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Behind the Aegis

(56,216 posts) Tue Sep 24, 2019, 04:33 PM Sep 2019

(Jewish Group) Jewish men attacked in 2 more Brooklyn incidents

Jewish men were attacked in two incidents in Brooklyn neighborhoods in recent days.

The New York borough has seen a number of assaults against identifiable Jews in the past several months.

On Monday, a man walking to morning prayers in the Gravesend neighborhood was verbally assaulted before the assailant attempted to punch him several times. The attack was first reported by New York City Councilman Chaim Deutsch in a tweet. He said the New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Unit is investigating the incident.

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There have been 152 anti-Semitic hate crimes so far this year, according to the NYPD, compared with 93 in 2018.

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NYPD is going to increase police presence over the holidays Mosby Sep 2019 #1

I've always been glad my parents never brought hate or prejudice into our home. Quite Karadeniz Sep 2019 #2

Mosby

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1. NYPD is going to increase police presence over the holidays

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Tue Sep 24, 2019, 05:12 PM

Sep 2019

Karadeniz

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2. I've always been glad my parents never brought hate or prejudice into our home. Quite

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Tue Sep 24, 2019, 08:03 PM

Sep 2019

The opposite. Obviously, not everyone was so lucky...although it's not a guarantee. History classes could do a lot to get kids really thinking and to explain why equality demands respect, tolerance.

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