Anti-Semitic Attacks Increase In Anti-Gun New York City

By Cam Edwards

New York City is in the midst of a spike in crimes against the city’s Orthodox Jewish population, with one of the latest attacks involving a rabbi out jogging who was assaulted by a man with a paving stone. Rabbi Abraham Gopin says that was just the start of the incident.

Then, he jumped on me and started to fight with me, trying to knock me in the face — probably, I would say, 20, 25, 30 times with his fists…He said ‘Jew, Jew.’ He said something in that direction,” Gopin continued. “He was for certain looking to kill.”

It is no isolated incident. Anti-Semitic attacks, more than half of all hate crimes reported to the NYPD, are up 66% from last year, to 133. Orthodox Jews have been spit on, punched or both in Crown Heights, Borough Park and Williamsburg.

On Twitter, Seth Mandel of the Washington Examiner magazine, said it’s time for Jews in New York City need armed protection.

De Blasio won’t lift a finger, media yawn—the Jews of Crown Heights should be carrying.

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) August 29, 2019

In his tweet thread, Mandel noted the incredibly restrictive policies that New …Read the Rest

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