Jewish man stabbed repeatedly outside New York synagogue
Yeshiva World News, which first reported the incident, reported that there were two assailants.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFTwo religious men stand outside outside the entrance to the world headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement at a Brooklyn synagogue in New York.(photo credit: STEPHANIE KEITH/REUTERS)
NEW YORK — An Orthodox man was stabbed multiple times on his walk to synagogue for morning prayers.The man was approaching the synagogue, Toshnad Heichel Torah Utfila in Spring Valley, New York, when a man got out of a car, began beating him and stabbed him. The assailant fled the scene before police and first responders arrived, according to Aaron Hershkowitz, an assistant to the synagogue’s rabbi. The incident occurred at approximately 5:45 a.m.“Upon arrival it was quickly determined that the individual had been stabbed and slashed with an unknown weapon and not struck by a vehicle,” read a statement from the Town of Ramapo Police Department. “Investigation confirms that the victim who was walking to synagogue was stabbed more than once by at least one individual in the street.”Yeshiva World News, which first reported the incident, reported that there were two assailants.Rockland Hatzolah, an emergency medical service, reached the victim and began treating him. He is now undergoing surgery and is in critical condition, Hershkowitz said.The Ramapo Police Department was unable to provide further information and told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the investigation is currently ongoing. Rockland Hatzoloh likewise did not comment on the details of the incident.The motivation for the stabbing is still unknown. Some local residents of Rockland County, home to about 100,000 Jews, according to The New York Times, have recently objected to the presence of a growing Orthodox Jewish population, prompting accusations of antisemitism. In August, a county Republican Party ad accused Hasidic Jews of “plotting a takeover.”If you have information on this story, please email tips@jta.org or contact us anonymously via Signal at 917-830-5242.This is a developing story.
