A yeshivah bochur from Israel was stabbed on Friday night while walking on Union Street in Crown Heights.
The bochur, who is a chassan and traveled to NY to receive an aliyah at 770 before his chasunah, was walking at about 2:30 a.m when he was accosted by two Afro-Americans who asked him if he was Jewish. When he answered yes, they stabbed him in the arm, apparently with a screwdriver.
The bochur, who speaks very little English, didn’t call for help and went to sleep with his wound untreated. When he arrived at 770 on Shabbos morning, his friends called Hatzalah, who brought him to Methodist Hospital for treatment.
He received treatment for his wound and was released in good condition a few hours later.
“It is currently being investigated as a hate crime,” Yaacov Behrman, the director of media relations at Lubavitch International, wrote on Twitter.
“Despite being visibly traumatized, the victim expressed gratitude for not having sustained more severe injuries. This incident is deeply concerning, and we have full confidence in the NYPD’s ability to conduct a thorough investigation and apprehend the perpetrators.”
The New York branch of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) responded to Behrman’s tweet, writing: “We are aware of this incident and are reaching out to law enforcement and community partners.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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11 Responses
full confidence in the NYPD’s ability to conduct a thorough investigation and apprehend the perpetrators.” but Zero confidence in hochul allowing the court to hold the villain in custody, and allowing the villain to be charged & found guilty & incarcinartaed
One wonders why people need to be wandering around in the middle of the night, instead of in bed.
And Galus goes on.
@takahmamash
Right, what are people doing out at 230am or at 10pm or at 6pm or at 2pm or at 11am or at anytime in-between when crime happens in NYC. People should just stay inside all the time and if they go out it’s their fault that they’re the victim of a crime.
Couldn’t he get an Aliyah in any stieble in E”Y?
takahmamash,
“One wonders why people need to be wandering…”
Why do you wonder about why people are wandering? Is it your business?
If one must wander around past midnight, please, don’t do it alone or unprotected (e.g. high lumen security flashlights, pepper spray, etc.).
HughMoore,
Your comment is funny albeit sarcastic, however a person is not allowed to put himself in a makom sakana. Walking alone in Crown Heights at 2:30 am definitely fits the description of makom sakana. Nobody goes to Harlem or Ramallah for the same reason.
@Rif
Then people should not be living in NYC for the same reason.
Only in liberal New York: Two assailants ask a chasid whether he is Jewish and stab him when he says he is, and the authorities are investigating whether MAYBE, PERHAPS it MIGHT POSSIBLY be a bias attack!
Sounds more like getting poked in The arm with a screwdriver, not “stabbed”