Local Jewish communities are sounding the alarm amid the seemingly endless barrage of antisemitic rhetoric and hate crimes.
A mobile synagogue sitting on Broadway in the middle of SoHo is the focus of an NYPD hate crime investigation. CeFaan Kim has the stoy.There are growing concerns among local Jewish communities about the national rhetoric and seemingly endless antisemitic attacks and vandalism in the New York City Tri-State area.
"On the one hand it gets me scared that antisemitism is getting out of hand, another thing ... whenever you get hit you don't bend down. You stand up and rise ... goodness and kindness to make the world a better place regardless of what things are happening," mobile synagogue owner Yehuda Pevzner said.
According to the NYPD, the two groups seeing the highest rise in hate crime attacks this year are the LGBTQ and Jewish communities.
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