Rabbi punched, kicked in pre-Shabbat attack in Brooklyn
Rabbi Yehoshua Lefkowitz was in the Crown Heights neighborhood when he was approached by an unknown suspect who punched him in the head and kicked him in the legs.
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Rabbi Yehoshua Lefkowitz was in the Crown Heights neighborhood when he was approached by an unknown suspect who punched him in the head and kicked him in the legs.
The attacker said "what are you looking at?" before punching him in the head and face and saying "the Nazis should have killed you Jews" before fleeing.
A top police official says the department must do more to partner with mental health professionals.
From the blog of Robert Mayer at The Times of Israel
Investigators said the suspect made derogatory remarks about the victim's nationality before stabbing him.