Jewish man attacked outside Paris synagogue

A French Jew from the northern Paris area told police he was assaulted by younger Arabs outside his synagogue.

The complainant, identified only as 53-year-old Salomon Z. in a report about the incident by the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, was assaulted on Saturday after attending Shabbat morning services at the synagogue of the municipality of Saint-Quen, the Bureau reported.

A man with an Arab appearance, whom the victim estimated is 25 years old, followed him into an alley, yelled “dirty Jew” at him and hit him in the face, according to an incident report by the Bureau, or BNVCA. Two other men, whom the victim also described as Arabs, joined the alleged aggressor and also hit the Jewish man.

Salomon Z. said the attackers wrestled him to the ground and produced a knife, telling him they were going to stab him, but fled the scene as onlookers began to approach.

— JTA