A Jewish man who was outside his apartment building in New York City having a cigarette on the first night of Hanukkah says he was sucker punched, leaving him bruised and bloody.
Joshua Merenfeld said he was attacked from behind, with the person yelling antisemitic slurs at him while clubbing and kicking him.
“He sucker punched me, pushed me over, assaulted me,” Merenfeld told WNYW.
It’s very easy for people to conflate Jewish people with Israelis, for obvious, if incorrect, reasons.
It took us almost 2 damn decades to not associate Muslims with terrorists, and all that work went out with the wash water as well.😞
I apologize for how some of us are treating y’all.
People like to forget about the crusades.
Even if you do support Israel, that should be what people are judging you for, not just being Jewish or Muslim.
That is hateful bullshit and should not be tolerated.
Thank you, well said. And, sadly, there are still plenty of people who see a Muslim person walking down the street and view them with instant suspicion.