MONTREAL (VINnews) — Police are investigating after a man allegedly targeted members of Montreal’s Hasidic Jewish community Friday night, attempting to steal traditional fur hats worn for religious observance.
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Video circulating online appears to show a suspect approaching a man from behind as he left a synagogue and trying to pull a shtreimel from his head. Witnesses intervened, prompting the suspect to flee the immediate area.
Community representatives later said the same individual is believed to have stolen two shtreimels from other Hasidic men before escaping.
Authorities have not announced any arrests or identified a suspect. Members of the Jewish community are asking anyone with information to contact investigators.
A shtreimel is a traditional fur hat worn by many married Hasidic Jewish men on the Sabbath, Jewish holidays and other special occasions. The incident follows other reported antisemitic attacks in Canada in recent weeks.
It makes me so angry when I see adults and mature man run for their lives and have no guts to fight back those attackers. You see from the distance a few yidelech sprinting in the direction of the attack but don’t dare to fight back this dirtbag attacker. What’s this fear and defeat attitude here ? If this attacker walks away with a broken nose and black eyes, he will start looking for new adventures and will also tell his cronies to look elsewhere for entertainment. Wake up yidelech, fight back.
There’s is nothing “ allegedly “about him wanting to steal the shtreimel. You can see on the video that he tried stealing it
Canada Need help finding him ? you don’t get a better video then that , the question is do they want to find him?
Stop w this “allegedly” garbage. It’s a democratic word.
He tried to STEAL it. Is Olson and simple
as the world goes down and antisemitism increases….
You have a visual of his car & face. Pretty stupid guy. You have to be crazy to try that in Outremont and practically suicidal to try it Tosh.
And still these chaseedum are anti Israel
Go back to Poland