Please Be Aware
The driver of the vehicle, a tan Dodge Durango, used to distribute over 110 antisemitic and racist flyers throughout Squirrel Hill and Peters Township on Sunday evening, May 18, 2025, has been cited for littering. He faces over 100 counts (per bag thrown and recovered) and a fine of close to $50k. Thank you to our community members who swiftly reported this to Federation via our Incident Report Form and included photos of the suspect vehicle. We immediately shared photos with law enforcement, enabling them to catch the vehicle on License Plate Recognition cameras. Our diligent community members, our Virtual Block Watch and close partnerships with law enforcement show the successful security infrastructure we have built in our community.
This week dual U.S. and German citizen, Joseph Neumeyer, was arrested at JFK Airport as he returned to the US for plotting to firebomb a branch office of US Embassy in Tel Aviv. Newmeyer is charged with planning a devastating attack targeting the Embassy and is facing 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted. See the article below.
So far in 2025, we have logged 153 incidents in our Virtual Command Center. This compares to 138 for 2024. We continue to collaborate closely with law enforcement to monitor potential threat activity. Please continue to report any suspicious incidents via the Incident Report Form.
Security Matters in the News This Week
- Pro-Palestinian TikToker with 3.4M followers, endorses murder of Israeli embassy employees (jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com)
- Man arrested for attempted bombing attack of the US embassy in Israel (usatoday.com)
- Man suspected in threats at synagogue pleads guilty to weapons offense (detroitnews.com)
- Yonkers man gets 6 years in prison for attacking Jewish barber (westchester.news12.com)
BluePoint Status
BluePoint installation is scheduled to begin at Yeshiva Boys next week. Charles Morris installation is scheduled to begin mid-June. BluePoint has now been installed in 31 of the 33 locations. Police boxes have been installed at 18 of our organizations, with 10 more locations to follow.
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