Jewish Men Attacked in 2 More Brooklyn Incidents

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FILE - Ultra Orthodox Jews seen walking on a street in Borough Park neighborhood in the southwestern borough of Brooklyn, New York City. Flash90

(JTA) — Jewish men were attacked in two incidents in Brooklyn neighborhoods in recent days.

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The New York borough has seen a number of assaults against identifiable Jews in the past several months.

On Monday, a man walking to morning prayers in the Gravesend neighborhood was verbally assaulted before the assailant attempted to punch him several times. The attack was first reported by New York City Councilman Chaim Deutsch in a tweet. He said the New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Unit is investigating the incident.

On Friday, a group of seven youths knocked the shtreimels — the fur hats often worn by married haredi Orthodox men — off the heads of two Hasidic Jews in the Williamsburg neighborhood in an incident caught on surveillance video.

On Sunday, dozens of people gathered in City Hall Park for a rally condemning the increasing number of anti-Semitic attacks taking place throughout the city. They condemned city officials for not taking more action to stop the attacks from happening.

There have been 152 anti-Semitic hate crimes so far this year, according to the NYPD, compared with 93 in 2018.


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triumphinwhitehouse
triumphinwhitehouse
4 years ago

NYPD laziness and corruption are the core of the problem.

Nachum
Nachum
4 years ago

Why are these criminal offenders always characterized as “youths”. The correct term is “savages”. Only savages would act in such despicable ways. The term may not be politically correct, but that is too bad!

anonymous
anonymous
4 years ago

The core of problem is schwarze hate aginst Yidden