Tel-Chai Nation

The rise of antisemitic violence in the USA continues, with a Boston-based rabbi the latest victim:

A Chabad rabbi was attacked and stabbed multiple times outside a Jewish center in Boston on Thursday in an apparent antisemitic attack. He was hospitalized in stable condition.

Rabbi Shlomo Noginski was attacked while outside Shaloh House, a Chabad institute for Russian-speaking Jews in the Brighton neighborhood, Chabad.org reported.

The report said a man approached Noginski, who was outside talking on his phone. He drew a gun and told Noginski to take him to his car. When he tried to force him inside, Noginski tried to flee and the man stabbed him repeatedly.

Rabbi Dan Rodkin, the executive director of the Shaloh House, said Noginski was stabbed eight times.

A Boston Police Department spokesperson said the victim was stabbed outside the building that houses the school and synagogue on Chestnut Hill Street in Brighton at 1:19 p.m. The attacker was apprehended by police, who later identified him as Khaled Awad, 24. He has been charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and assault and battery on a police officer.

And that's an Arabic named strongly hinting the Religion of Peace struck again. On which note:

Police said they were stepping up patrols at nearby synagogues and Jewish sites.

Police did not provide details of Awad’s motivation or immediately classify the attack as a hate crime. However, local Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley said it appeared to be antisemitic.

“While we await further details & pray for his recovery, let me say plainly that all of our neighbors deserve to live free from fear. Antisemitism is a clear and persistent threat to our communities,” tweeted Pressley.

Pressley is a member of the so-called Squad of progressive Democratic lawmakers, including Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, who have been accused of leading an anti-Israel charge in the party. Omar has also frequently been accused of antisemitism.

The authorities initially balked at calling it a hate crime, let alone a terrorist attack, and a local Congress member associates with the very Democratic members who're responsible in their own way for leading to much of this disaster. It goes without saying that if Pressley doesn't distance herself from the "squad", she's not helping to improve the situation.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, jihad, terrorism, United States, US Congress