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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Jewish educator assaulted in Manhattan in apparent antisemitic attack
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An Israeli educator was assaulted in midtown New York yesterday in what is believed to be an antisemitic attack, American and Hebrew media reports say.
According to the reports, 58-year-old Rami Glickstein says he was heading toward the Mr. Broadway restaurant on 38th Street when a man approached him, pointed at his kippa, and said: “Tell me about your religion.”
Glickstein did not respond, and the man grabbed his kippa off his head, threw it on the ground, and spat on it. Then, when Glickstein bent down to pick it up, the attacker allegedly punched him in the face.
Jewish bystanders who witnessed the scene called for police and medical help, but Glickstein was able to walk toward the restaurant before he was taken to a hospital, the report said. He has since been discharged.
Investigators from NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force are searching for the suspect, described as a man in his 30s wearing a dark hoodie, according to media reports.
“My Israeli pride was hurt” in the attack, Glickstein says.
Jews are targeted in hate crimes in New York more than any other minority, according to the NYPD.
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