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A crowd gathers for Hachnosas Sefer Torah in front of 47 Forshay Road in Monsey, NY, on December 29, 2019, where suspect Grafton Thomas, 38, stabbed 5 people at a Hanukkah gathering the previous evening. Anti-Semitic attacks are on the rise around the country — and in New York City, anti-Semitic crimes have risen by 21 percent in the past year, according to the Anti-Defamation League. (For The New York Times)

A crowd gathers for Hachnosas Sefer Torah in front of 47 Forshay Road in Monsey, NY, on December 29, 2019, where suspect Grafton Thomas, 38, stabbed 5 people at a Hanukkah gathering the previous evening. Anti-Semitic attacks are on the rise around the country — and in New York City, anti-Semitic crimes have risen by 21 percent in the past year, according to the Anti-Defamation League.  

(For The New York Times)