{"source_url": "https://www.nbcnewyork.com", "url": "https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/open-season-on-jews-reports-of-anti-semitic-attacks-during-hanukkah-cause-for-concern/2250584/", "title": "\u2018Open Season on Jews\u2019: Reports of Anti-Semitic Attacks During Hanukkah Cause for Concern", "top_image": "https://media.nbcnewyork.com/2019/09/Jewish-attacks-brooklyn.jpg?resize=1200%2C675", "meta_img": "https://media.nbcnewyork.com/2019/09/Jewish-attacks-brooklyn.jpg?resize=1200%2C675", "images": ["https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=6035083&cv=2.0&cj=1", "https://media.nbcnewyork.com/2019/09/Bronx-robbery-and-beating.jpg?resize=850%2C478", "https://media.nbcnewyork.com/2019/09/New_York_On_Dark@3x-5.png?fit=528%2C120", "https://media.nbcnewyork.com/2019/09/Jewish-attacks-brooklyn.jpg?resize=1200%2C675", "https://media.nbcnewyork.com/2019/09/escooter-1.jpg?resize=850%2C478", "https://media.nbcnewyork.com/2019/09/NY_On_Light@3x-3.png?fit=552%2C120"], "movies": [], "text": "What to Know There were at least four incidents of possible hate-based attacks against Jews in New York City during Hanukkah, police say\n\nA 34-year-old mother was hit on the head, a man in Manhattan was punched and kicked, and there were two other assaults in Crown Heights\n\nMeanwhile, the Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday offered a $10,000 reward for information regarding the attacks\n\nIn the latest string of hateful attack during Jewish holidays, a 34-year-old woman and her 4-year-old son were attacked Thursday by someone who yelled anti-semitic slurs at them.\n\nPolice say the woman and her son were walking out of a Dunkin Donuts in Gravesend, Brooklyn, when a woman approached them and hit the mother over the head with her bag. The victim, who did not want to be identified over her safety, tells NBC New York that she immediately called 911 and a good samaritan followed the attacker, leading officers to arrest the suspect.\n\nThe NYPD said they are looking into at least three other incidents of possible hate-based attacks against Jewish people over the past several days. City leaders have condemned the attacks that are happening as the Jewish community celebrates the holidays.\n\n\"It seems like it's open season on Jews in New York City,\" said Councilmember Chaim Deutsch.\n\nInvestigators were looking into an incident Wednesday where a 40-year-old man was punched in the face on 13th Avenue in Borough Park.\n\nThis horrific and cowardly act of antisemitism is repugnant to our values, and it's even more despicable that it occurred over the holidays Gov. Andrew Cuomo\n\nThe last confirmed attack happened in the early morning hours on Tuesday on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights, when a 25-year-old Jewish man was walking on the sidewalk when he saw a large group of people walking toward him, police said.\n\nThat man told police that members of the group yelled \u201cf--- you Jew\u201d before hurling a Slurpee at him. The group can be heard laughing and one appears to be filming the incident as they quickly flee shortly after.\n\nAbout 15 hours later, a man in his 50s was standing in front of a building on Union Avenue in the same neighborhood when he said he saw as many as six people approach him after 5 p.m. on Dec. 24, according to police.\n\nOne of the people who came up to the man punched him in the back of the head, and the group took off.\n\nThe first attack occurred in the morning of Dec. 23 on the Upper East Side, according to the NYPD. A 65-year-old man was hit in the face with a closed fist after the suspect made an anti-Semitic remark, then was kicked while on the ground. The victim suffered cuts to his face and hand, police said.\n\nSteven Jorge, of Miami, Florida, was later arrested and charged in the beating. The 28-year-old was charged with assault as a hate crime. It wasn\u2019t immediately clear if he had an attorney.\n\nFormer New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind said the victim had been wearing a black yarmulke and checking his cellphone when the attack happened.\n\n\"The attacks against Jews are out of control, and we must have a concrete strategy to address the rise of these attacks,\" said Hikind, founder of Americans Against Antisemitism. \"What is happening in New York City with attacks against Jews has created a deep and growing concern in our community.\"\n\nThe attacks come less than two weeks after a deadly shooting rampage at a New Jersey kosher market that Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said was driven by hatred of Jews and law enforcement. The gunbattle and standoff in Jersey City left six people dead - the two killers, a police officer and three people who had been inside the market.\n\nThe spate of attacks captured the attention of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, with both condemning the actions.\n\n\"This horrific and cowardly act of antisemitism is repugnant to our values, and it's even more despicable that it occurred over the holidays,\" Cuomo said in a statement. \"We have absolutely zero tolerance for bigotry and hate, and we will continue to call it out whenever and wherever it rears its ugly head.\"\n\nThe mayor echoed those sentiments, saying that it is \u201cnot enough to condemn anti-Semitism \u2014 we have to confront it,\u201d in a tweet Christmas night.\n\n\u201cThe despicable crimes committed against our Jewish community over the last 24 hours are an attack on ALL New Yorkers,\u201d de Blasio added.\n\nMeanwhile, the Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday offered a $10,000 reward for information regarding the attacks.\n\n\"We are appalled at the sheer frequency and aggressive nature of these incidents,\" Evan Bernstein, the group's regional director in New York and New Jersey, said in a news 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