New York: Elderly Rabbi Assaulted With Brick

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Antisemitic violence is skyrocketing and the Democrat leaders Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib can’t stop bashing Jews And antisemitic Mayor de Blasio is MIA.

A 64-year-old rabbi, the father-in-law of popular Hasidic singer Benny Friedman, was hit in the head by a stone brick thrown at him while walking Tuesday morning in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.

“We need safer communities. Where I come from in Minnesota, this would be front page headlines. But here in Brooklyn, this is just the latest event.”

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Several identifiably Jewish men have been assaulted in Brooklyn over the past few months.

Rabbi Avraham Gopin was hospitalized with “a broken nose, missing teeth, stitches on his head and lacerations on his body,” Friedman posted on Twitter. Gopin is a dual Israeli-American citizen, according to Haaretz.

Elderly Jewish Man Assaulted With Brick During Morning Walk in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights Recovering From Injuries

By Algemeiner Staff, August 27, 2019:

A brutal assault on an elderly Jewish man in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Tuesday morning is being investigated by police as a hate crime.

The victim had been walking in Rochester Park in the Crown Heights neighborhood when he was assaulted at by a man wielding an enormous brick.

“This morning, at 7:45am, my father in law went for his morning walk, like he always does,” the victim’s son-in law, Brooklyn resident Benny Friedman, tweeted. “Suddenly a man started yelling at him, and started chasing him, holding a huge brick.”

Friedman said that “there was no question this man had murder on his mind. My father in law tried to defend himself.”

The victim was taken hospital with a broken nose and teeth and received several stitches to his head. “Thank Gd, all things considered, my father in law is doing ok,” Friedman reported later.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday afternoon announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the assailant.

“We are alarmed and deeply concerned by this violent assault on an elderly Jewish man,” said Evan R. Bernstein, ADL NY/NJ regional director. “The sheer brutally of this attack is beyond shocking and profoundly upsetting. At a time when violent assaults against Jews increased by 55 percent last year, we must not become complacent. All New Yorkers should be outraged by these incidents and come together to end this disturbing trend once and for all. We are grateful for the NYPD Hate Crime Unit for investigating.”

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Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
4 years ago

Any description of the perpetrator, other than “man”?

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
4 years ago

Odds favor Dindu, but with moslem taxi drivers attempting to play catch-up, it could readily be a moohawmid. A description of the perpetrator would be welcome.
It’s like when the “police are desperately seeking the publics assistance in identifying the perpetrators” and the description given is “twelve to sixteen youths”.

Kathy Brown, Esq.
Kathy Brown, Esq.
4 years ago

You know of course: We profile every day in every way. For example: When there’s a bank robbery, the descriptions are quite specific, “White Male, red hair, between 25-30, bearded, 6 ft. tall.”, etc.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago

LOL, yes he’s just some “man”, that really narrows down the perp, to 50% of humanity (but maybe more than that considering honor killings across the muslum world revolve around women and young girls).

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago

LOL, yes he’s just some “man”, that really narrows down the perp, to 50% of humanity (but maybe more than that considering honor killings across the muslum world revolve around women and young girls).

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago

It was the extremist brick’s fault!

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
4 years ago

Those bloody bricks’ll do it every time.

ed
ed
4 years ago

A “Brooklyn” man ??

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
4 years ago
Reply to  ed

Hi, ed. I am certain that the authorities will send you a personal commendation for aiding in the description, leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator. THAT really narrows it down.

Michael Garfinkel
Michael Garfinkel
4 years ago

He was most likely a Norwegian, as he was blonde, and was wearing a sweater with a reindeer on it.

Murielle
Murielle
4 years ago

LOL!

Kathy Brown, Esq.
Kathy Brown, Esq.
4 years ago

Now now Zion. This “Brooklyn man” has a religion which tells him that his god, allah (aka Satan) is pleased by braining Jews in attempts to kill them.

So be sure to respect that religion, even tho’ it tells him to kill you-and indeed all of us-too.

Citizen 1949
Citizen 1949
4 years ago

This is definitely where concealed carry could save your life, but then, given where the crime happened (in a democrat strong hold), which would be less harmful: having your head smashed in with a brick or being arrested and charged with who knows what for shooting the scum while defending yourself??? Maybe the punishment wouldn’t quite so severe if you scared the perp off by just pointing the gun at him… It’s already a given who the dems would side with and make excuses for.

Michael Garfinkel
Michael Garfinkel
4 years ago
Reply to  Citizen 1949

Draconian NYC gun laws that disarm the law-abiding, and the relentless attack on the NYC police by the De Blasio administration are creating the conditions for a repeat of the infamous Crown Heights Pogrom of 1991.

At that time, late August 1991, the Brooklyn, New York neighborhood of Crown Heights was the scene of violent attacks by blacks who targeted members of the Lubavitch Jewish community.

Flags were unfurled that stated that ““Hitler did not finish his job,” and Yankel Rosenbaum–a 29-year-old Jewish student from Australia was murdered.

This elderly Jewish man was also attacked, 28 years later, almost to the day, in Crown Heights.

It’s only a matter of time before more innocent Jews are injured, or worse.

Roma Mikhasev
Roma Mikhasev
4 years ago

enemy inside

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