Just yesterday a Hasidic man was sucker-punched from behind by a hateful youngster out of the blue and unprovoked, why? Because the victim was visibly Jewish. This isn’t the first time Jews have been targeted in New York City, Brooklyn in particular, by angry antisemites, and it won’t be the last. What is seen on this most recent video resembles Nazi Germany in how they attacked Jews so publicly, shamelessly, and with glee. This wasn’t a robbery or the like, but pure hateful violence.
It’s shocking but not surprising that such violent hate crimes are being committed against Jews (yesterday in Bklyn) just as antisemitism is being mainstreamed. This attack resembles Nazi Germany where antisemites attacked Jews with glee. We won’t tolerate it! pic.twitter.com/mnHFh8ulnO
— Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) May 8, 2019
I challenge the city administration under whose watch this rise in antisemitism is occurring (to the tune of a 72% increase) by asking: what are you going to do about it? Flowery words about combating all forms of hatred won’t work. Ignoring the problem will only make it worse. So what will be done this time around so that New York City doesn’t turn into Nazi Germany?
And of the members of congress who peddle antisemitic tropes and claim to be fighting the forces of antisemitism, why are they suddenly silent when the perpetrator isn’t a white male?
We know the answer to all the above, and that’s why we will rely on none other than ourselves to fight antisemitism in all forms, shapes, and colors it appears in.
