An Ohio woman reportedly threw a beer bottle at a 13-year-old Jewish girl while hurling antisemitic slurs at her on October 5.
The Cleveland Jewish News and Fox8 reported that the woman, described as being middle-aged and wearing a baseball cap, threw the bottle out of a black SUV at Naava Prero in the University Heights neighborhood. Prero was wearing her school uniform from Fuchs Mizrahi School, an Orthodox Jewish day school and had just gotten off the school bus. The woman allegedly shouted “F—ing Jews, you’re f—ing idiots Jew” at Prero after throwing the bottle at her.
Prero’s mother, Rachel, told Fox8 that Prero is “emotionally scarred” from the incident, as she “has asked me to take her to the bus, walk her to the bus, walk her back from the bus, which she was never worried about before.”
Rachel also told The Cleveland Jewish News that Prero is happy that they’re taking action. She reported the incident to Stop Antisemitism and encouraged the Preros to report the incident to the police.
OUTRAGEOUS- a 13 year old Jewish girl in Cleveland, OH (@UniversityHts) had a glass bottle thrown at her and called a “fuc*ing Jew” while getting off her school bus at Milton and Groveland!
Suspect described as a middle aged white woman w/a baseball cap in a dark colored SUV.
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) October 6, 2021
“The perpetrators need to know we’re going to take a stand,” Rachel told The Cleveland Jewish News. “We’re not just going to allow this to happen.” She also told Fox8 that “we have a wonderful community supporting us and the police and a wonderful neighborhood and we’re going to keep it that way.”
Anti-Defamation League Cleveland tweeted, “This latest antisemitic attack is truly reprehensible and unacceptable. There is no room in our communities for antisemitism and hate. We have reached out to local law enforcement and are here to assist.”
This latest antisemitic attack is truly reprehensible and unacceptable. There is no room in our communities for antisemitism and hate. We have reached out to local law enforcement and are here to assist. https://t.co/3gAEFgwTJ7
— ADL Cleveland (@ADL_Cleveland) October 7, 2021
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