It\u2019s been open season on Jews in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n
Bigots have been emboldened to unleash ugly antisemitic attacks in the five boroughs, from hateful protests and vandalism to outright assaults \u2014 leaving the New York Jewish community rattled and worried about their safety, local leaders said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are people who are doing that violence and harassment who seem to be emboldened by the public discussion, by lack of accountability,\u201d said Oren Segal, senior vice president of Counter-Extremism and Intelligence with the Anti-Defamation League. <\/p>\n
An antisemitic moron berated a Jewish woman at a West Village restaurant Saturday, telling her, \u2018F\u2013k you Jew.\u2019 Max Towey\/X<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think the most important thing that I\u2019ve been seeing is that walking down the street, going to class, or celebrating a holiday, or just otherwise being visibly Jewish should not be an act of courage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Jewish people have been so vilified that Segal said the ADL has received reports of some so afraid that they have taken off their kippahs, or religious head coverings, and other visible symbols identifying their faith. <\/p>\n
The Hannukah \u201cfestival of lights,\u201d which began Sunday night, has also been marred by antisemitic violence across the globe, including in Australia, where two terrorists shot up a holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people and injuring dozens more.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe days in which the Jewish community is celebrating or observing the holidays tends to be the times where they seem to be in most danger,\u201d Segal noted.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that people have to have their head on a swivel when they are engaging in a public Hanukkah lighting or putting [a menorah] in their window, tells you a lot about the atmosphere in which the Jewish community finds itself,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are feeling vulnerable, and people are feeling scared,\u201d Segal said. \u201cAnd we also have to keep in mind \u2026 this is now the latest in a series of holidays that have been shattered by antisemitic violence.\u201d<\/p>\n
A pair of brutes assaulted a group of Jewish youngsters on the subway, with one victim choked by one of his attackers.<\/p>\n
Just this week, a knife-wielding goon stabbed Brooklynite Elias Rosner, a member of the Lubavitch Hasidic community, Monday afternoon in Crown Heights<\/a>, shouting, \u201cI\u2019m going to kill a Jew today.\u201d<\/p>\n On Monday night, eight Jewish youngsters were heading back to Chabad Lubavitch headquarters in Crown Heights after a Hanukkah celebration in Union Square when they were attacked by a pair of brutes<\/a> on the subway, according to disturbing video.<\/p>\n In another caught-on-video encounter, an unhinged patron at Mole Mexican Bar & Grill in the West Village unleashed a frightening verbal assault on a Jewish woman<\/a> enjoying dinner with a friend Saturday night.<\/p>\n Elias Rosner, 35, was stabbed in near the heart by a knife-wielding nut during an antisemitic attack in Crown Heights. Gabriella Bass<\/p>\n Rosner shows his wound. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n A menorah in Jackson Heights was vandalized, just one of the recent antisemitic incidents in the neighborhood. Courtesy of Rabbi Meir Pape<\/p>\n \u201cYou ugly f\u2014ing Zionist. We will rid this country of f\u2014ing you by all f\u2014ing means,\u201d the maniac yelled into the shaking woman\u2019s face.<\/p>\n