Moment Jewish man in Brooklyn on his way to synagogue is viciously attacked by two men: State calls on task force to investigate as hate crime attacks jump 118% The unidentified man, 41, was walking to a nearby synagogue in the East Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn around 5:45 a.m. on Friday The two strangers then began to savagely kick and punch the man The thieves then run off camera while pools of blood were seen spattered on the sidewalk after the attack The alarming footage was posted to Twitter by the Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol, a civilian volunteer patrol group