Overview
- Police say the assailant ripped off the victim’s yarmulke, spat on it, and punched him before fleeing on West 38th Street near Seventh Avenue.
- The victim, Rabbi Rami Glikstein of Jerusalem, was treated at Mount Sinai Beth Israel for a brain bleed and a broken nose.
- The NYPD reports no arrest to date and is investigating the incident as a possible hate crime through its Hate Crimes Task Force.
- Video of the attack has circulated publicly, showing the kippah desecration and the punch that sent the victim to the ground.
- Israel’s consul general and Jewish advocacy groups condemned the assault, and ADL figures show New York recorded the nation’s highest number of antisemitic incidents in 2024.