An extremely disturbing incident occurred in the heart of Flatbush this past Thursday when anti-Semitic slurs were found scrawled onto the sidewalk on East 14th Street between Avenue’s K & L. Yeshivaworld spoke with Mr. Zeesh Mermelstein – who notified the police of the incident. He told YW that the NYPD responded immediately, and are taking this incident seriously. “You never expect to see these things on East 14th Street in Flatbush”, Mermelstein told YW. Numerous NYPD detectives were on the scene all day – and If anyone has any information regarding this incident please notify the NYPD and/or Flatbush Shomrim.
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Not very surprising. Twice within the past couple of months, anti-semitic comments were hurled at me, both times on Kings Highway near East 14 St. The first time, it was a Russian (not a Jew, a Russian- yes, there are usually clear differences between Russian looks and Jewish-Russian looks, and this guy’s upturned nose and small light-blue eyes told me he’s Russian); the second time, it was two bald guys of unidentified nationality.
Time for a Chaps em!
No one is immune from anti-semitism, no matter where they live. (Rav David’s shul which they burnt, is on E.12 betw. K & L.)
Eisev Soine L’Yaakov.
That shul burned 25 years ago.. hardly connected to this incident.
That isn’t my point. My point was that anti-semitism can happen anywhere, including in the heart of Jewish neighborhoods.
I agree with flatbusher, though it is a reminder of who we are and where we live.
Anyone know if Mr. Mermelstein is recovering from this terrible ordeal?
I really do hate to say this, but, wake up. We do happen to be in galus. Isn’t anti-semitism to be expected? Maybe, dare I say, even welcomed. People have unfortunately become too comfortable with our position here in America. When something happens in a different country or a different city, we all get up and post out comments here about how terrible it is and then when it happens to us, we get all surprised that such things exist. Might I remind everyone that something similar happened to the Jews of Europe about 60 years ago. But then it had to be on such a large scale to get its message across. Wouldn’t it be better for something small to happen every once in a while to remind us that once again another Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur is coming around and once again we have to celebrate it outside of the Bais Hamikdash. Yes, we are in galus. Let’s work on getting out of it.
The message is clear. The time has come for us to move to Eretz Yisroel. If the fact that it’s a kiyum mitzvah is not enough (just like tzizis which we all wear) then the goyim will send us on our way!
What exactly was written?
Good point ‘drawkcab’, hashem will get us to E”Y whether we plan to or not.
drawkcab you hit it on the nail as they say. It’s not a matter of blowing everything out of proportion & what the resson is. It’s a sign from Ha-shem He’s trying to tell us something.
Uh, drawkcab… have you noticed that Eretz Yisroel is not exactly free of “hate crimes” against Jews, either? The fact is, we are in galus wherever we are (and ps- I live in Israel), until mashiach comes and the Beis Hamikdash is rebuilt. Let incidents like these serve to awaken our desire for the geulah–which we can hasten but only Hashem can bring.
dear drawkcab (post #9),
please send us the link to all your aliyah picures from only simchas (or from the sound of it at TYW too), we’d all love to see them.
Until then ……
Maybe it’s not all free of hate crimes but it even says that E.Y. will be the safest place & I sure can feel it I feel the safest here that is for sure.