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Two Anti-Semitic Attacks In Two Weeks In US Northeast

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The first was last week when a molotov cocktail was thrown at the home of a Jewish Agency envoy...

A Molotov cocktail was thrown Saturday into the home of a Jewish Agency envoy residing in Rhode Island in the north-eastern United States. The envoy, who was home at the time, was immediately evacuated to a nearby hotel following the incident. The incident took place at 2 am (local US time) when a Molotov cocktail was throw through the living room window of the envoy's apartment. He was in a different room at the time, and was therefore not injured. The Molotov cocktail set a nearby yard on fire, but firefighters dispatched to the scene easily extinguished the flames.

... and yesterday a Brooklyn rabbi was surrounded and attacked by six Muslim men screaming Allahu akbar:

Rabbi Ohana, assistant head rabbi of Chabad-Lubavitch of Massachusetts, was about to get on the F-Train at Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street in Brooklyn. The young Muslim assailants grabbed rabbi Ohana's yarmulke (skullcap), and when he went to them to get it back, they beat him and shouted, "Allahu Akbar." One of the Muslim attackers ran away into the street and was hit by a car... He was arrested by police. But three to four other Muslim assailants--whom you can bet will attack other Jews--escaped and are free.

Not for nothing, but if these were Muslims being beaten CNN would right now be asking if the country is erupting into a wave of anti-Muslim violence. Of course if these were Muslims being beaten that'd be a much rarer event than an anti-Semitic attack.

References:
* US: Molotov cocktail thrown into home of Jewish Agency envoy [YNet]
* "Religion of Peace": Krystallnacht, USA? - Five Muslims Beat Jewish Rabbi in Brooklyn [Debbie Schlussel]
* The Myth Of The Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Wave [CQ]

Previously:
* Anti-Semitism as Anti-Zionism
* If Anti-Zionism Isn't Supposed to Be Anti-Semitism, Someone Should Probably Tell the Anti-Zionists
* Anti-Semitism As Obsession (The "What Would Make You Care About That" Question)

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