no, no, no, no, no. that s not good. the party later took the ad down, though still defending it. but the ad is a reminder of the depressingly mundane ubiquity of anti-semitism in daily life. away from the big headlines and controversies, particularly as directed towards orthodox jews. in the last couple of months there have been a number of crimes here in new york city, assaults and spitting and other assaults directed at members of the orthodox community, including this account from new york city councilman about a 64-year-old jewish man who was violently assaulted in brooklyn with this huge brick earlier this week. the next day the man s son-in-law tweeted, quote, this morning my father-in-law was back in the park. he refuses to be afraid and he will not let evil or hate determine how he lives his life. police police reports show
assaults directed at members of the orthodox community, including this account from new york city councilman about a 64-year-old jewish man who was violently assaulted in brooklyn with this huge brick earlier this week. the next day the man s son-in-law tweeted, quote, this morning my father-in-law was back in the park. he refuses to be afraid and he will not let evil or hate determine how he lives his life. police police reports show crimes are up. of the 58 hate crimes reported in new york city this year as of february 17th, quote, anti-semitic crimes made up number two-thirds of that for a total of 36 crimes reported so far this year compared with 21 last year. that was back in february. i have to say that even in supposedly enlightened liberal bigotry-free circles, you will find people making casual comments about orthodox jews that they would not dare to make about other groups, lazy and gross stereotyping grouping them together. it s disgusting and it s wrong,