Outbreaks of targeted violence against Jewish people are making news around two world. There have been several such attack in just the past week. On Saturday a man attacked and tried to rob a Jewish couple who were walking to a Beverly Hills synagogue.
Raphael Nissel and his wife were walking to their Beverly Hills synagogue on Saturday morning when a man struck Nissel’s head from behind with a belt buckle.
Nissel, who wore a yarmulke, was left dazed and bloodied by the attack.
“My wife told me, ‘Watch out!’” Nissel, 75, told The Times on Sunday. “All of a sudden, something hard hit my forehead.”
The assailant turned to Nissel’s wife, Rivka and allegedly said, “Jew, give me your jewelry” but fled after Nissel gave chase.
This post by the couple’s son shows the shirt he was wearing at the time of the attack.
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