We're Asian. The only time we were ever attacked by a weirdo was during the pandemic. An old lady attacked my husband when he was walking in the street one day. It was bizarre, and clearly Covid and Asian-related.

I imagine that this is what happened here. Crazy people watch TV and latch on to the hate flavor of the month, so to speak. I hope the rabbi recovers. None of what's happening in the Middle East is his fault.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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...

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Well, I am glad you don't see it. Many others do. https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/pol/data/monthly-hate-bias-summaries.html

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a lot of people who are really angry at the genocide israel is committing on mostly peaceful people right now.

There is going to be pushback. That’s what this is.

Don’t like it? Blame israel.

Uh, thanks, I think I’ll blame the people who attack Jews for attacking Jews, not the Jews. Presumably this rabbi in Silver Spring is not making military decisions for the IDF halfway across the world.

Has he sworn an oath of allegiance to the US? If not, you can't be certain. /s

Anonymous wrote:There’s a lot of people who are really angry at the genocide israel is committing on mostly peaceful people right now.

There is going to be pushback. That’s what this is.

Don’t like it? Blame israel.

I bet you sit at home wondering why there isn't more political support for Palestine. Get up and look in the mirror. That's why.

Anonymous wrote:There’s a lot of people who are really angry at the genocide israel is committing on mostly peaceful people right now.

There is going to be pushback. That’s what this is.

Don’t like it? Blame israel.

This is grotesque and so bigoted. So it’s ok for people to harm Jewish people based on their religion because of Israel?

Islamic terrorism has had terrible consequences for people across the world not the least of which are those in the Middle East - 150k slaughtered in Yemen, 300k killed in war in Syria, not to mention 9/11, the Taliban in Afghanistan, the IRG in Iran and, yes, the constant attacks on Jews in Israel and the Middle East for centuries.

So by your logic, ok to attack a Muslim American who likely had nothing to do with anything above but who nonetheless is religious? Go back to your cave, thank you