Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men attacked on NYC subway

An Orthodox Jewish man was attacked on the New York City subway last night, in an incident that was recorded and published on social media.

In the footage, two men approach a group of Orthodox men, reportedly members of the Chabad Lubavitch sect, and begin hurling insults at them.

One of the Jewish men then appears to step in between the two aggressors and the other Jewish men, at which point they turn on him and threaten to “teach [him] a lesson,” before grabbing him by the neck.

Orthodox Jews were violently assaulted in the NYC subway, as their attackers hurled antisemitic insults and threatened to kill them.

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“The fuck you doing?” the attacker can be heard demanding of the Jewish man as he pushes him backwards. “I’ll kill you!”

“I’ll kill one of [you],” the attackers says again, before letting go of the man’s neck.

Several people can be heard shouting in the background for the men to “chill” and “calm down,” but nobody takes any other steps to stop them.

The subway train then pulls into the station and the Jewish men leave the carriage, while the two attackers continue to hurl insults at them as they go.

After the incident, the man who was physically assaulted tells the ultra-Orthodox news outlet VINNews that the attacker grabbed him by the neck after he took out his phone to record the altercation.

“The moment the younger of the two realized I was recording, he attacked me,” he said.

The incident was filmed by a different member of the Chabad community who was standing further down the train carriage and was not targeted.

In response to the footage circulating on X, US Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon says her department will investigate the “horrific” incident.