A Brooklyn woman said she feared for her life as she was chased, kicked, spat at and pelted with objects by a group of Orthodox Jewish men who mistook her as a participant in a protest against Israel’s far-right security minister. The assault, recorded by a bystander, unfolded on Thursday near the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Crown Heights, where an appearance by Itamar Ben-Gvir set off clashes between pro-Palestinian activists and members of the neighbourhood’s large Orthodox Jewish community. A Chabad-Lubavitch spokesman, Rabbi Motti Seligson, denounced both the anti-Ben-Gvir protesters and the mob that chased the woman. Mob of Orthodox Jewish men chases woman after protest at Brooklyn synagogue
Mob of Orthodox Jewish men chases woman after protest at Brooklyn synagogue
A Brooklyn woman said she feared for her life as she was chased, kicked, spat at and pelted with objects by a group of Orthodox Jewish men who mistook her as a participant in a protest against Israel’s far-right security minister. The assault, recorded by a bystander, unfolded on Thursday near the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Crown Heights, where an appearance by Itamar Ben-Gvir set off clashes between pro-Palestinian activists and members of the neighbourhood’s large Orthodox Jewish community. A Chabad-Lubavitch spokesman, Rabbi Motti Seligson, denounced both the anti-Ben-Gvir protesters and the mob that chased the woman. Mob of Orthodox Jewish men chases woman after protest at Brooklyn synagogue