BORO PARK (VINnews) — U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr met with Jewish leaders in Boro Park on Tuesday, amid a recent uptick in anti-Semitism across New York City.
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The meeting was held at the Boro Park JCC, and the mission was to “discuss anti-Semitism and ways to combat it,” according to ABC News.
“I’m extremely distressed by the uptick in hate crimes against the Jewish community,” said AG Barr.
Barr further said that he is “extremely distressed” about recent acts of intimidation and violence against Jewish communities, and vowed that we will see an increased effort on the federal level to combat and prosecute these hate attacks.
Barr said that he will be issuing a directive to all US Attorney Offices across the US, to “reinvigorate their relationship and outreach to Jewish communities” in the wake of recent attacks on the communities. He also said that the DOJ is working together with the FBI to track down perpetrators of thses hate crimes in order to bring them to justice.
AG Barr also said that Hate Crime incidents will be prosecuted as a federal offenses if the incident fits criteria. This is welcome news, as this would negate the destructive “catch and release” policy currently employed on the local level by the Deblasio administration.
As an example, Barr revealed that federal charges would be brought against Tiffany Harris, the woman who was accused of slapping 3 Jewish women, before simply being released on bail. As reported by VIN News, Harris attacked another woman once released, only to have Deblasio intervene to have her released once again.
On another topic, Barr stated that he was “very concerned” about the manner in which the curriculums of religious schools have been under attack by prior administrations.
Attendees of the meeting included Allen Fagin of the Orthodox Union, Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel of Agudath Israel, Rabbi Moshe David Niederman of the Williamsburg UJO, Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik and Michael Miller of the JCRC.
Rabbi David Niederman was quoted as telling AG Barr that three of his siblings were murdered by Nazis during the Holocaust. “I cannot tell you how much it means to us when you say our federal government will have zero tolerance towards hate,” said Rabbi Niederman.
upgrading hate crimes to the federal level is a big step
I am glad we have allies in high places to fight the attacks by leftists like YAFFED against our religious freedom – YAFFED is a much bigger threat to our community than a few hooligans.
the OU’s Rabbi Genack PUBLICLY endorsed Hillary Clinton and Niedermans group did as well, the Aguda never saw a $$$$ Democrat they didn’t like, this shows how much Trump loves the Jews.
BH we have such strong support on the WH. lets be maker tov and vote trump in 2020!
Why weren’t the elected officials of Boro Park invited? That’s usually the proper protocol.
Did 6-chin Barr invite any of Trumpf,s fine volk or Sepp Bannon? Did he mention any kinda in cages or separation of families and deportations? Oy
Yankele, why don’t you just zip your outrageous statements vis-a-vis Barr’s physical appearance, and other grotesque comments. Instead, we should all be grateful that this was the first time in the two hundred forty three year history of the United States of America, that a sitting Attorney General of the United States ever visited Boro Park (the community of my birth and former residence), in an official capacity!
Somebody here, now using ‘Yankele’ goldenmedine is a very stupid person who sits here all day and generally hitting his send button the second a story appears. Let’s just ignore this lonely neb.
Question:
if the arrests are being done by NYPD, how do these crimes get into the federal system? Our sanctuary mayor and governor would not allow the feds to be notified that a member of MS-13 just committed a mass shooting. Who invites the feds?
Yankelmad_ You’re right. He should’ve invited bug eyed Schiff along with the Kenyan himself who would’ve explained how to separate children. Your meds, yeinkle, ur meds. 30 day supply won’t cut it.