People walk through the Orthodox Jewish section of the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn on Dec. 31. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images A Jewish man reportedly was assaulted on July 16 in Brooklyn, N.Y., the second assault of a Jewish man in Brooklyn in less than a week.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) New York/New Jersey said in a July 21 statement that the July 16 assault occurred as a Jewish man wearing a kippah was talking on his cellphone while he was walking down the sidewalk. The perpetrator allegedly struck the Jewish man in the face with either a bat or a stick.
On July 12, three males ages 18 to 20 shouted anti-Semitic slurs and repeatedly punched a 51-year-old Orthodox Jewish man in Brooklyn, the Algemeiner reported.
ADL New York/New Jersey Deputy Regional Director Alexander Rosemberg said that the ADL is offering two separate $10,000 awards for any information leading to the arrests of the perpetrators of the recent anti-Semitic assaults.
“These attacks remind us of the violence we saw in 2019, when ADL recorded 430 anti-Semitic incidents in New York including 35 assaults, most of which took place in Brooklyn,” Rosemberg said. “As the city is beginning to open up from COVID-related restrictions, we need to send an unequivocal message that these horrific and hate-motivated acts of violence are unacceptable and will not be tolerated.”
The New York Police Department (NYPD) released data in January showing that anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City increased 24% from 2018 to 2019.
UPDATE: A spokesperson from the NYPD told the Journal that the victim was 35 years old and refused medical attention. The alleged perpetrator has been “described as a male, dark complexion, 6’0” and last seen wearing dark colored clothing.” The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the matter.
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