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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is my neighborhood and while the victim is a rabbi, is it definitely related to his religion vs him just being the person walking down the street when this homeless guy decided to attack someone?[/quote]

There is a LOT of antisemitism in the county right now.  I walked past the courthouses in Rockville this week, and passed a Black man on the corner near the courthouses in Rockville, who obviously had some significant mental health issues, yelling about how horrible Jewish people are.  I was a little unnerved from his yelling.  But I can't imagine what a Jewish person might feel, passing him.  :( [/quote]

I have a hard time believing that Montgomery County has a LOT of antisemitism, as a Jew who grew up there and now lives in the District. One disturbed man yelling about Jews in public is neither (a) a new thing or (b) particularly troubling. Rabbis being beaten with sticks, that seems more upsetting, though we also don't yet know whether whoever hit the rabbi knew he was a rabbi or even Jewish...[/quote]

Well, we know antisemitism has increased across the US (by 360%, according to the ADL). Why should MoCo be any different? An increase that big probably feels like a lot, especially if you're Jewish. Super glad you don't feel it. I wish all of us could say the same.

https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/us-antisemitic-incidents-skyrocketed-360-aftermath-attack-israel-according[/quote]

On one hand, the ADL are the last people I'm going to be taking my statistics from, because their definition of anti-Semitism is so broad that it encompasses any utterance of Palestinian humanity.

On the other hand, this particular incident was probably a hate crime. Given the neighborhood, the victim was almost certainly visibly Jewish and visibly observant. Religious minorities, especially those whose clothing or other signaling marks them out, are absolutely at greater risk for violence.[/quote]

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