A Jewish man was attacked and overwhelmed in entrance of his dwelling in New York on the primary evening of Hanukkah.
Joshua Merenfeld, 40, was attacked on Friday evening whereas standing outdoors in entrance of his condo constructing in Crown Heights in Brooklyn.
The daddy of 5 was having fun with his evening and minding his personal enterprise when an unknown attacker approached him. He referred to as him a “Soiled Jew,” then hit him repeatedly and stomped on him after he fell to the bottom. Throughout the assault, he continued to say extra anti-Semitic phrases and profanities.
A Jewish father of 5 was beaten in front of his own home as his attacker spewed antisemitic vitriol in Brooklyn on Friday — only a day earlier than one other man was robbed of his $2,500 conventional Jewish headpiece within the borough as antisemitism continues to rise throughout New York Metropolis.
Joshua Merenfeld, 40, was wearing Jewish spiritual garb and having fun with the primary evening of Hanukkah when an unknown assailant attacked him and snarled, “Soiled Jew” within the sufferer’s entrance yard in Crown Heights.
“It was an actual beating,” Merenfeld told NBC 4, noting that he was pummeled repeatedly, knocked over and stomped on. “Undoubtedly doesn’t really feel good to have this occur in your personal entrance yard.”
As Merenfeld was mendacity on the bottom severly injured, the attacker stole his telephone and took off.
He was taken to the hospital and handled for his accidents and launched.
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In keeping with the NYPD, the suspect (carrying a masks), was on digicam whereas seen coming into Kingston Ave and Japanese Parkway subway station.
Right now, he has not been apprehended.
There was a significant rise in antisemitism across the globe and the U.S. New York Post reported in November that there was a 214% enhance in hate crimes in opposition to Jews in October of this yr in comparison with the earlier October in New York Metropolis.