Greenblatt described the incident as “an embarrassment” and a “Hilul Hashem” (desecration of God’s name) and called the actions of those involved in the attack as “Disgusting behavior!” “Violence and incitement are inexcusable,” tweeted Greenblatt. “Our hearts go out to @jacobkornbluh, a mensch and member of the free press. Differences should be settled by exchanges of ideas. The Jewish community must strive for civility and dialogue.”Nadler described the incident as “terrifying” and called for law enforcement to step in.“While this may be a small minority within a small community, it is disgusting and those responsible must be held to account for such violence,” he tweeted. Earlier on Wednesday before the incident, Tischler took to Twitter himself to urge civil disobedience and invite people to the protest, which he described as a Simhat Beit Hashoeiva, the traditional celebrations staged on the intermediary days of Sukkot.“We’re going to have music, we’re going to dance,” he said, adding “I do not condone violence,” and implored any attendees not to attack the police.“Our shuls will not close, our yeshivas will open, we will have civil disobedience. The First Amendment will be protected. He described New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who recently ordered the new regulations on houses of worship, as “a liar” and said he would “lead this war” against the limitations on mass gatherings and the number of worshipers in prayer services.Following the attack on Kornbluh, Tischler alleged that the journalist was not harmed and accused him of crying wolf.In another tweet, he shared a video of the attack on the reporter saying “Expelling the Moyser [informer],” and then posted footage of Kornbluh being led away from the scene by police with a quote from the Book of Psalms in Hebrew reading “I will cut off all the horns of the wicked.”What an embarrassment/Chilul HaShem. Disgusting behavior!Glad the police and community members stepped in.@jacobkornbluh I hope you are ok. https://t.co/ZYo9O5nHzh
— Jason D. Greenblatt (@GreenblattJD) October 8, 2020