Following a month of increasingly violent antisemitic attacks on Jews in the New York area, police are looking for a man who attempted to enter Siach Yitzchok yeshiva in late December.
The attacker was unable to enter the building on Central Avenue in Far Rockaway and then approached a nearby car, used antisemitic language, and spat at the female driver.
The Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol has beefed up patrols in and around the community. If anyone sees or hears anything suspicious, RNSP urges them to call its 24-hour hotline at (516) 858-7300.
JEWISH WOMAN SPAT ON AS MAN SPEWS ANTI-SEMITIC REMARKSBy Marcus Jackson 👨🏾💻 FAR ROCKAWAY- Police are looking for a man who allegedly spat on woman, police say.According to police, the man was angry after he was stopped from entering a Yeshiva on Central Avenue in Far Rockaway.Police said after he was turned away, the suspect walked towards the car parked out front with a woman, 44 inside and was caught on video making anti-Semitic remarks before spitting into the vehicle through an open window hitting the woman.The individual is described as dark skinned male, approximately in his 20s and has a slim build.Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish
Posted by Relatively Rockaway on Sunday, January 5, 2020
Ayyash Saleh, who owns a shop across the street, told CBS, “Who would do that? Some things don’t make sense. Who would do that?”
“Hope the police catch them. I don’t know, things like that, no one wants to hear it,” he added.
Another resident, Maria Ascensio, expressed fear of an atmosphere of racial hatred and violence, saying, “I feel like it’s not only the Jewish community. It’s the world that we live in. It’s in every community, black, Spanish, so people are being out of control.”
“I feel like we all should help each other, respect each other in a way that, today I help you but tomorrow, I don’t know if you will need my help so I’m going to be there,” she added.
The past month has seen a series of antisemitic attacks culminating in a bloody shooting at a kosher deli in Jersey City and a brutal machete attack on a group of Orthodox Jews in Monsey, New York.
