firearm, and brandishing it during the crime in Albany federal court on Tuesday, Feb. 4. The formal confession came more than a year after Alkhader took an Uber from Schenectady to Temple Israel in Albany, where he walked up the synagogue’s steps and pulled a shotgun from a duffel bag on Dec. 7, 2023. He the…

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by Michael Mashburn
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'We Want Him Back': Pair From Same NY High School Believed To Have Been Kidnapped In Israel 'We Want Him Back': Pair From Same NY High School Believed To Have Been Kidnapped In Israel
'We Want Him Back': Pair From Same NY High School Believed To Have Been Kidnapped In Israel Two Israeli soldiers who graduated from the same Long Island high school are among the possibly dozens of missing Americans thought to have been taken hostage by the militant group Hamas. Two men thought to be held hostage by Hamas, one of whom has been identified as 21-year-old Omer Neutra, both graduated from the Schecter School of Long Island in Williston Park, according to reports by ABC 7 and The New York Times. New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with Ronen and Orna Neutra, Omer’s parents, in an emotional moment shared via the platform X (formerly Twitter). “The war hits home,” Ada…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Cuomo Sending NY State Police To Jewish Communities Amid Rise In Anti-Semitic Attacks Cuomo Sending NY State Police To Jewish Communities Amid Rise In Anti-Semitic Attacks
Cuomo Sending NY State Police To Jewish Communities Amid Rise In Anti-Semitic Attacks There will be an increased police presence in Jewish communities in New York following a rash of violent incidents as tensions flare over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict overseas. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed State Police to increase patrols at downstate synagogues, schools, and other Jewish community facilities following a number of recent anti-Semitic attacks around the country. Patrols will be increased at Jewish educational and religious facilities in New York City, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties. According to Cuomo, increased visibility and pr…

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by Zak Failla