On Thanksgiving night, Joel Weinberger was viciously beaten by three assailants as he walked home from the Yeshiva in Williamsburg where he teaches.

�Mr. Weinberger was brutally attacked on Thanksgiving evening. The assault is under investigation as a hate crime. Mr. Weinberger�s religious paraphernalia was destroyed during the beating and the victim even recalls the thugs uttering �we hate you.� My thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Weinberger and his family,� Councilmember Levin said.

�I applaud the NYPD for assigning the case to its Hate Crimes Bureau.� Mr. Weinberg, a father of four and a teacher at a Yeshiva, is an important member of the Williamsburg community and it is my hope that his attackers are brought to justice quickly.�

Council Member Levin has also written a letter to Commissioner Ray Kelly urging that the NYPD do all that they can to bring the perpetrators to justice.

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